⁵ Then ^(A)Shemaiah the prophet came to Rehoboam and to the princes of Judah, who had gathered at Jerusalem because of Shishak, and said to them, “Thus says the Lord, ^(B)‘You abandoned me, so I have abandoned you to the hand of Shishak.’” ⁶ Then the princes of ^(C)Israel and the king humbled themselves and said, ^(D)“The Lord is righteous.” ⁷ When the Lord saw that they humbled themselves, the word of the Lord came to Shemaiah: ^(E)“They have humbled themselves. I will not destroy them, but I will grant them some deliverance, ^(F)and my wrath shall not be poured out on Jerusalem by the hand of Shishak.