19 Did Hezekiah king of Judah and all Judah actually put him to death? Did he not (A)fear the Lord and plead for the favor of the Lord, and (B)the Lord relented of the disaster which He had pronounced against them? But we are (C)committing a great evil against our own lives!”

20 Indeed, there was also a man who used to prophesy in the name of the Lord, Uriah the son of Shemaiah from (D)Kiriath-jearim; and he prophesied against this city and against this land words similar to all those of Jeremiah. 21 When King Jehoiakim and all his warriors and all the officials heard his words, then the (E)king sought to put him to death; but Uriah heard about it, and he was afraid, so he (F)fled and went to Egypt.

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