The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from King James Bible: of Judah, that were gathered together to Jerusalem because of Shishak,
and said unto them, Thus saith the LORD, Ye have forsaken me, and
therefore have I also left you in the hand of Shishak.
CH2 12:6 Whereupon the princes of Israel and the king humbled
themselves; and they said, The LORD is righteous.
CH2 12:7 And when the LORD saw that they humbled themselves, the word
of the LORD came to Shemaiah, saying, They have humbled themselves;
therefore I will not destroy them, but I will grant them some
deliverance; and my wrath shall not be poured out upon Jerusalem by the
hand of Shishak.
CH2 12:8 Nevertheless they shall be his servants; that they may know my
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