² But the word of the Lord came to ^(A)Shemaiah the man of God, saying,

⁵ Then ^(A)Shemaiah the prophet came to Rehoboam and the princes of Judah who had gathered at Jerusalem because of Shishak, and he said to them, “This is what the Lord says: ‘^(B)You have abandoned Me, so I also have abandoned you ^[a]to Shishak.’” ⁶ So the princes of Israel and the king humbled themselves and said, “The ^(C)Lord is righteous.”

⁷ When the Lord saw that they had humbled themselves, the word of the Lord came to Shemaiah, saying, “^(D)They have humbled themselves, so I will not destroy them; and I will grant them a little deliverance, and ^(E)My wrath will not be poured out on Jerusalem by means of Shishak.