2 Kings 22:16

16 'This is what the LORD says: I'm going to bring disaster on this place and on the people living here according to everything written in the book that the king of Judah has read.

2 Kings 22:16 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 22:16

Thus saith the Lord, behold, I will bring evil upon this
place, and upon the inhabitants of it
Destruction to the place, and captivity to the inhabitants of it:

even all the words of the book which the king of Judah hath read;
particularly what is contained in ( Leviticus 26:14-45 ) ( Deuteronomy 28:15-68 ) , even all the curses in it, as in ( 2 Chronicles 34:24 ) .

2 Kings 22:16 In-Context

14 So the priest Hilkiah, Ahikam, Achbor, Shaphan, and Asaiah went to talk to the prophet Huldah. She was the wife of Shallum, son of Tikvah and grandson of Harhas. Shallum was in charge of the [royal] wardrobe. Huldah was living in the Second Part of Jerusalem.

15 She told them, "This is what the LORD God of Israel says: Tell the man who sent you to me,

16 'This is what the LORD says: I'm going to bring disaster on this place and on the people living here according to everything written in the book that the king of Judah has read.

17 I will do this because they have abandoned me and sacrificed to other gods in order to make me furious. Therefore, my burning anger directed at this place will never be extinguished.'"

18 [Huldah added,] "But tell Judah's king who sent you to me to ask the LORD a question, 'This is what the LORD God of Israel says about the words you heard: