23. she said:You were sent here by King Josiah, and this is what the Lord God of Israel says to him:
24. “Josiah, I am the Lord! And I intend to punish this country and everyone in it, just as this book says.
25. The people of Judah and Israel have rejected me. They have offered sacrifices to foreign gods and have worshipped their own idols. I can't stand it any longer. I am furious.
26-27. “Josiah, listen to what I am going to do. I noticed how sad you were when you heard that this country and its people would be completely wiped out. You even tore your clothes in sorrow, and I heard you cry.
28. So before I destroy this place, I will let you die in peace.”The men left and reported to Josiah what Huldah had said.
29. King Josiah called together the leaders of Judah and Jerusalem.
30. Then he went to the Lord's temple, together with all the people of Judah and Jerusalem, the priests, and the Levites.Finally, when everybody was there, he read aloud The Book of God's Law that had been found in the temple.
31. After Josiah had finished reading, he stood in the place reserved for the king. He promised in the Lord's name to obey the Lord faithfully and to follow his laws and teachings that were written in the book.
32. Then he asked the people of Jerusalem and Benjamin to make that same promise and to obey the God their ancestors had worshipped.