22. At the king's command, Hilkiah and the others went to consult a woman named Huldah, a prophet who lived in the newer part of Jerusalem. (Her husband Shallum, the son of Tikvah and grandson of Harhas, was in charge of the temple robes.) They described to her what had happened,
23. and she told them to go back to the king and give him
24. the following message from the Lord: “I am going to punish Jerusalem and all its people with the curses written in the book that was read to the king.
25. They have rejected me and have offered sacrifices to other gods, and so have stirred up my anger by all they have done. My anger is aroused against Jerusalem, and it will not die down.
26. As for the king himself, this is what I, the Lord God of Israel, say: You listened to what is written in the book,