2 Kings 22:16

22:16 “This is what the Lord says: ‘I am about to bring disaster on this place and its residents, the details of which are recorded in the scroll which the king of Judah has read. ¹ 

2 Kings 22:19

22:19 ‘You displayed a sensitive spirit ²  and humbled yourself before the Lord when you heard how I intended to make this place and its residents into an appalling example of an accursed people. ³  You tore your clothes and wept before me, and I have heard you,’ says the Lord.

[22:16]  ¹ tn Heb “all the words of the scroll which the king of Judah has read.”

[22:19]  ² tn Heb “Because your heart was tender.”

[22:19]  ³ tn Heb “how I said concerning this place and its residents to become [an object of] horror and [an example of] a curse.” The final phrase (“horror and a curse”) refers to Judah becoming a prime example of an accursed people. In curse formulations they would be held up as a prime example of divine judgment. For an example of such a curse, see Jer 29:22.