However, the Lord was not willing to destroy Judah, for the sake of David His servant, since He had promised him to give a lamp to him through his sons always.

“Now, when this letter comes to you, since your master’s sons are with you, as well as the chariots and horses and a fortified city and the weapons,

because they have done evil in My sight, and have been provoking Me to anger since the day their fathers came from Egypt, even to this day.’”