4 And he seized the most fortified cities in Judah, and he went even to Jerusalem.
5 Then Shemaiah, the prophet, entered to Rehoboam, and to the leaders of Judah who had gathered together in Jerusalem while fleeing from Shishak, and he said to them: 'Thus says the Lord: You have abandoned me, and so I have abandoned you into the hand of Shishak.'
6 And the leaders of Israel, and the king, being in consternation, said, 'The Lord is just.'
7 And when the Lord had seen that they were humbled, the word of the Lord came to Shemaiah, saying: 'Because they have been humbled, I will not disperse them. And I will give to them a little help, and my fury will not rain down upon Jerusalem by the hand of Shishak.
8 Yet truly, they shall serve him, so that they may know the difference between my servitude, and the servitude of a kingdom of the lands.'
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