2 Kings 22:15

15 She said to them, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: Tell the man who sent you to me,

2 Kings 22:15 in Other Translations

15 And she said unto them, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Tell the man that sent you to me,

15 And she said to them, "Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel: 'Tell the man who sent you to me,

15 She said to them, “The LORD, the God of Israel, has spoken! Go back and tell the man who sent you,

15 In response to them she said, "God's word, the God of Israel: Tell the man who sent you here

15 She said to them, "This is what the Lord God of Israel says, 'Say to the man who sent you to Me:

2 Kings 22:15 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 22:15

And she said unto them
The king's messengers:

thus saith the Lord God of Israel;
being immediately inspired by him, she spake in his name, as prophets did:

tell the man that sent you to me;
which may seem somewhat rude and unmannerly to say of a king; but when it is considered she spake not of herself, but representing the King of kings and Lord of lords, it will be seen and judged of in another light.

2 Kings 22:15 In-Context

13 “Go and inquire of the LORD for me and for the people and for all Judah about what is written in this book that has been found. Great is the LORD’s anger that burns against us because those who have gone before us have not obeyed the words of this book; they have not acted in accordance with all that is written there concerning us.”

14 Hilkiah the priest, Ahikam, Akbor, Shaphan and Asaiah went to speak to the prophet Huldah, who was the wife of Shallum son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas, keeper of the wardrobe. She lived in Jerusalem, in the New Quarter.

15 She said to them, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: Tell the man who sent you to me,

16 ‘This is what the LORD says: I am going to bring disaster on this place and its people, according to everything written in the book the king of Judah has read.

17 Because they have forsaken me and burned incense to other gods and aroused my anger by all the idols their hands have made, my anger will burn against this place and will not be quenched.’