“and he cried out to the man of God who came from Judah, saying, “The LORD says, ‘Because you have been disobedient to the LORD’s word, and have not kept the commandment which the LORD your God commanded you,”

Reading this verse in context

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Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.