⁹ And they will say, ‘^(A)Because they abandoned the Lord their God, who brought their fathers out of the land of Egypt, and they ^[a]adopted other gods and worshiped and served them, for that reason the Lord has brought all this adversity on them.’”

² and he went out ^[a]to meet Asa and said to him, “Listen to me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin: ^(A)the Lord is with you when you are with Him. And ^(B)if you seek Him, He will let you find Him; but if you abandon Him, He will abandon you.