²³ He did not make himself low before the Lord, as his father Manasseh had done, but went on sinning more and more.

¹² And crying out to the Lord his God in his trouble, he made himself low before the God of his fathers,

¹⁹ And the prayer which he made to God, and how God gave him an answer, and all his sin and his wrongdoing, and the places where he made high places and put up pillars of wood and images, before he put away his pride, are recorded in the history of the seers.

²² And in the time of his trouble, this same King Ahaz did even more evil against the Lord.

¹ Manasseh was twelve years old when he became king, and he was ruling for fifty-five years in Jerusalem.

²⁶ But still they took no note and would not give ear, but they made their necks stiff, doing worse than their fathers.

¹² Let them be put to shame because they have done disgusting things. They had no shame, they were not able to become red with shame: so they will come down with those who are falling: in the time of their punishment they will be made low, says the Lord.

¹³ Evil and false men will become worse and worse, using deceit and themselves overcome by deceit.