^7 (A)Perhaps their pleading will ^[a]come before the Lord, and everyone will turn from his evil way; for ^(B)great is the anger and the wrath that the Lord has pronounced against this people.”

²⁰ But now, please listen, my lord the king; please let my ^(A)plea ^[a]come before you and do not make me return to the house of Jonathan the scribe, so that I will not die there.”