5 Then Je·hoshʹa·phat stood up in the congregation* of Judah and of Jerusalem in the house of Jehovah+ before the new courtyard,+

20 And God’s spirit+ itself enveloped*+ Zech·a·riʹah+ the son of Je·hoiʹa·da+ the priest, so that he stood up above the people and said to them: “This is what the [true] God has said, ‘Why are YOU overstepping the commandments of Jehovah, so that YOU cannot prove successful?+ Because YOU have left Jehovah, he will, in turn, leave YOU.’”+

2 “This is what Jehovah has said, ‘Stand in the courtyard of the house of Jehovah,+ and you must speak concerning all the cities of Judah that are coming in to bow down at the house of Jehovah all the words that I will command you to speak to them.+ Do not take away a word.+