But the king’s actions in purging the land of false religion did not remove all wickedness from among the people or atone for the sins of his grandfather, King Manasseh, who had “filled Jerusalem with innocent blood. ” So Jehovah’s day of judgment was sure to come.
सफन्याच्या भविष्यवाण्यांमुळे, यहुदातून अशुद्ध उपासनेचे नामोनिशाण मिटवून टाकणे किती महत्त्वाचे आहे याची योशियाला आणखीनच प्रकर्षाने जाणीव झाली असेल.