As good king Josiah's reign ends, Judah's chance at repentance winds down. 2Chronicles35:1-19,26-27,20-27; 2Kings23:28-34,34-37; Jeremiah 22:11-17;Jer26:1-23, Genesis 49:10

Josiah makes every effort to bring the nation back to God. 2Kings 22:3-7; 2Chronicles 34:8-13; 2Kings 22:8-10; 2Chron 34:14-18,19-28,29-29; 2Kings 23:4-25;1Kings 13:1-34 

God says, "if that nation against whom I have spoken turns from its evil, I will relent of the disaster that I thought to bring upon it." Jeremiah 18:1-17,18-23; 19:1-15;20:1-6,14-18,7-13