Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Surely these things happened to Judah according to the LORD’s command, in order to remove them from his presence because of the sins of Manasseh and all he had done, New Living Translation These disasters happened to Judah because of the LORD’s command. He had decided to banish Judah from his presence because of the many sins of Manasseh, English Standard Version Surely this came upon Judah at the command of the LORD, to remove them out of his sight, for the sins of Manasseh, according to all that he had done, Berean Standard Bible Surely this happened to Judah at the LORD’s command, to remove them from His presence because of the sins of Manasseh and all that he had done, King James Bible Surely at the commandment of the LORD came this upon Judah, to remove them out of his sight, for the sins of Manasseh, according to all that he did; New King James Version Surely at the commandment of the LORD this came upon Judah, to remove them from His sight because of the sins of Manasseh, according to all that he had done, New American Standard Bible It indeed came upon Judah at the command of the LORD, to remove them from His sight due to the sins of Manasseh, in accordance with everything that he had done, NASB 1995 Surely at the command of the LORD it came upon Judah, to remove them from His sight because of the sins of Manasseh, according to all that he had done, NASB 1977 Surely at the command of the LORD it came upon Judah, to remove them from His sight because of the sins of Manasseh, according to all that he had done, Legacy Standard Bible Surely at the command of Yahweh it came upon Judah, to remove them from His presence because of the sins of Manasseh, according to all that he had done, Amplified Bible Surely this came on Judah at the command of the LORD, to remove them from His sight because of the sins of [King] Manasseh, in accordance with everything that he had done, Christian Standard Bible Indeed, this happened to Judah at the LORD’s command to remove them from his presence. It was because of the sins of Manasseh, according to all he had done, Holman Christian Standard Bible Indeed, this happened to Judah at the LORD’s command to remove them from His sight. It was because of the sins of Manasseh, according to all he had done, American Standard Version Surely at the commandment of Jehovah came this upon Judah, to remove them out of his sight, for the sins of Manasseh, according to all that he did, Contemporary English Version and now he was making it happen. The country of Judah was going to be wiped out, because Manasseh had sinned English Revised Version Surely at the commandment of the LORD came this upon Judah, to remove them out of his sight, for the sins of Manasseh, according to all that he did; GOD'S WORD® Translation Without a doubt, this happened to Judah because the LORD had commanded it to happen. He wanted to remove the people of Judah from his sight because of Manasseh's sins-everything he had done, Good News Translation This happened at the LORD's command, in order to banish the people of Judah from his sight because of all the sins that King Manasseh had committed, International Standard Version It was truly by the command of the LORD against Judah that it came, in order to remove them from his sight, because of every sin that Manasseh had committed, Majority Standard Bible Surely this happened to Judah at the LORD’s command, to remove them from His presence because of the sins of Manasseh and all that he had done, NET Bible Just as the LORD had announced, he rejected Judah because of all the sins which Manasseh had committed. New Heart English Bible Surely at the commandment of the LORD this came on Judah, to remove them out of his sight, for the sins of Manasseh, according to all that he did, Webster's Bible Translation Surely at the commandment of the LORD came this upon Judah, to remove them out of his sight, for the sins of Manasseh, according to all that he did; World English Bible Surely at the commandment of Yahweh this came on Judah, to remove them out of his sight for the sins of Manasseh, according to all that he did, Literal Translations Literal Standard Versiononly, by the command of YHWH it has been against Judah to turn [them] aside from His presence, for the sins of Manasseh, according to all that he did, Young's Literal Translation only, by the command of Jehovah it hath been against Judah to turn them aside from His presence, for the sins of Manasseh, according to all that he did, Smith's Literal Translation But at the mouth of Jehovah it was upon Judah to turn away from his face through the sins of Manasseh, according to all which he did. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleAnd this came by the word of the Lord against Juda, to remove them from before him for all the sins of Manasses which he did. Catholic Public Domain Version Then this occurred, by the word of the Lord against Judah, that he took him away from before himself because of all the sins of Manasseh which he did, New American Bible This befell Judah because the LORD had stated that he would put them out of his sight for the sins Manasseh had committed in all that he did, New Revised Standard Version Surely this came upon Judah at the command of the LORD, to remove them out of his sight, for the sins of Manasseh, for all that he had committed, Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleAnd there came a fierce wrath against Judah, to remove them out of his sight on account of the sins of Manasseh and all that he had done, Peshitta Holy Bible Translated And there was great wrath against Yehuda, that he would remove them from before him, because of the sins of Menashe and everything that he did, OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917Surely at the commandment of the LORD came this upon Judah, to remove them out of His sight, for the sins of Manasseh, according to all that he did; Brenton Septuagint Translation Moreover it was the purpose of the Lord concerning Juda, to remove them from his presence, because of the sins of Manasses, according to all that he did. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Babylon Controls Jehoiakim…2And the LORD sent Chaldean, Aramean, Moabite, and Ammonite raiders against Jehoiakim in order to destroy Judah, according to the word that the LORD had spoken through His servants the prophets. 3Surely this happened to Judah at the LORD’s command, to remove them from His presence because of the sins of Manasseh and all that he had done, 4and also for the innocent blood he had shed. For he had filled Jerusalem with innocent blood, and the LORD was unwilling to forgive.… Cross References Jeremiah 25:9 behold, I will summon all the families of the north, declares the LORD, and I will send for My servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, whom I will bring against this land, against its residents, and against all the surrounding nations. So I will devote them to destruction and make them an object of horror and contempt, an everlasting desolation. Jeremiah 27:6 So now I have placed all these lands under the authority of My servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon. I have even made the beasts of the field subject to him. Jeremiah 32:28 Therefore this is what the LORD says: Behold, I am about to deliver this city into the hands of the Chaldeans and of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, who will capture it. Jeremiah 52:3 For because of the anger of the LORD, all this happened in Jerusalem and Judah, until He finally banished them from His presence. And Zedekiah also rebelled against the king of Babylon. 2 Chronicles 36:6-7 Then Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up against Jehoiakim and bound him with bronze shackles to take him to Babylon. / Nebuchadnezzar also took to Babylon some of the articles from the house of the LORD, and he put them in his temple in Babylon. Daniel 1:1-2 In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to Jerusalem and besieged it. / And the Lord delivered into his hand Jehoiakim king of Judah, along with some of the articles from the house of God. He carried these off to the land of Shinar, to the house of his god, where he put them in the treasury of his god. Leviticus 26:14-17 If, however, you fail to obey Me and to carry out all these commandments, / and if you reject My statutes, despise My ordinances, and neglect to carry out all My commandments, and so break My covenant, / then this is what I will do to you: I will bring upon you sudden terror, wasting disease, and fever that will destroy your sight and drain your life. You will sow your seed in vain, because your enemies will eat it. ... Deuteronomy 28:49-52 The LORD will bring a nation from afar, from the ends of the earth, to swoop down upon you like an eagle—a nation whose language you will not understand, / a ruthless nation with no respect for the old and no pity for the young. / They will eat the offspring of your livestock and the produce of your land until you are destroyed. They will leave you no grain or new wine or oil, no calves of your herds or lambs of your flocks, until they have caused you to perish. ... Isaiah 39:6-7 The time will surely come when everything in your palace and all that your fathers have stored up until this day will be carried off to Babylon. Nothing will be left, says the LORD. / And some of your descendants, your own flesh and blood, will be taken away to be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.” Ezekiel 21:25-27 And you, O profane and wicked prince of Israel, the day has come for your final punishment.’ / This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Remove the turban, and take off the crown. Things will not remain as they are: Exalt the lowly and bring low the exalted. / A ruin, a ruin, I will make it a ruin! And it will not be restored until the arrival of Him to whom it belongs, to whom I have assigned the right of judgment.’ Habakkuk 1:6 For behold, I am raising up the Chaldeans—that ruthless and impetuous nation which marches through the breadth of the earth to seize dwellings not their own. Matthew 23:37-38 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling! / Look, your house is left to you desolate. Luke 21:20-24 But when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, you will know that her desolation is near. / Then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains, let those in the city get out, and let those in the country stay out of the city. / For these are the days of vengeance, to fulfill all that is written. ... Romans 1:18 The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of men who suppress the truth by their wickedness. Romans 11:7-10 What then? What Israel was seeking, it failed to obtain, but the elect did. The others were hardened, / as it is written: “God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes that could not see, and ears that could not hear, to this very day.” / And David says: “May their table become a snare and a trap, a stumbling block and a retribution to them. ... Treasury of Scripture Surely at the commandment of the LORD came this on Judah, to remove them out of his sight, for the sins of Manasseh, according to all that he did; Surely. 2 Kings 18:25 Am I now come up without the LORD against this place to destroy it? The LORD said to me, Go up against this land, and destroy it. Genesis 50:20 But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive. 2 Chronicles 24:24 For the army of the Syrians came with a small company of men, and the LORD delivered a very great host into their hand, because they had forsaken the LORD God of their fathers. So they executed judgment against Joash. remove them. 2 Kings 23:26,27 Notwithstanding the LORD turned not from the fierceness of his great wrath, wherewith his anger was kindled against Judah, because of all the provocations that Manasseh had provoked him withal… Leviticus 26:33-35 And I will scatter you among the heathen, and will draw out a sword after you: and your land shall be desolate, and your cities waste… Deuteronomy 4:26,27 I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that ye shall soon utterly perish from off the land whereunto ye go over Jordan to possess it; ye shall not prolong your days upon it, but shall utterly be destroyed… for the sins. 2 Kings 21:2-11 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, after the abominations of the heathen, whom the LORD cast out before the children of Israel… Exodus 20:5 Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me; Jump to Previous Command Commandment Evil Face Fate Judah Lord's Manasseh Manas'seh Order Presence Remove Removed Sight Sins Surely Turn Verily WordJump to Next Command Commandment Evil Face Fate Judah Lord's Manasseh Manas'seh Order Presence Remove Removed Sight Sins Surely Turn Verily Word2 Kings 24 1. Jehoiakim, first subdued by Nebuchadnezzar, then rebelling against him, 2. procures his own ruin. 5. Jehoiachin succeeds him. 7. The king of Egypt is vanquished by the king of Babylon. 8. Jehoiachin's evil reign. 10. Jerusalem is taken and carried captive into Babylon. 17. Zedekiah is made king, and reigns ill, unto the utter destruction of Judah. Surely this happened The phrase underscores the certainty and inevitability of the events that transpired. In Hebrew, the word often translated as "surely" is "אָכֵן" (aken), which conveys a sense of affirmation and truth. This certainty reflects the divine orchestration of events, emphasizing that what occurred was not by chance but by divine decree. It serves as a reminder of God's sovereign control over history and His active role in the unfolding of His divine plan. to Judah at the command of the LORD to remove them from His presence because of the sins of Manasseh and all he had done Out of his sight.--From before his face, i.e., as the Targum explains, from the land where he was present in his Temple. For the sins of Manasseh.--Comp. 2Kings 21:11 seq., 2Kings 23:26 seq.; Jeremiah 15:4. . . . Verse 3. - Surely at the commandment of the Lord came this upon Judah; literally, only at the mouth of the Lord did this come upon Judah; i.e. there was no other cause for it but the simple "mouth" or "word" of the Lord. The LXX., who translate πλὴν θυμὸς Κυρίου ῆν ἐπὶ τὸν ιούδαν, seem to have had אַף instead of פִי in their copies. To remove them out of his sight (comp. 2 Kings 23:27; and see also the comment on 2 Kings 17:18) for the sins of Manasseh, according to all that he did. The meaning is not that the nation was punishes for the personal sins and crimes of the wicked Manseseh forty or fifty years previously, but that the class of sins introduced by Manasseh, being persisted in by the people, brought the stern judgments of God upon them. As W. G. Sumner well observes, "The sins of Manasseh had become a designation for a certain class of offences, and a particular form of public and social depravity, which was introduced by Manassseh, but of which generation after generation continued to be guilty." The special sins were(1) idolatry, accompanied by licentious rites; (2) child-murder, or sacrifice to Moloch; (3) sodomy (2 Kings 23:7); and . . . Hebrew Surelyאַ֣ךְ ׀ (’aḵ) Adverb Strong's 389: A particle of affirmation, surely this happened הָֽיְתָה֙ (hā·yə·ṯāh) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be to Judah בִּֽיהוּדָ֔ה (bî·hū·ḏāh) Preposition-b | Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3063: Judah -- 'praised', a son of Jacob, also the southern kingdom, also four Israelites at עַל־ (‘al-) Preposition Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against the LORD’s יְהוָ֗ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel command, פִּ֣י (pî) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 6310: The mouth, edge, portion, side, according to to remove לְהָסִ֖יר (lə·hā·sîr) Preposition-l | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct Strong's 5493: To turn aside them from מֵעַ֣ל (mê·‘al) Preposition-m Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against His presence פָּנָ֑יו (pā·nāw) Noun - common plural construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 6440: The face because of the sins בְּחַטֹּ֣את (bə·ḥaṭ·ṭōṯ) Preposition-b | Noun - feminine plural construct Strong's 2403: An offence, its penalty, occasion, sacrifice, expiation, an offender of Manasseh מְנַשֶּׁ֔ה (mə·naš·šeh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 4519: Manasseh -- 'causing to forget', a son of Joseph, also a king of Judah, also two Israelites and all כְּכֹ֖ל (kə·ḵōl) Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every that אֲשֶׁ֥ר (’ă·šer) Pronoun - relative Strong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that he had done, עָשָֽׂה׃ (‘ā·śāh) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 6213: To do, make Links 2 Kings 24:3 NIV2 Kings 24:3 NLT 2 Kings 24:3 ESV 2 Kings 24:3 NASB 2 Kings 24:3 KJV 2 Kings 24:3 BibleApps.com 2 Kings 24:3 Biblia Paralela 2 Kings 24:3 Chinese Bible 2 Kings 24:3 French Bible 2 Kings 24:3 Catholic Bible OT History: 2 Kings 24:3 Surely at the commandment of Yahweh came (2Ki iiKi ii ki 2 kg 2kg) |