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Selected Verse: 2 Kings 23:26 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
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| 2Ki 23:26 |
Strong Concordance |
Notwithstanding the LORD [03068] turned [07725] not from the fierceness [02740] of his great [01419] wrath [0639], wherewith his anger [0639] was kindled [02734] against Judah [03063], because of all the provocations [03708] that Manasseh [04519] had provoked [03707] him withal. |
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King James |
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. |
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| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| Notwithstanding, the Lord turned not from the fierceness of his wrath,--&c. The national reformation which Josiah carried on was acquiesced in by the people from submission to the royal will; but they entertained a secret and strong hankering after the suppressed idolatries. Though outwardly purified, their hearts were not right towards God, as appears from many passages of the prophetic writings; their thorough reform was hopeless; and God, who saw no sign of genuine repentance, allowed His decree (Kg2 21:12-15) for the subversion of the kingdom to take fatal effect. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| See the marginal references. True repentance might have averted God's anger. But the people had sunk into a condition in which a true repentance was no longer possible. Individuals, like Josiah, were sincere, but the mass of the nation, despite their formal renewal of the covenant Kg2 23:3, and their outward perseverance in Yahweh-worship Ch2 34:33, had feigned rather than felt repentance. The earlier chapters of Jeremiah are full at once of reproaches which he directs against the people for their insincerity, and of promises if they would repent in earnest. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Notwithstanding - Because though the king was most hearty in his repentance and acceptable to God, and therefore the judgment was delayed for his time; yet the people were in general corrupt, and secretly averse from Josiah's pious reformation, as appears from the complaints of the prophets, especially Jeremiah and Zephaniah, against them: and by the following history, wherein we see, that as soon as ever Josiah was gone, his children, and the princes, and the people, suddenly and greedily returned to their former abominations. Because - The sins of Manasseh, and for the men of his generation; who concurred with him in his idolatrous and cruel practices, are justly punished in this generation: because of God's sovereign right of punishing sinners when he sees fit: because of that publick declaration of God, that he would visit the iniquity of the fathers upon the children: and principally, because these men had never sincerely repented of their own, nor of their fathers sins. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| The Lord turned not - It was of no use to try this fickle and radically depraved people any longer. They were respited merely during the life of Josiah. |
12 Therefore thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068] God [0430] of Israel [03478], Behold, I am bringing [0935] such evil [07451] upon Jerusalem [03389] and Judah [03063], that whosoever heareth [08085] of it, both [08147] his ears [0241] shall tingle [06750].
13 And I will stretch [05186] over Jerusalem [03389] the line [06957] of Samaria [08111], and the plummet [04949] of the house [01004] of Ahab [0256]: and I will wipe [04229] Jerusalem [03389] as a man wipeth [04229] a dish [06747], wiping [04229] it, and turning [02015] it upside down [06440].
14 And I will forsake [05203] the remnant [07611] of mine inheritance [05159], and deliver [05414] them into the hand [03027] of their enemies [0341]; and they shall become a prey [0957] and a spoil [04933] to all their enemies [0341];
15 Because they have done [06213] that which was evil [07451] in my sight [05869], and have provoked [04480] me to anger [03707], since the day [03117] their fathers [01] came forth [03318] out of Egypt [04714], even unto this day [03117].
33 And Josiah [02977] took away [05493] all the abominations [08441] out of all the countries [0776] that pertained to the children [01121] of Israel [03478], and made all that were present [04672] in Israel [03478] to serve [05647], even to serve [05647] the LORD [03068] their God [0430]. And all his days [03117] they departed [05493] not from following [0310] the LORD [03068], the God [0430] of their fathers [01].
3 And the king [04428] stood [05975] by a pillar [05982], and made [03772] a covenant [01285] before [06440] the LORD [03068], to walk [03212] after [0310] the LORD [03068], and to keep [08104] his commandments [04687] and his testimonies [05715] and his statutes [02708] with all their heart [03820] and all their soul [05315], to perform [06965] the words [01697] of this covenant [01285] that were written [03789] in this book [05612]. And all the people [05971] stood [05975] to the covenant [01285].