2 Chronicles 28:11

11 Now listen to me! Send back your fellow Israelites you have taken as prisoners, for the LORD’s fierce anger rests on you.”

2 Chronicles 28:11 in Other Translations

11 Now hear me therefore, and deliver the captives again, which ye have taken captive of your brethren: for the fierce wrath of the LORD is upon you.

11 Now hear me, and send back the captives from your relatives whom you have taken, for the fierce wrath of the LORD is upon you."

11 Listen to me and return these prisoners you have taken, for they are your own relatives. Watch out, because now the LORD ’s fierce anger has been turned against you!”

11 Careful now; do exactly what I say - return these captives, every last one of them. If you don't, you'll find out how real anger, God's anger, works."

11 Listen to me and return the captives you took from your brothers, for the Lord's fierce wrath is on you."

2 Chronicles 28:11 Meaning and Commentary

2 Chronicles 28:11

Now hear me therefore
And not only hear, but be obedient:

and deliver the captives again, which ye have taken of your brethren;
their women, sons and daughters, even all of them, the whole 200,000:

for the fierce wrath of God is upon you;
hangs over your heads, and will fall upon you, unless you do this.

2 Chronicles 28:11 In-Context

9 But a prophet of the LORD named Oded was there, and he went out to meet the army when it returned to Samaria. He said to them, “Because the LORD, the God of your ancestors, was angry with Judah, he gave them into your hand. But you have slaughtered them in a rage that reaches to heaven.

10 And now you intend to make the men and women of Judah and Jerusalem your slaves. But aren’t you also guilty of sins against the LORD your God?

11 Now listen to me! Send back your fellow Israelites you have taken as prisoners, for the LORD’s fierce anger rests on you.”

12 Then some of the leaders in Ephraim—Azariah son of Jehohanan, Berekiah son of Meshillemoth, Jehizkiah son of Shallum, and Amasa son of Hadlai—confronted those who were arriving from the war.

13 “You must not bring those prisoners here,” they said, “or we will be guilty before the LORD. Do you intend to add to our sin and guilt? For our guilt is already great, and his fierce anger rests on Israel.”

Cross References

• 1. 2 Chronicles 11:4; James 2:13