And the Lord spake by his servants the prophets Who prophesied in the days of Manasseh; and were, according to the Jewish chronology F6, Joel, Nahum, and Habakkuk:
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I will never again remove Israel from the land I gave to their ancestors, provided they carefully do everything I have commanded them-keeping all the Instruction my servant Moses commanded them.
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But they wouldn't listen. Manasseh led them into doing even more evil than the nations the LORD had wiped out before the Israelites.
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The LORD spoke through his servants the prophets:
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Judah's King Manasseh has done detestable things, things more evil than the Amorites had done before his time. He has caused Judah to sin with his images.
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Because of this, the LORD, Israel's God, has said: I'm about to bring on Jerusalem and Judah such a great disaster that the ears of anyone who hears about it will ring.