2 Chronicles 30:7

7 And be not ye like your fathers and like your brethren who trespassed against the LORD God of their fathers, so that He therefore gave them up to desolation, as ye see.

2 Chronicles 30:7 Meaning and Commentary

2 Chronicles 30:7

And be not ye like your fathers, and like your brethren, which
trespassed against the Lord God of their fathers
By worshipping the calves, and neglecting the service of God in the temple at Jerusalem; the Targum is,

``which acted deceitfully with the Word of the Lord their God:''

who therefore gave them up to desolation, as ye see;
some part of the land of Israel being already made desolate by the kings of Assyria, which was very visible.

2 Chronicles 30:7 In-Context

5 So they established a decree to make proclamation throughout all Israel, from Beersheba even to Dan, that they should come to keep the Passover unto the LORD God of Israel at Jerusalem; for they had not done it for a long time in such manner as it was written.

6 So the couriers went with the letters from the king and his princes throughout all Israel and Judah, and according to the commandment of the king, saying, "Ye children of Israel, turn again unto the LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, and He will return to the remnant of you that have escaped out of the hand of the kings of Assyria.

7 And be not ye like your fathers and like your brethren who trespassed against the LORD God of their fathers, so that He therefore gave them up to desolation, as ye see.

8 Now be ye not stiffnecked, as your fathers were, but yield yourselves unto the LORD and enter into His sanctuary, which He hath sanctified for ever; and serve the LORD your God, that the fierceness of His wrath may turn away from you.

9 For if ye turn again unto the LORD, your brethren and your children shall find compassion before those who lead them captive, so that they shall come again into this land; for the LORD your God is gracious and merciful, and will not turn away His face from you if ye return unto Him."