2 Chronicles 7:19

19 “But if you^[a] turn away and forsake the decrees and commands I have given you^[b] and go off to serve other gods and worship them,

2 Chronicles 7:19 in Other Translations

19 But if ye turn away, and forsake my statutes and my commandments, which I have set before you, and shall go and serve other gods, and worship them;

19 "But if you turn aside and forsake my statutes and my commandments that I have set before you, and go and serve other gods and worship them,

19 “But if you or your descendants abandon me and disobey the decrees and commands I have given you, and if you serve and worship other gods,

19 "But if you or your sons betray me, ignoring my guidance and judgments, taking up with alien gods by serving and worshiping them,

19 But if ye turn away, and forsake my statutes and my commandments which I have set before you, and shall go and serve other gods, and worship them;

19 But if you and your descendants turn away from me and abandon my commands and laws that I gave you, and follow and serve other gods and worship them,

19 However, if you turn away and abandon My statutes and My commands that I have set before you and if you go and serve other gods and worship them,

19 "But suppose all of you turn away from me. You refuse to obey the rules and commands I have given you. And you go off to serve other gods and worship them.

2 Chronicles 7:19 Meaning and Commentary

2 Chronicles 7:19

(See Gill on 2 Chronicles 7:12).

2 Chronicles 7:19 In-Context

17 “As for you, if you walk before me faithfully as David your father did, and do all I command, and observe my decrees and laws,

18 I will establish your royal throne, as I covenanted with David your father when I said, ‘You shall never fail to have a successor to rule over Israel.’

19 “But if you turn away and forsake the decrees and commands I have given you and go off to serve other gods and worship them,

20 then I will uproot Israel from my land, which I have given them, and will reject this temple I have consecrated for my Name. I will make it a byword and an object of ridicule among all peoples.

21 This temple will become a heap of rubble. All who pass by will be appalled and say, ‘Why has the LORD done such a thing to this land and to this temple?’

Cross References

• 1. S Deuteronomy 28:15
• 2. Leviticus 26:14,33; S 1 Chronicles 28:9; 2 Chronicles 12:1; 2 Chronicles 24:18; Jeremiah 9:13; Jeremiah 11:8

Footnotes

• [a]. The Hebrew is plural.
• [b]. The Hebrew is plural.