2 Kings 21:10

10 ADONAI spoke this message through his servants the prophets:

2 Kings 21:10 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 21:10

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:

saying:
as follows.

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FOOTNOTES:

F6 Seder Olam Rabba, c. 20. p. 55.

2 Kings 21:10 In-Context

8 Also I will not have the feet of Isra'el wander any longer out of the land which I gave their ancestors - if only they will take heed to obey every order I have given them and live in accordance with all the Torah that my servant Moshe ordered them to obey."

9 But they did not take heed; and M'nasheh misled them into doing even worse things than the nations ADONAI had destroyed ahead of the people of Isra'el.

10 ADONAI spoke this message through his servants the prophets:

11 "Because M'nasheh king of Y'hudah has done these disgusting things; because he has done things more wicked than anything the Emori, who were there before him, did; also because with his idols he made Y'hudah sin;

12 therefore here is what ADONAI the God of Isra'el, says: 'I am going to bring such calamity on Yerushalayim and Y'hudah that the ears of all who hear of it will tingle.