2 Chronicles 29:8

Listen to 2 Chronicles 29:8
8 Because of this the Lord has been angry with Judah and Jerusalem, and what he has done to them has shocked and frightened everyone. You know this very well.

2 Chronicles 29:8 Meaning and Commentary

2 Chronicles 29:8

Wherefore the wrath of the Lord was upon. Judah and Jerusalem,
&c.] As appeared, by suffering the Syrians, and Israelites, and Edomites, and Philistines, to come upon them, and distress them, as the history of the preceding chapter shows:

and he hath delivered them to trouble, to astonishment, and to hissing,
as ye see with your eyes;
such desolation and destruction were made among them, as not only threw them into a stupor, that they knew not what to do, but were amazing to all their neighbours, and caused them to hiss at them, which they could not but be sensible of.

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2 Chronicles 29:8 In-Context

6 Our ancestors were unfaithful to the Lord our God and did what was displeasing to him. They abandoned him and turned their backs on the place where he dwells.
7 They closed the doors of the Temple, let the lamps go out, and failed to burn incense or offer burnt offerings in the Temple of the God of Israel.
8 Because of this the Lord has been angry with Judah and Jerusalem, and what he has done to them has shocked and frightened everyone. You know this very well.
9 Our fathers were killed in battle, and our wives and children have been taken away as prisoners.
10 "I have now decided to make a covenant with the Lord, the God of Israel, so that he will no longer be angry with us.
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.