2 Kings 21:10

Yahweh Sends a Rebuke to Manasseh

10 So Yahweh spoke by the hand of his servants the prophets, saying,

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 I will not again make the feet of Israel wander from the land which I have given to their ancestors, if they only observe to do according to all that I have commanded them, as far as the law that Moses my servant commanded them."

9 But Manasseh did not listen and tempted them to do evil more than the nations that Yahweh destroyed before the presence of the {Israelites}.

10 So Yahweh spoke by the hand of his servants the prophets, saying,

11 "Because Manasseh the king of Judah committed these detestable things [and] did evil more than the Amorites did who were before him and caused even Judah to sin with his idols,

12 therefore, thus says Yahweh the God of Israel, 'Look, I am bringing disaster upon Jerusalem and Judah about which the two ears of all who hear it will tingle.