2 Chronicles 33:10

Manasseh's Idolatry Rebuked

10 The LORD spoke to Manasseh and his people, but ¹they paid no attention.

2 Chronicles 33:10 Meaning and Commentary

2 Chronicles 33:10

And the Lord spake to Manasseh, and to his people
By his servants the prophets, see ( 2 Kings 21:10-15 ) , where what was said to them is recorded:

but they would not hearken;
to what was said, to reproofs, admonitions, and exhortations to repent and reform.

2 Chronicles 33:10 In-Context

8 and I will not again remove the foot of Israel from the land which I have appointed for your fathers, if only they will observe to do all that I have commanded them according to all the law, the statutes and the ordinances given through Moses."

9 Thus Manasseh misled Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to do more evil than the nations whom the LORD destroyed before the sons of Israel.

10 The LORD spoke to Manasseh and his people, but they paid no attention.

11 Therefore the LORD brought the commanders of the army of the king of Assyria against them, and they captured Manasseh with hooks, bound him with bronze chains and took him to Babylon.

12 When he was in distress, he entreated the LORD his God and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers.

Cross References

• 1. Nehemiah 9:29; Jeremiah 25:4