2 Kings 21:10-15

10 The LORD said through his servants the prophets:

11 “Manasseh king of Judah has committed these detestable sins. He has done more evil than the Amorites who preceded him and has led Judah into sin with his idols.

12 Therefore this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: I am going to bring such disaster on Jerusalem and Judah that the ears of everyone who hears of it will tingle.

13 I will stretch out over Jerusalem the measuring line used against Samaria and the plumb line used against the house of Ahab. I will wipe out Jerusalem as one wipes a dish, wiping it and turning it upside down.

14 I will forsake the remnant of my inheritance and give them into the hands of enemies. They will be looted and plundered by all their enemies;

15 they have done evil in my eyes and have aroused my anger from the day their ancestors came out of Egypt until this day.”

2 Kings 21:10-15 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO 2 KINGS 21

In this chapter a short history is given of the two wicked reigns of Manasseh and Amon; Manasseh is charged with great idolatry, with enchantments and witchcrafts, and seducing the children of Israel, 2Ki 21:1-9 and a prophecy is given out of the destruction of Jerusalem for his sins, 2Ki 21:10-16, and an account is given of his death and burial, 2Ki 21:17,18, and of his son and successor Amon, and the evils committed by him, 2Ki 21:19-22 and of the conspiracy against his life, which succeeded, and Josiah his son reigned in his stead, 2Ki 21:23-26.

Cross References

• 1. S 1 Kings 14:9; 2 Kings 24:3-4
• 2. S Genesis 15:16; 1 Kings 21:26
• 3. Ezekiel 18:12
• 4. 2 Kings 23:26; 2 Kings 24:3; Jeremiah 15:4; Ezekiel 7:5
• 5. S 1 Samuel 3:11; Jeremiah 19:3
• 6. Isaiah 28:17; Isaiah 34:11; Lamentations 2:8; Amos 7:7-9
• 7. 2 Kings 23:27
• 8. Psalms 78:58-60; Jeremiah 12:7; Jeremiah 23:33
• 9. 2 Kings 19:4; Ezra 9:8; Nehemiah 1:2; Isaiah 1:9; Isaiah 10:21; Jeremiah 6:9; Jeremiah 40:15; Jeremiah 42:2; Jeremiah 44:7,28; Jeremiah 50:20; Micah 2:12
• 10. S Exodus 32:22
• 11. Jeremiah 25:7