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2 Chronicles 28:10

Jerusalem
Sin

8 Then the Israelites took 200,000 captives from their kinsmen—women, sons, and daughters. They also carried off a great deal of plunder and brought it to Samaria.

9 But a prophet of the LORD named Oded was there, and he went out to meet the army that returned to Samaria. “Look,” he said to them, “because of His wrath against Judah, the LORD, the God of your fathers, has delivered them into your hand. But you have slaughtered them in a rage that reaches up to heaven.

And now you intend to reduce to slavery the men and women of Judah and Jerusalem. But are you not also guilty before the LORD your God?

11 Now therefore, listen to me and return the captives you took from your kinsmen, for the fierce anger of the LORD is upon you.”

12 Then some of the leaders of the Ephraimites —Azariah son of Jehohanan, Berechiah son of Meshillemoth, Jehizkiah son of Shallum, and Amasa son of Hadlai—stood in opposition to those arriving from the war.

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BSB
And now you intend to reduce to slavery the men and women of Judah and Jerusalem. But are you not also guilty before the LORD your God?
KJV
And now ye purpose to keep under the children of Judah and Jerusalem for bondmen and bondwomen unto you: but are there not with you, even with you, sins against the LORD your God?
WEB
Now you intend to degrade the children of Judah and Jerusalem as male and female slaves for yourselves. Aren’t there even with you trespasses of your own against the LORD your God?
ASV
And now ye purpose to keep under the children of Judah and Jerusalem for bondmen and bondwomen unto you: [but] are there not even with you trespasses of your own against Jehovah your God?
DARBY
And now ye think to subjugate the children of Judah and Jerusalem as your bondmen and bondwomen. Are there not with you, even with you, trespasses against Jehovah your God?
BLB
And now the sons of Judah and Jerusalem you⁺ propose to subdue for menservants and for maidservants unto you⁺. Is there not also unto you⁺ yourselves guilt before YHWH your⁺ God?
ÅB
Og nå tenker dere på å tvinge Judas og Jerusalems barn til å være slaver og slavekvinner for dere; har dere ikke selv skyld nok på dere for Herren deres Gud?
OTB
Og nå sier dere at dere vil bringe Judas og Jerusalems sønner i underkastelse som mannlige og kvinnelige slaver for dere selv? Se, er dere ikke også skyldige for Herren deres Gud?
B1930
Og nu tenker I på å tvinge Judas og Jerusalems barn til å være træler og trælkvinner for eder; har I ikke selv skyld nok på eder for Herren eders Gud?

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Leviticus 25:39–46

    If a countryman among you becomes destitute and sells himself to you, then you must not force him into slave labor.

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  • 1 Peter 4:17–18

    For it is time for judgment to begin with the family of God; and if it begins with us, what will the outcome be for those who disobey the gospel of God?

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  • Matthew 7:2–4

    For with the same judgment you pronounce, you will be judged; and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.

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  • Romans 12:20–21

    On the contrary, “If your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him a drink. For in so doing, you will heap burning coals on his head.”

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  • Jeremiah 25:29

    For behold, I am beginning to bring disaster on the city that bears My Name, so how could you possibly go unpunished? You will not go unpunished, for I am calling down a sword upon all the inhabitants of the earth, declares the LORD of Hosts.’

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