2 Chronicles 30:8
6 So the posts went with the letters from the king and his princes throughout all Israel and Judah, and according to the commandment of the king, saying, Ye children of Israel, turn again unto the LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, and he will return to the remnant of you, that are escaped out of the hand of the kings of Assyria.
7 And be not ye like your fathers, and like your brethren, which trespassed against the LORD God of their fathers, who therefore gave them up to desolation, as ye see.
Now be ye not stiffnecked, as your fathers were, but yield yourselves unto the LORD, and enter into his sanctuary, which he hath sanctified for ever: and serve the LORD your God, that the fierceness of his wrath may turn away from you.
9 For if ye turn again unto the LORD, your brethren and your children shall find compassion before them that lead them captive, so that they shall come again into this land: for the LORD your God is gracious and merciful, and will not turn away his face from you, if ye return unto him.
10 So the posts passed from city to city through the country of Ephraim and Manasseh even unto Zebulun: but they laughed them to scorn, and mocked them.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- Now do not stiffen your necks as your fathers did. Submit to the LORD and come to His sanctuary, which He has consecrated forever. Serve the LORD your God, so that His fierce anger will turn away from you.
- KJV
- Now be ye not stiffnecked, as your fathers were, but yield yourselves unto the LORD, and enter into his sanctuary, which he hath sanctified for ever: and serve the LORD your God, that the fierceness of his wrath may turn away from you.
- WEB
- Now don’t be stiff-necked, as your fathers were, but yield yourselves to the LORD, and enter into his sanctuary, which he has sanctified forever, and serve the LORD your God, that his fierce anger may turn away from you.
- ASV
- Now be ye not stiffnecked, as your fathers were; but yield yourselves unto Jehovah, and enter into his sanctuary, which he hath sanctified for ever, and serve Jehovah your God, that his fierce anger may turn away from you.
- DARBY
- Now, harden not your necks, as your fathers; yield yourselves to Jehovah, and come to his sanctuary, which he has sanctified for ever; and serve Jehovah your God, that the fierceness of his anger may turn away from you.
- BLB
- Now do not harden your⁺ necks as your⁺ fathers; give a hand to YHWH and enter His sanctuary that He has sanctified forever, and serve YHWH your⁺ God, that the burning of His anger may turn away from you⁺.
- ÅB
- Vær nå ikke hårdnakkede som deres fedre! Gi Herren hånden og kom til hans helligdom, som han har helliget for alle tider, og tjen Herren deres Gud, så hans brennende vrede må vende seg bort fra dere.
- OTB
- Nå må dere ikke gjøre nakken stiv som deres fedre, men gi etter for Herren og gå inn i Hans helligdom som Han har helliget for alltid, og tjen Herren deres Gud, så Hans brennende vrede kan vende seg bort fra dere.
- B1930
- Vær nu ikke hårdnakkede som eders fedre! Gi Herren hånden og kom til hans helligdom, som han har helliget for alle tider, og tjen Herren eders Gud, så hans brennende vrede må vende sig bort fra eder.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Exodus 32:9
And the LORD said unto Moses, I have seen this people, and, behold, it is a stiffnecked people:
Read in context2 Chronicles 29:10
Now it is in mine heart to make a covenant with the LORD God of Israel, that his fierce wrath may turn away from us.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 10:16
Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and be no more stiffnecked.
Read in contextPsalms 78:49
He cast upon them the fierceness of his anger, wrath, and indignation, and trouble, by sending evil angels among them.
Read in contextJoshua 24:15
And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.
Read in contextPsalms 68:31
Princes shall come out of Egypt; Ethiopia shall soon stretch out her hands unto God.
Read in contextPsalms 132:13–14
For the LORD hath chosen Zion; he hath desired it for his habitation.
Read in contextRomans 10:21
But to Israel he saith, All day long I have stretched forth my hands unto a disobedient and gainsaying people.
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