2 Chronicles 33:10
8 Neither will I any more remove the foot of Israel from out of the land which I have appointed for your fathers; so that they will take heed to do all that I have commanded them, according to the whole law and the statutes and the ordinances by the hand of Moses.
9 So Manasseh made Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to err, and to do worse than the heathen, whom the LORD had destroyed before the children of Israel.
And the LORD spake to Manasseh, and to his people: but they would not hearken.
11 Wherefore the LORD brought upon them the captains of the host of the king of Assyria, which took Manasseh among the thorns, and bound him with fetters, and carried him to Babylon.
12 And when he was in affliction, he besought the LORD his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers,
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Compare
- BSB
- And the LORD spoke to Manasseh and his people, but they did not listen.
- KJV
- And the LORD spake to Manasseh, and to his people: but they would not hearken.
- WEB
- The LORD spoke to Manasseh and to his people, but they didn’t listen.
- ASV
- And Jehovah spake to Manasseh, and to his people; but they gave no heed.
- DARBY
- And Jehovah spoke to Manasseh and to his people; but they did not hearken.
- BLB
- And YHWH spoke to Manasseh and to his people, and they did not listen.
- ÅB
- Og Herren talte til Manasse og hans folk, men de aktet ikke på det.
- OTB
- Så talte Herren til Manasse og hans folk, men de brydde seg ikke om Ham.
- B1930
- Og Herren talte til Manasse og hans folk, men de aktet ikke på det.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
2 Chronicles 36:15–16
And the LORD God of their fathers sent to them by his messengers, rising up betimes, and sending; because he had compassion on his people, and on his dwelling place:
Read in contextJeremiah 44:4–5
Howbeit I sent unto you all my servants the prophets, rising early and sending them, saying, Oh, do not this abominable thing that I hate.
Read in contextZechariah 1:4
Be ye not as your fathers, unto whom the former prophets have cried, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Turn ye now from your evil ways, and from your evil doings: but they did not hear, nor hearken unto me, saith the LORD.
Read in contextNehemiah 9:29–30
And testifiedst against them, that thou mightest bring them again unto thy law: yet they dealt proudly, and hearkened not unto thy commandments, but sinned against thy judgments, (which if a man do, he shall live in them;) and withdrew the shoulder, and hardened their neck, and would not hear.
Read in contextActs 7:51–52
Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye.
Read in contextJeremiah 25:4–7
And the LORD hath sent unto you all his servants the prophets, rising early and sending them; but ye have not hearkened, nor inclined your ear to hear.
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