2 Chronicles 34:23
21 Go, enquire of the LORD for me, and for them that are left in Israel and in Judah, concerning the words of the book that is found: for great is the wrath of the LORD that is poured out upon us, because our fathers have not kept the word of the LORD, to do after all that is written in this book.
22 And Hilkiah, and they that the king had appointed, went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvath, the son of Hasrah, keeper of the wardrobe; (now she dwelt in Jerusalem in the college:) and they spake to her to that effect.
And she answered them, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Tell ye the man that sent you to me,
24 Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will bring evil upon this place, and upon the inhabitants thereof, even all the curses that are written in the book which they have read before the king of Judah:
25 Because they have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto other gods, that they might provoke me to anger with all the works of their hands; therefore my wrath shall be poured out upon this place, and shall not be quenched.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- And Huldah said to them, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Tell the man who sent you
- KJV
- And she answered them, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Tell ye the man that sent you to me,
- WEB
- She said to them, “The LORD, the God of Israel says: ‘Tell the man who sent you to me,
- ASV
- And she said unto them, Thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel: Tell ye the man that sent you unto me,
- DARBY
- And she said to them, Thus saith Jehovah the God of Israel: Tell the man that sent you to me,
- BLB
- And she answered them, “Thus says YHWH, God of Israel: ‘Tell the man who sent you⁺ to Me,
- ÅB
- Hun sa til dem: Så sier Herren, Israels Gud: Si til den mann som har sendt dere til meg:
- OTB
- Hun sa til dem, "Dette er hva Herren, Israels Gud, erklærer: Fortell mannen som sendte dere til meg,
- B1930
- Hun sa til dem: Så sier Herren, Israels Gud: Si til den mann som har sendt eder til mig:
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Jeremiah 21:3–7
Then said Jeremiah unto them, Thus shall ye say to Zedekiah:
Read in context2 Kings 22:15–20
And she said unto them, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Tell the man that sent you to me,
Read in contextJeremiah 37:7–10
Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel; Thus shall ye say to the king of Judah, that sent you unto me to enquire of me; Behold, Pharaoh’s army, which is come forth to help you, shall return to Egypt into their own land.
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