2 Chronicles 34:27

Humility Repentance Grief Mercy and compassion

²⁵ because they have forsaken Me and burned incense to other gods, that they might provoke Me to anger with all the works of their hands. My wrath will be poured out upon this place and will not be quenched.’

²⁶ But as for the king of Judah, who sent you to inquire of the LORD, tell him that this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘As for the words that you heard,

because your heart was tender and you humbled yourself before God when you heard His words against this place and against its people, and because you have humbled yourself before Me and you have torn your clothes and wept before Me, I have heard you,’ declares the LORD.

²⁸ ‘Now I will indeed gather you to your fathers, and you will be gathered to your grave in peace. Your eyes will not see all the calamity that I will bring on this place and on its inhabitants.’” So they brought her answer back to the king.

²⁹ Then the king summoned all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: because your heart was tender and you humbled yourself before God when you heard His words against this place and against its people, and because you have humbled yourself before Me and you have torn your clothes and wept before Me, I have heard you,’ declares the LORD.
KJV: Because thine heart was tender, and thou didst humble thyself before God, when thou heardest his words against this place, and against the inhabitants thereof, and humbledst thyself before me, and didst rend thy clothes, and weep before me; I have even heard thee also, saith the LORD.
WEB: because your heart was tender, and you humbled yourself before God when you heard his words against this place and against its inhabitants, and have humbled yourself before me, and have torn your clothes and wept before me, I also have heard you,” says the LORD.
ASV: because thy heart was tender, and thou didst humble thyself before God, when thou heardest his words against this place, and against the inhabitants thereof, and hast humbled thyself before me, and hast rent thy clothes, and wept before me; I also have heard thee, saith Jehovah.
DARBY: Because thy heart was tender, and thou didst humble thyself before God, when thou heardest his words against this place and against the inhabitants thereof, and humbledst thyself before me, and didst rend thy garments and weep before me, I also have heard [thee], saith Jehovah.
BLB: because your heart was tender and you humbled yourself before God when you heard His words against this place and against its dwellers, and you humbled yourself before Me, and you tore your clothes, and you wept before Me, I also have heard’—the declaration of YHWH.

ÅB: Fordi ditt hjerte ble bløtt, og du ydmyket deg for Guds åsyn da du hørte hans ord mot dette sted og dets innbyggere - fordi du ydmyket deg for mitt åsyn og sønderrev dine klær og gråt for mitt åsyn, så har også jeg hørt, sier Herren.
OTB: Fordi ditt hjerte var ømt og du ydmyket deg for Gud da du hørte hans ord mot dette stedet og dets innbyggere, og fordi du ydmyket deg for meg, rev dine klær og gråt for meg, har jeg virkelig hørt deg,' erklærer Herren.
B1930: Fordi ditt hjerte blev bløtt, og du ydmyket dig for Guds åsyn da du hørte hans ord mot dette sted og dets innbyggere - fordi du ydmyket dig for mitt åsyn og sønderrev dine klær og gråt for mitt åsyn, så har også jeg hørt, sier Herren.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

2 Chronicles 32:26
Then Hezekiah humbled the pride of his heart—he and the people of Jerusalem—so that the wrath of the LORD did not come upon them during the days of Hezekiah.
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Psalms 34:18
The LORD is near to the brokenhearted; He saves the contrite in spirit.
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Ezekiel 9:4
“Go throughout the city of Jerusalem,” said the LORD, “and put a mark on the foreheads of the men sighing and groaning over all the abominations committed there.”
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2 Chronicles 34:19
When the king heard the words of the Law, he tore his clothes
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Isaiah 65:24
Even before they call, I will answer, and while they are still speaking, I will hear.
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2 Chronicles 33:12
And in his distress, Manasseh sought the favor of the LORD his God and earnestly humbled himself before the God of his fathers.
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2 Chronicles 32:12–13
Did not Hezekiah himself remove His high places and His altars and say to Judah and Jerusalem, ‘You must worship before one altar, and on it you shall burn sacrifices’?
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Jeremiah 36:23–24
And as soon as Jehudi had read three or four columns, Jehoiakim would cut them off with a scribe’s knife and throw them into the firepot, until the entire scroll had been consumed by the fire.
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