2 Kings 23:27

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

The LORD said, “I will desert the people of Judah, just as I deserted the people of Israel. I will reject Jerusalem, even though I chose it to be mine. And I will abandon this temple built to honour me.”

Cross References

1 Kings 8:29

This is the temple where you have chosen to be worshipped. Please watch over it day and night and listen when I turn towards it and pray.

1 Kings 9:3

The LORD said: I heard your prayer and what you asked me to do. This temple you have built is where I will be worshipped for ever. It belongs to me, and I will never stop watching over it.

2 Kings 17:18

The LORD became so furious with the people of Israel that he allowed them to be carried away as prisoners. Only the people living in Judah were left,

2 Kings 17:20

So the LORD turned his back on everyone in Israel and Judah and let them be punished and defeated until no one was left.

2 Kings 17:23

until the LORD got rid of them, just as he had warned his servants the prophets. That's why the people of Israel were taken away as prisoners to Assyria, and that's where they remained.

2 Kings 18:11

The king of Assyria took the Israelites away as prisoners; he forced some of them to live in the town of Halah, others to live near the River Habor in the territory of Gozan, and still others to live in towns where the Median people lived.

2 Kings 21:13

Jerusalem is as sinful as Ahab and the people of Samaria were. So I will wipe out Jerusalem and be done with it, just as someone wipes water off a plate and turns it over to dry.

2 Kings 21:14

I will even get rid of my people who survive. They will be defeated and robbed by their enemies.

2 Kings 21:4

In the temple, where only the LORD was supposed to be worshipped, Manasseh built altars for pagan gods

2 Kings 23:28

Everything else Josiah did while he was king is written in The History of the Kings of Judah.

2 Kings 24:2

At that time, the LORD started sending troops to rob and destroy towns in Judah. Some of these troops were from Babylonia, and others were from Syria, Moab, and Ammon. The LORD had sent his servants the prophets to warn Judah about this,

2 Kings 24:3

and now he was making it happen. The country of Judah was going to be wiped out, because Manasseh had sinned

2 Kings 25:11

He led away as prisoners the people left in the city, including those who had become loyal to Nebuchadnezzar.

2 Kings 25:21

near Hamath, where Nebuchadnezzar had them killed. The people of Judah no longer lived in their own country.

Psalm 51:11

Don't chase me away from you or take your Holy Spirit away from me.

Jeremiah 15:4

This punishment will happen because of the horrible things your King Manasseh did. And you will be disgusting to all nations on earth.

Jeremiah 23:20

I won't calm down, until I have finished what I have decided to do. Some day you will understand exactly what I mean.

Jeremiah 23:33

Jeremiah, when a prophet or a priest or anyone else comes to you and asks, “Does the LORD have news for us?” tell them, “You people are a nuisance to the LORD, and he will get rid of you.”

Jeremiah 23:39

I will pick you up and throw you far away. And I will abandon this city of Jerusalem that I gave to your ancestors.

Jeremiah 31:37

Can you measure the heavens? Can you explore the depths of the earth? That's how hard it would be for me to reject Israel for ever, even though they have sinned. I, the LORD, have spoken.

Jeremiah 33:24

You've heard foreigners insult my people by saying, “The LORD chose Israel and Judah, but now he has rejected them, and they are no longer a nation.”

Lamentations 2:7

The Lord abandoned his altar and his temple; he let Zion's enemies capture her fortresses. Noisy shouts were heard from the temple, as if it were a time of celebration.