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2 Chronicles 12:7

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

When the Lord saw that they had humbled themselves, the Lord’s message came to Shemaiah: ‘They have humbled themselves; I will not destroy them but will grant them a little deliverance.  My wrath will not be poured out on Jerusalem through Shishak.

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because they have abandoned me  and burned incense to other gods so as to anger me with all the works of their hands. My wrath will be poured out on this place, and it will not be quenched.”


So he poured out his furious anger and the power of war on Jacob. It surrounded him with fire, but he did not know it; it burned him, but he didn’t take it to heart.


he will also drink the wine of God’s wrath, which is poured full strength into the cup of his anger.  He will be tormented with fire and sulphur  in the sight of the holy angels and in the sight of the Lamb,


Therefore, this is what the Lord God says: ‘Look, my anger #– #my burning wrath #– #is about to be poured out on this place,  on people and animals, on the tree of the field, and on the produce of the land. My wrath will burn and not be quenched.’


Only acknowledge your guilt   – you have rebelled against the  Lord your God. You have scattered your favours to strangers under every green tree and have not obeyed me. This is the  Lord’s declaration.


‘Go and enquire of the Lord for me and for those remaining in Israel and Judah, concerning the words of the book that was found. For great is the Lord’s wrath that is poured out on us  because our ancestors have not kept the word of the Lord in order to do everything written in this book.’


but the Lord was gracious to them, had compassion on them,  and turned towards them because of his covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.  He was not willing to destroy them. Even now he has not banished them from his presence.


When Rehoboam humbled himself, the Lord’s anger turned away from him, and he did not destroy him completely.  Besides that, conditions were good in Judah.


because  your heart was tender and you humbled yourself before God when you heard his words against this place and against its inhabitants, and because you humbled yourself before me, and you tore your clothes and wept before me, I myself have heard” #– #this is the Lord’s declaration.


Then Hezekiah humbled himself for the pride of his heart #– #he and the inhabitants of Jerusalem #– #so the Lord’s wrath didn’t come  on them during Hezekiah’s lifetime.


When he was in distress, he sought the favour of the Lord his God and earnestly humbled himself  before the God of his ancestors.


He prayed to him, and the Lord was receptive to his prayer. He granted his request  and brought him back to Jerusalem, to his kingdom. So Manasseh came to know that the Lord is God.





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