Cross References

- Advertisements -




2 Chronicles 7:20

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

then I will uproot Israel from the soil that I gave them, and this temple that I have sanctified for my name I will banish from my presence;  I will make it an object of scorn and ridicule among all the peoples.

See the chapter Copy

21 Cross References  

So the Lord rejected all the descendants of Israel, punished them, and handed them over to plunderers until he had banished them from his presence.


You will become an object of horror, scorn, and ridicule among all the peoples where the Lord will drive you.


‘This is what you are to say to him: “This is what the Lord says: ‘What I have built I am about to demolish, and what I have planted I am about to uproot   #– #the whole land!


I will make them an object of horror  and a disaster to all the kingdoms of the earth, an example for disgrace, scorn, ridicule,  and cursing, wherever I have banished them.


For the Lord will strike Israel so that they will  shake as a reed shakes in water. He will uproot Israel from this good soil that he gave to their ancestors.  He will scatter them beyond the Euphrates  because they made their Asherah poles, angering the Lord.


I will cut off Israel from the land I gave them,  and I will reject  the temple I have sanctified for my name.  Israel will become an object of scorn and ridicule among all the peoples.


The Lord uprooted them from their land in his anger, rage, and intense wrath, and threw them into another land where they are today.”


Just as I watched over them to uproot and to tear them down, to demolish and to destroy, and to cause disaster,  so will I watch over them to build and to plant them’   #– #this is the Lord’s declaration.


These people are dangerous reefs  at your love feasts  as they eat with you without reverence. They are shepherds who only look after themselves. They are waterless clouds carried along by winds;  trees in late autumn #– #fruitless, twice dead and uprooted.


At one moment I might announce concerning a nation or a kingdom that I will uproot, tear down, and destroy it.


However, if they will not obey, then I will uproot and destroy that nation.’ This is the Lord’s declaration.


If you turn back from following him,  he will once again leave this people in the wilderness, and you will destroy all of them.’


So I will hurl you from this land into a land that you and your ancestors have not known.  There you will worship other gods  both day and night, for I will not grant you grace.”


‘Many nations will pass by this city and ask one another, “Why did the Lord do such a thing to this great city? ”


You are angering me by the work of your hands. You are burning incense to other gods in the land of Egypt where you have gone to stay for a while. As a result, you will be cut off and become an example for cursing and insult among all the nations of earth.


So I will bring the most evil of nations to take possession of their houses. I will put an end to the pride of the strong, and their sacred places will be profaned.


Then the Chaldeans burned God’s temple.  They tore down Jerusalem’s wall, burned all its palaces, and destroyed all its valuable articles.





Follow us:

Advertisements


Advertisements