Thus ManassehmisledJudahand the inhabitantsof Jerusalemto domoreevilthanthe nationswhomthe LORDdestroyedbeforethe sonsof Israel.
"He will giveup Israelon accountof the sinsof Jeroboam,whichhe committedand with whichhe made Israelto sin."
He didevilin the sightof the LORD,and walkedin the wayof his fatherand in his sinwhichhe made Israelsin.
Moreover,Manassehshedverymuchinnocentblooduntilhe had filledJerusalemfrom oneendto another;besideshis sinwith whichhe made Judahsin,in doingevilin the sightof the LORD.
However,the LORDdid not turnfrom the fiercenessof His greatwrathwith whichHis angerburnedagainst Judah,becauseof allthe provocationswith whichManassehhad provokedHim.
For the LORDhumbledJudahbecauseof Ahazkingof Israel,for he had broughtabout a lackof restraintin Judahand was veryunfaithfulto the LORD.
The LORDspoketo Manassehand his people,but they paidnoattention.
He didevilin the sightof the LORDaccording to the abominationsof the nationswhomthe LORDdispossessedbeforethe sonsof Israel.
and I will not againremovethe footof Israelfrom the landwhichI have appointedfor your fathers,ifonlythey will observeto doallthat I have commandedthem according to allthe law,the statutesand the ordinances[given] throughMoses."
If a rulerpaysattentionto falsehood,Allhis ministers[become] wicked.
"Therefore,thussaysthe LordGOD,'Becauseyou have moreturmoilthanthe nationswhichsurroundyou [and] have not walkedin My statutes,norobservedMy ordinances,norobservedthe ordinancesof the nationswhichsurroundyou,'
Do not defileyourselves by anyof thesethings;for by allthesethe nationswhichI am castingout beforeyou have becomedefiled.
"The statutesof OmriAnd allthe worksof the houseof Ahabare observed;And in their devicesyou walk.ThereforeI will giveyou up for destructionAnd your inhabitantsfor derision,And you will bearthe reproachof My people."
a peopleas great,numerous,and tallas the Anakim,but the LORDdestroyedthem beforethem. And they dispossessedthem and settledin their place,
Then I broughtyou into the landof the Amoriteswho livedbeyondthe Jordan,and they foughtwith you; and I gavethem into your hand,and you tookpossessionof their landwhen I destroyedthem beforeyou.
