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2 Kings 23:26

New American Bible - revised edition

Yet the Lord did not turn from his fiercely burning anger against Judah, because of all the provocations that Manasseh had given.

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“Go, consult the Lord for me, for the people, and for all Judah, about the words of this book that has been found, for the rage of the Lord has been set furiously ablaze against us, because our ancestors did not obey the words of this book, nor do what is written for us.”

The Lord loosed against him bands of Chaldeans, Arameans, Moabites, and Ammonites; he unleashed them against Judah to destroy him, according to the Lord’s word spoken through his servants the prophets.

This befell Jerusalem and Judah because the Lord was so angry that he cast them out of his sight. Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.

This befell Judah because the Lord had stated that he would put them out of his sight for the sins Manasseh had committed in all that he did,

and especially because of the innocent blood he shed; he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood, and the Lord would not forgive.

After Josiah had done all this to restore the temple, Neco, king of Egypt, came up to fight at Carchemish on the Euphrates, and Josiah went out to meet him.

But they mocked God’s messengers, despised his words, and scoffed at his prophets, until the Lord’s anger against his people blazed up beyond remedy.

Let our leaders represent the whole assembly; then let all those in our cities who have taken foreign women for wives appear at appointed times, accompanied by the elders and magistrates of each city in question, till we have turned away from us our God’s burning anger over this affair.”

The anger of the Lord shall not abate until he has carried out completely the decisions of his heart. In days to come you will understand fully.




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