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2 Kings 21:9

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But the people did not listen. Manasseh led them to do more evil than the nations the Lord had destroyed ahead of the Israelites.

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Jeroboam sinned, and then he made the people of Israel sin. So the Lord will let the people of Israel be defeated.”

Ahaz did the same things the kings of Israel had done. He even made his son pass through fire. He did the same hateful sins as the nations had done whom the Lord had forced out of the land ahead of the Israelites.

The Lord said through his servants the prophets,

But Manasseh led the people of Judah and Jerusalem to do wrong. They did more evil than the nations the Lord had destroyed ahead of the Israelites.

But they made fun of God’s prophets and hated God’s messages. They refused to listen to the prophets until, finally, the Lord became so angry with his people that he could not be stopped.

“But they were disobedient and turned against you and ignored your teachings. Your prophets warned them to come back to you, but they killed those prophets and spoke against you.

But the wicked are all around us; everyone loves what is wrong.

I, the Lord, am your God, who brought you out of Egypt. Open your mouth and I will feed you.

If a ruler pays attention to lies, all his officers will become wicked.

Then you will know that I am the Lord. You did not live by my rules or obey my laws. Instead, you did the same things as the nations around you.”

You not only followed their ways and did the hateful things they did, but you were soon worse than they were in all your ways.

You are to say: ‘This is what the Lord God says: You are a city that kills those who come to live there. You make yourself unclean by making idols.

But she has refused to obey my laws and has been more evil than the nations. She has refused to obey my rules, even more than nations around her. The people of Jerusalem have rejected my laws and have not lived by my rules.

“So this is what the Lord God says: You have caused more trouble than the nations around you. You have not followed my rules or obeyed my laws. You have not even obeyed the laws of the nations around you.

We did not listen to your servants, the prophets, who spoke for you to our kings, our leaders, our ancestors, and all the people of the land.

Israel is crushed by the punishment, because it decided to follow idols.

“Jerusalem, Jerusalem! You kill the prophets and stone to death those who are sent to you. Many times I wanted to gather your people as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you would not let me.

If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not be guilty of sin, but now they have no excuse for their sin.

Anyone who knows the right thing to do, but does not do it, is sinning.

“But I have this against you: You let that woman Jezebel spread false teachings. She says she is a prophetess, but by her teaching she leads my people to take part in sexual sins and to eat food that is offered to idols.

But the people would not listen to Samuel. They said, “No! We want a king to rule over us.




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