2 Kings 21:9

New International Reader's Version

But the people didn’t pay any attention. Manasseh led them astray. They did more evil things than the nations the Lord had destroyed. He had destroyed them to make room for the Israelites.

Cross References

1 Kings 14:16

I will give Israel up because of the sins Jeroboam has committed. He has also caused Israel to commit those same sins.”

2 Kings 16:3

He followed the ways of the kings of Israel. He even sacrificed his son in the fire to another god. He followed the practices of the nations. The Lord hated those practices. He had driven out those nations to make room for the Israelites.

2 Kings 21:10

The Lord spoke through his servants the prophets. He said,

2 Chronicles 33:9

But Manasseh led Judah and the people of Jerusalem astray. They did more evil things than the nations the Lord had destroyed to make room for the Israelites.

2 Chronicles 36:16

But God’s people made fun of his messengers. They hated his words. They laughed at his prophets. Finally the Lord’s great anger was stirred up against his people. Nothing could save them.

Nehemiah 9:26

“But they didn’t obey you. Instead, they turned against you. They turned their backs on your law. They killed your prophets. The prophets had warned them to return to you. But they did very evil things that dishonored you.

Psalm 12:8

Proud and sinful people walk around openly when the evil they do is praised by the human race.

Psalm 81:10

I am the Lord your God. I brought you up out of Egypt. Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it with good things.

Proverbs 29:12

If rulers listen to lies, all their officials become evil.

Ezekiel 11:12

Then you will know that I am the Lord. You have not obeyed my rules. You have not kept my laws. Instead, you have lived by the standards of the nations around you.’ ”

Ezekiel 16:47

You lived exactly the way they did. You copied their evil practices. I hate those practices. Everything you did was so sinful that you soon became even worse than they were.

Ezekiel 22:3

Tell them, ‘The Lord and King says, “Your city brings death on itself. You spill blood inside its walls. You make yourselves ‘unclean’ by making statues of gods.

Ezekiel 5:6

But its people are sinful. They have refused to obey my laws and rules. They have turned their backs on my laws. They have not followed my rules. These people are worse than the nations and countries around them.”

Ezekiel 5:7

The Lord and King continues, “You people have been worse than the nations around you. You have not lived by my rules or kept my laws. You have not even lived up to the standards of the nations around you.”

Daniel 9:6

We haven’t listened to your servants the prophets. They spoke in your name to our kings, our princes and our people of long ago. They also brought your message to all our people in the land.

Hosea 5:11

Ephraim will soon be crushed. The Assyrians will stomp all over them. It will happen because they have made up their minds to chase after other gods.

Luke 13:34

“Jerusalem! Jerusalem! You kill the prophets and throw stones in order to kill those who are sent to you. Many times I have wanted to gather your people together. I have wanted to be like a hen who gathers her chicks under her wings. And you would not let me.

John 15:22

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.

James 4:17

So suppose someone knows the good deeds they should do. But suppose they don’t do them. By not doing these good deeds, they sin.

Revelation 2:20

‘But here is what I have against you. You put up with that woman Jezebel. She calls herself a prophet. With her teaching, she has led my servants into sexual sin. She has tricked them into eating food offered to statues of gods.

1 Samuel 8:19

In spite of what Samuel said, the people refused to listen to him. “No!” they said. “We want a king to rule over us.