And the Lord said, ‘My Spirit will not remain with mankind for ever, because they are corrupt. , Their days will be 120 years.’
2 Kings 13:23 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised but the Lord was gracious to them, had compassion on them, and turned towards them because of his covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. He was not willing to destroy them. Even now he has not banished them from his presence. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And the LORD was gracious unto them, and had compassion on them, and had respect unto them, because of his covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and would not destroy them, neither cast he them from his presence as yet. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition But the Lord was gracious to them and had compassion on them and turned toward them because of His covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and would not destroy them or cast them from His presence yet. [Mal. 3:6.] American Standard Version (1901) But Jehovah was gracious unto them, and had compassion on them, and had respect unto them, because of his covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and would not destroy them, neither cast he them from his presence as yet. Common English Bible But the LORD was gracious to Israel and had compassion on them, turning back to them because of his covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; he didn’t want to destroy them or throw them out of his presence until now. Catholic Public Domain Version But the Lord took pity on them, and he returned to them, because of his covenant, which he had made with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob. And he was not willing to destroy them, nor to cast them out completely, even to the present time. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And the Lord had mercy on them, and returned to them because of his covenant, which he had made with Abraham and Isaac and Jacob. And he would not destroy them, nor utterly cast them away, unto this present time. |
And the Lord said, ‘My Spirit will not remain with mankind for ever, because they are corrupt. , Their days will be 120 years.’
Listen to your servant’s prayer and his petition, Lord my God, so that you may hear the cry and the prayer that your servant prays before you today,
King Hazael of Aram died, and his son Ben-hadad became king in his place.
Then Jehoahaz sought the Lord’s favour, and the Lord heard him, for he saw the oppression the king of Aram inflicted on Israel.
For the Lord saw that the affliction of Israel was very bitter for both slaves and free people. There was no one to help Israel.
The Lord had not said he would blot out the name of Israel under heaven, so he delivered them by the hand of Jeroboam son of Jehoash.
Therefore, the Lord was very angry with Israel, and he removed them from his presence. Only the tribe of Judah remained.
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.
Finally, the Lord removed Israel from his presence just as he had declared through all his servants the prophets. So Israel has been exiled to Assyria from their homeland to this very day.
Because of the Lord’s anger, it came to the point in Jerusalem and Judah that he finally banished them from his presence. Then Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.
He said, ‘I will cause all my goodness to pass in front of you, and I will proclaim the name “the Lord” before you. I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion.’
After I have uprooted them, I will once again have compassion on them and return each one to his inheritance and to his land.
Even if he causes suffering, he will show compassion according to the abundance of his faithful love.
then I will remember my covenant with Jacob. I will also remember my covenant with Isaac and my covenant with Abraham, and I will remember the land.
‘Then he will also say to those on the left, “Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels!
The Lord will indeed vindicate his people and have compassion on his servants when he sees that their strength is gone and no one is left #– #slave or free.
They will pay the penalty of eternal destruction from the Lord’s presence and from his glorious strength
So they got rid of the foreign gods among them and worshipped the Lord, and he became weary of Israel’s misery.