The time is coming when all the things in your house and all the things your ancestors [247] have saved until today will be carried away to Babylon. Nothing will be left! The Lord says this.
2 Kings 22:16 - Easy To Read Version ‘The Lord says this: I am bringing trouble on this place and on the people that live here. These are the troubles that are mentioned in the book that the king of Judah read. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will bring evil upon this place, and upon the inhabitants thereof, even all the words of the book which the king of Judah hath read: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Thus says the Lord: Behold, I will bring evil upon this place and upon its inhabitants, according to all the words of the book which the king of Judah has read. American Standard Version (1901) Thus saith Jehovah, Behold, I will bring evil upon this place, and upon the inhabitants thereof, even all the words of the book which the king of Judah hath read. Common English Bible This is what the LORD says: I am about to bring disaster on this place and its citizens—all the words in the scroll that Judah’s king has read! Catholic Public Domain Version Thus says the Lord: Behold, I will lead evils over this place, and over its inhabitants, all the words of the law that the king of Judah has read. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Thus saith the Lord: Behold, I will bring evils upon this place, and upon the inhabitants thereof, all the words of the law which the king of Juda hath read. |
The time is coming when all the things in your house and all the things your ancestors [247] have saved until today will be carried away to Babylon. Nothing will be left! The Lord says this.
Then Huldah said to them, “The Lord God of Israel says: Tell the man that sent you to me:
The Lord sent groups of Babylonians, Arameans, Moabites, and Ammonites to fight against Jehoiakim. The Lord sent those groups to destroy Judah. This happened just like the Lord said. The Lord used his servants the prophets to say those things.
So the Lord says: “I will soon make something terrible happen to the people of Judah. They will not be able to escape! They will be sorry. And they will cry to me for help. But I will not listen to them.
That is why the Lord became very angry against the people of this land. So he brought to them all the curses that are written in this book.
then the Lord your God will not help you to defeat your enemies. These people will become like a trap for you. They will cause you pain—like smoke and dust in your eyes. And you will be forced to leave this good land. The Lord your God gave you this land. But you can lose it if you don’t obey this command.
Every good promise that the Lord your God made to us has come true. But in the same way, the Lord will make his other promise come true. He promised that if you do wrong, then bad things will happen to you. He promised that he will force you to leave this good land that he gave you.