He also rebelled against King Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him swear by God; he stiffened his neck and hardened his heart against turning to the Lord, the God of Israel.
2 Chronicles 24:19 - Revised Standard Version Yet he sent prophets among them to bring them back to the Lord; these testified against them, but they would not give heed. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Yet he sent prophets to them, to bring them again unto the LORD; and they testified against them: but they would not give ear. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Yet [God] sent prophets to them to bring them again to the Lord; these testified against them, but they would not listen. American Standard Version (1901) Yet he sent prophets to them, to bring them again unto Jehovah; and they testified against them: but they would not give ear. Common English Bible and though God sent prophets to them to bring them back to the LORD and to warn them, they refused to listen. Catholic Public Domain Version And he sent prophets to them, so that they might return to the Lord. And though they were offering testimony, they were not willing to listen to them. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And he sent prophets to them to bring them back to the Lord, and they would not give ear when they testified against them. |
He also rebelled against King Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him swear by God; he stiffened his neck and hardened his heart against turning to the Lord, the God of Israel.
“Nevertheless they were disobedient and rebelled against thee and cast thy law behind their back and killed thy prophets, who had warned them in order to turn them back to thee, and they committed great blasphemies.
Many years thou didst bear with them, and didst warn them by thy Spirit through thy prophets; yet they would not give ear. Therefore thou didst give them into the hand of the peoples of the lands.
Who among you will give ear to this, will attend and listen for the time to come?
“Listen to me, my people, and give ear to me, my nation; for a law will go forth from me, and my justice for a light to the peoples.
Incline your ear, and come to me; hear, that your soul may live; and I will make with you an everlasting covenant, my steadfast, sure love for David.
“For twenty-three years, from the thirteenth year of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah, to this day, the word of the Lord has come to me, and I have spoken persistently to you, but you have not listened.
Yet you have not listened to me, says the Lord, that you might provoke me to anger with the work of your hands to your own harm.
“Therefore thus says the Lord of hosts: Because you have not obeyed my words,
and to heed the words of my servants the prophets whom I send to you urgently, though you have not heeded,
Be not like your fathers, to whom the former prophets cried out, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts, Return from your evil ways and from your evil deeds.’ But they did not hear or heed me, says the Lord.
He said to him, ‘If they do not hear Moses and the prophets, neither will they be convinced if some one should rise from the dead.’ ”