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NASB | 2 Kings 23:26 ¶ However, the LORD did not turn from the fierceness of His great wrath with which His anger burned against Judah, because of all the provocations with which Manasseh had provoked Him. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 2 Kings 23:26 ¶ However, the LORD did not turn from the fierceness of His great wrath which was kindled against Judah because of all the despicable acts with which Manasseh had provoked Him. |
Bible Question:
Why didn't the Lord relent from His anger? What was it Manasseh did so bad, God did not reconsider? Why didn't He consider the reforms of Josiah (vv 1-25), like He did when Ninevah repented (Jon 3:10)? |
Bible Answer: Because God had already decreed what he was going to do, and had let everyone know through His prophets. God chose not to show mercy to Judah (Romans 9:18): Now the LORD spoke through His servants the prophets, saying, "Because Manasseh king of Judah has done these abominations, having done wickedly more than all the Amorites did who were before him, and has also made Judah sin with his idols; therefore thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, 'Behold, I am bringing such calamity on Jerusalem and Judah, that whoever hears of it, both his ears will tingle. 'I will stretch over Jerusalem the line of Samaria and the plummet of the house of Ahab, and I will wipe Jerusalem as one wipes a dish, wiping it and turning it upside down. 'I will abandon the remnant of My inheritance and deliver them into the hand of their enemies, and they will become as plunder and spoil to all their enemies; because they have done evil in My sight, and have been provoking Me to anger since the day their fathers came from Egypt, even to this day.'" --2 Kings 21:15 --Joe! |
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