¹¹ “Manasseh king of Judah has committed these detestable sins. He has done more evil^(A) than the Amorites^(B) who preceded him and has led Judah into sin with his idols.^(C)

³ Surely these things happened to Judah according to the Lord’s command,^(A) in order to remove them from his presence^(B) because of the sins of Manasseh^(C) and all he had done, ⁴ including the shedding of innocent blood.^(D) For he had filled Jerusalem with innocent blood, and the Lord was not willing to forgive.^(E)

⁴ I will make them abhorrent^(A) to all the kingdoms of the earth^(B) because of what Manasseh^(C) son of Hezekiah king of Judah did in Jerusalem.