2 Chronicles 36:15-17
1599 Geneva Bible
15 Therefore the Lord God of their fathers sent to them [a]by his messengers, [b]rising early and sending: for he had compassion on his people, and on his habitation.
16 But they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and misused his Prophets, until the wrath of the Lord arose against his people, and till there was no [c]remedy.
17 For he brought upon them the king of the Chaldeans, who slew their young men with the sword [d]in the house of their Sanctuary, and spared neither young man nor virgin, ancient, nor aged. God [e]gave all into his hand,
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- 2 Chronicles 36:15 Hebrew, by the hand of his.
- 2 Chronicles 36:15 By this phrase the Scripture meaneth, oftentimes, and diligently, as Jer. 11:7 and 25:3 and 26:5 and 32:33.
- 2 Chronicles 36:16 Till God could no longer suffer their sins, but must needs punish them.
- 2 Chronicles 36:17 Whither they fled, thinking to have been saved for the holiness thereof.
- 2 Chronicles 36:17 Which is not because God approveth him, which yet is the minister of his justice, but because God would by his just judgment punish this people: for this king was led with ambition and vain glory, whereunto were joined fury and cruelty: therefore his work was condemnable, notwithstanding it was just and holy on God’s part, who used this wicked instrument to declare his justice.
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