2 Kings 22:17-19
New English Translation
17 This will happen because they have abandoned me and offered sacrifices[a] to other gods, angering me with all the idols they have made.[b] My anger will ignite against this place and will not be extinguished!’” 18 Say this to the king of Judah, who sent you to seek an oracle from the Lord: “This is what the Lord God of Israel has said concerning the words you have heard: 19 ‘You displayed a sensitive spirit[c] and humbled yourself before the Lord when you heard how I intended to make this place and its residents into an appalling example of an accursed people.[d] You tore your clothes and wept before me, and I have heard you,’ says the Lord.
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- 2 Kings 22:17 tn Or “burned incense.”
- 2 Kings 22:17 tn Heb “so as to anger me with all the work of their hands.” The translation assumes that this refers to idols they have manufactured (note the preceding reference to “other gods,” as well as 19:18). However, it is possible that this is a general reference to their sinful practices, in which case one might translate, “angering me by all the things they do.”
- 2 Kings 22:19 tn Heb “Because your heart was tender.”
- 2 Kings 22:19 tn Heb “how I said concerning this place and its residents to become [an object of] horror and [an example of] a curse.” The final phrase (“horror and a curse”) refers to Judah becoming a prime example of an accursed people. In curse formulations they would be held up as a prime example of divine judgment. For an example of such a curse, see Jer 29:22.
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