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2 Chronicles 36:14-16
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14 All the leaders of the priests and people became more unfaithful and committed the same horrible sins practiced by the nations.[a] They defiled the Lord’s temple which he had consecrated in Jerusalem.

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15 The Lord God of their ancestors[b] continually warned them through his messengers,[c] for he felt compassion for his people and his dwelling place. 16 But they mocked God’s messengers, despised his warnings,[d] and ridiculed his prophets.[e] Finally the Lord got very angry at his people and there was no one who could prevent his judgment.[f]

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  1. 2 Chronicles 36:14 tn Heb “like all the abominable practices of the nations.”
  2. 2 Chronicles 36:15 tn Heb “fathers.”
  3. 2 Chronicles 36:15 tn Heb “and the Lord God of their fathers sent against them by the hand of his messengers, getting up early and sending.”
  4. 2 Chronicles 36:16 tn Heb “his words.”
  5. 2 Chronicles 36:16 tn All three verbal forms (“mocked,” “despised,” and “ridiculed”) are active participles in the Hebrew text, indicating continual or repeated action. They made a habit of rejecting God’s prophetic messengers.
  6. 2 Chronicles 36:16 tn Heb “until the anger of the Lord went up against his people until there was no healer.”
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