They were broken in pieces, nation against nation, and city against city; for God troubled them with all adversity.
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They were broken in pieces, nation against nation, and city against city; for God troubled them with all adversity.
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And nation was destroyed of nation, and city of city: for God did vex them with all adversity.
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And they were broken in pieces, nation against nation, and city against city; for God did discomfit them with all manner of adversity.
Cross-references (12)
Passages linked to 2 Chronicles 15:6 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Luke 21:22-24 For these are days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled. Woe to those who are pregnant and to those who nurse infants in those days! For there will be great distress in the land, and wrath to this people. They will fall by the edge of the sword, and will be led captive into all the nations. Jerusalem will be trampled down by the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.
- Judges 2:14 Yahweh’s anger burned against Israel, and he delivered them into the hands of raiders who plundered them. He sold them into the hands of their enemies all around, so that they could no longer stand before their enemies.
- 2 Chronicles 12:15 Now the acts of Rehoboam, first and last, aren’t they written in the histories of Shemaiah the prophet and of Iddo the seer, in the genealogies? There were wars between Rehoboam and Jeroboam continually.
- 2 Chronicles 13:17 Abijah and his people killed them with a great slaughter, so five hundred thousand chosen men of Israel fell down slain.
- 2 Chronicles 33:11 Therefore Yahweh brought on them the captains of the army of the king of Assyria, who took Manasseh in chains, bound him with fetters, and carried him to Babylon.
- 2 Chronicles 36:17 Therefore he brought on them the king of the Chaldeans, who killed their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary, and had no compassion on young man or virgin, old man or gray-headed. He gave them all into his hand.
- Psalms 106:41 He gave them into the hand of the nations. Those who hated them ruled over them.
- Isaiah 10:6 I will send him against a profane nation, and against the people who anger me I will give him a command to take the plunder and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets.
- Amos 3:6 Does the trumpet alarm sound in a city, without the people being afraid? Does evil happen to a city, and Yahweh hasn’t done it?
- Matthew 24:7 For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom; and there will be famines, plagues, and earthquakes in various places.
- Mark 13:8 For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be earthquakes in various places. There will be famines and troubles. These things are the beginning of birth pains.
- Luke 21:9-10 When you hear of wars and disturbances, don’t be terrified, for these things must happen first, but the end won’t come immediately.” Then he said to them, “Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 2Ch 15:6 And nation was destroyed of nation, and…
2Ch 15:6 And nation was destroyed of nation, and city of city: for God did vex them with all adversity.
Ver. 6. And nation was destroyed.] Heb., Beaten to pieces: such is the woe of war, that no words, however so wide, are sufficient to set it forth.
John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Nation was destroyed of nation, i.e. one part of…
Nation was destroyed of nation, i.e. one part of the people of Israel destroyed the other by civil wars; of which see instances, Jdg 9:23, &c.; Jdg 12:1, &c. As all the people of Israel are called a nation, so the several tribes and families of them are sometimes called nations, as Gen 17:4; Eze 2:3 Act 4:27, compared with Psa 2:1.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And nation was destroyed of nation, and city of…
And nation was destroyed of nation, and city of city,.... Or one tribe of another; as the Ephraimites by the Gileadites, and the tribe of Benjamin by the other tribes; and Shechem by Abimelech, Jdg 9:45,
for God did vex them with all adversity; both with foreign enemies and civil wars; and now it is intimated that this would be their case again, should they not keep close to the Lord their God.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain And nation, &c. - One part of the people…
And nation, &c. - One part of the people of Israel destroyed the other by civil wars. As all Israel are called a nation, so the several tribes of them are sometimes called nations.
John Wesley, Explanatory Notes Upon the Whole Bible (1754–1765) — public domain. Text via the GEBible commentary corpus.
Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain 2Ch 15:6. Nation was destroyed of nation — One…
2Ch 15:6. Nation was destroyed of nation — One part of the people of Israel destroyed the other by civil wars; of which see instances, Jdg 9:23, &c., and 2Ch 12:1, &c. As all Israel, so the several tribes of them are sometimes called nations.
Joseph Benson's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments (1811–1818) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain The allusion is probably to the destructions recorded in…
The allusion is probably to the destructions recorded in Jdg 9:45; 20:33-48.
Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible (1834–1885) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.
Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Nation, both in the times of Baasa, who fought…
Nation, both in the times of Baasa, who fought against Asa, and afterwards. For the same prophecy may be literally explained of more thing than one. (Menochius) --- Distress. Our Saviour says, Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, &c. But he that shall persevere to the end, shall be saved. [Matthew xxiv. 9-13.]
George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).
Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 6. Nation… destroyed of nation — “It is quite…
6. Nation… destroyed of nation — “It is quite in harmony with the rhetorical nature of the passage that the contentions of the Israelites among themselves (for example, in the time of the Judges between the inhabitants of Gilead and Ephraim, and between Benjamin and the rest of the tribes, Jdg_12:4; Judges 20, 21; and in later times between the two Israelitish kingdoms) should be described as a crushing of one people by the other.” — Bertheau.
City of city — Comp. Jdg_9:45.
Daniel D. Whedon (gen. ed.), Commentary on the Old and New Testaments (1874–1909) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 6. nation was destroyed of nation, and city of…
6. nation was destroyed of nation, and city of city] R.V. they were broken in pieces, nation against nation, and city against city. Israel is meant. In the civil strife of the days of the Judges Israel appeared more than once as two nations destroying one another: cp. Jdg_8:13-17; Jdg_9:26 ff; Jdg_12:1 ff; Jdg_20:12 ff.
vex] Rather, afflict; see 2Ch_15:5.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (6) And nation was destroyed of nation.—And they were…
(6) And nation was destroyed of nation.—And they were crushed, nation by nation and city by city. The verb khathath occurs Isa_2:4 (“to beat”); but in its (intensive) passive form only here. Some MSS. have the (intensive) active form, which is found elsewhere. So LXX. and Vulg.: “And nation shall fight against nation.” Nation is gôy, i.e., a community of kindred, such as a tribe or clan, rather than a merely political aggregate. The allusion is to the old feuds and contentions between rival tribes, e.g., between Ephraim and Gilead (Manasseh) (Judges 12), or between Benjamin and the other tribes (Judges 20). The verse vividly pourtrays an internecine strife, like that described in Isa_19:2 : “And I will set the Egyptians against the Egyptians, and they shall fight every one against his brother, and every one against his neighbour; city against city, kingdom against kingdom;” or like that depicted by the same prophet (Isa_9:18-21): “No man shall spare his brother . . . they shall eat every man the flesh of his own arm [i.e., of his natural ally]: Manasseh, Ephraim; and Ephraim, Manasseh; and they together shall be against Judah.”
Did vex them with all adversity.—Had confounded (or, discomfited) them with every kind of distress. (Comp. Zec_14:13 : “A great confusion from the Lord.”)
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Among other patent instances, not the least remarkable are…
Among other patent instances, not the least remarkable are found in Jud 20:35-45 9:44-47; these forecast and heralded that final rupture of Rehoboam and Jeroboam, which showed the "house divided against itself," and the sure consequences thereof.
The Pulpit Commentary (1880–1919), ed. H.D.M. Spence-Jones & Joseph S. Exell — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 They were broken in pieces, nation against nation, and…
They were broken in pieces, nation against nation, and city against city
The word "they" refers to the words "nation" and "city." Conquering one another is spoken of as if they were breaking each other into pieces. AT: "Nations and cities destroyed each other, nations fighting nations, cities fighting cities" (See: Metaphor)
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They were broken in pieces, nation against nation, and city against city
Here "nation" and "city" are metonyms for the people who live there. You may also supply a connecting word to clarify the relationship between these two phrases. AT: "Nations and cities destroyed each other, as the people of one nation fought against the people of another nation, and the people of one city fought against the people of another city" (See: Metonymy and Connecting Words)
do not let your hands be weak
Here the word "hands" represents the people who work. AT: "do not become weak as you work" (See: Synecdoche)
for your work will be rewarded
This can be stated in active form. Yahweh is the implied subject. AT: "for Yahweh will reward your work" (See: Active or Passive and Assumed Knowledge and Implicit Information)
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nation
trouble
suffer
hand
works
reward
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