Now hear me therefore, and send back the captives that you have taken captive from your brothers, for the fierce wrath of Yahweh is on you.”
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Now hear me therefore, and send back the captives that you have taken captive from your brothers, for the fierce wrath of Yahweh is on you.”
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Now hear me therefore, and deliver the captives again, which ye have taken captive of your brethren: for the fierce wrath of the LORD is upon you.
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Now hear me therefore, and send back the captives, that ye have taken captive of your brethren; for the fierce wrath of the LORD is upon you.'
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Passages linked to 2 Chronicles 28:11 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- James 2:13 For judgment is without mercy to him who has shown no mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment.
- 2 Chronicles 28:8 The children of Israel carried away captive of their brothers two hundred thousand women, sons, and daughters, and also took away much plunder from them, and brought the plunder to Samaria.
- Ezra 10:14 Now let our princes be appointed for all the assembly, and let all those who are in our cities who have married foreign women come at appointed times, and with them the elders of every city, and its judges, until the fierce wrath of our God is turned from us, until this matter is resolved.”
- Isaiah 58:6 “Isn’t this the fast that I have chosen: to release the bonds of wickedness, to undo the straps of the yoke, to let the oppressed go free, and that you break every yoke?
- Jeremiah 34:14-15 At the end of seven years, every man of you shall release his brother who is a Hebrew, who has been sold to you, and has served you six years. You shall let him go free from you; but your fathers didn’t listen to me, and didn’t incline their ear. You had now turned, and had done that which is right in my eyes, in every man proclaiming liberty to his neighbor. You had made a covenant before me in the house which is called by my name;
- Matthew 5:7 Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy.
- Matthew 7:2 For with whatever judgment you judge, you will be judged; and with whatever measure you measure, it will be measured to you.
- Hebrews 13:1-3 Let brotherly love continue. Don’t forget to show hospitality to strangers, for in doing so, some have entertained angels without knowing it. Remember those who are in bonds, as bound with them, and those who are ill-treated, since you are also in the body.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 2Ch 28:11 Now hear me therefore, and deliver the…
2Ch 28:11 Now hear me therefore, and deliver the captives again, which ye have taken captive of your brethren: for the fierce wrath of the LORD [is] upon you.
Ver. 11. Now hear me therefore.] Here we have the picture of a good preacher. Oded teacheth, reproveth, exhorteth, turneth himself into all shapes, of spirit and of speech, that he may work upon his hearers; and he had his desire. See Timothy’s task. {2Ti 4:2-3}
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain Now hear me therefore,.... And not only hear, but…
Now hear me therefore,.... And not only hear, but be obedient:
and deliver the captives again, which ye have taken of your brethren; their women, sons and daughters, even all of them, the whole 200,000:
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for the fierce wrath of God is upon you; hangs over your heads, and will fall upon you, unless you do this.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 11. deliver the captives again] R.V. send back the…
11. deliver the captives again] R.V. send back the captives.
the fierce wrath of the Lord is upon you] Cp. Zec_1:15.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (11) Now hear me therefore.—And now hearken to me…
(11) Now hear me therefore.—And now hearken to me (2Ch_13:4; 2Ch_15:2). The “and now” is illative, not temporal.
Deliver . . . again.—Cause to return, send back.
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Pierce wrath.—Heat of anger, i.e., hot anger. Lev_25:39, expressly forbids the permanent enslaving of Israelites by Israelites.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain The fierce wrath; i.e. not unannounced, for Oded means…
The fierce wrath; i.e. not unannounced, for Oded means to say, "You are doing contrary to the Law and the Prophet Moses," as just quoted.
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 28:11 The Chronicler expresses a positive attitude toward the…
28:11 The Chronicler expresses a positive attitude toward the north with the term relatives (literally brothers). • now the Lord’s fierce anger has been turned against you: Later, during Ahaz’s reign, the kingdom of Israel would be destroyed and exiled (722 BC, 2 Kgs 17:5-23).
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