Now don’t be stiff-necked, as your fathers were, but yield yourselves to Yahweh, and enter into his sanctuary, which he has sanctified forever, and serve Yahweh your God, that his fierce anger may turn away from you.
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Now don’t be stiff-necked, as your fathers were, but yield yourselves to Yahweh, and enter into his sanctuary, which he has sanctified forever, and serve Yahweh your God, that his fierce anger may turn away from you.
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Now be ye not stiffnecked, as your fathers were, but yield yourselves unto the LORD, and enter into his sanctuary, which he hath sanctified for ever: and serve the LORD your God, that the fierceness of his wrath may turn away from you.
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Now be ye not stiffnecked, as your fathers were; but yield yourselves unto the LORD, and enter into His sanctuary, which He hath sanctified for ever, and serve the LORD your God, that His fierce anger may turn away from you.
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Passages linked to 2 Chronicles 30:8 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Exodus 32:9 Yahweh said to Moses, “I have seen these people, and behold, they are a stiff-necked people.
- 2 Chronicles 29:10 Now it is in my heart to make a covenant with Yahweh, the God of Israel, that his fierce anger may turn away from us.
- Deuteronomy 10:16 Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and be no more stiff-necked.
- Deuteronomy 6:13 You shall fear Yahweh your God; and you shall serve him, and shall swear by his name.
- Deuteronomy 6:17 You shall diligently keep the commandments of Yahweh your God, and his testimonies, and his statutes, which he has commanded you.
- Joshua 24:15 If it seems evil to you to serve Yahweh, choose today whom you will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell; but as for me and my house, we will serve Yahweh.”
- 2 Kings 23:26 Notwithstanding, Yahweh didn’t turn from the fierceness of his great wrath, with which his anger burned against Judah, because of all the provocation with which Manasseh had provoked him.
- 1 Chronicles 29:24 All the princes, the mighty men, and also all of the sons of king David submitted themselves to Solomon the king.
- 2 Chronicles 28:11 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.”
- 2 Chronicles 28:13 and said to them, “You must not bring in the captives here, for you intend that which will bring on us a trespass against Yahweh, to add to our sins and to our guilt; for our guilt is great, and there is fierce wrath against Israel.”
- 2 Chronicles 36:13 He also rebelled against king Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him swear by God; but he stiffened his neck, and hardened his heart against turning to Yahweh, the God of Israel.
- Ezra 10:19 They gave their hand that they would put away their wives; and being guilty, they offered a ram of the flock for their guilt.
- Psalms 63:2 So I have seen you in the sanctuary, watching your power and your glory.
- Psalms 68:24 They have seen your processions, God, even the processions of my God, my King, into the sanctuary.
- Psalms 68:31 Princes shall come out of Egypt. Ethiopia shall hurry to stretch out her hands to God.
- Psalms 73:17 until I entered God’s sanctuary, and considered their latter end.
- Psalms 78:49 He threw on them the fierceness of his anger, wrath, indignation, and trouble, and a band of angels of evil.
- Psalms 132:13-14 For Yahweh has chosen Zion. He has desired it for his habitation. “This is my resting place forever. I will live here, for I have desired it.
- Matthew 4:10 Then Jesus said to him, “Get behind me, Satan! For it is written, ‘You shall worship the Lord your God, and you shall serve him only.’ ”
- John 12:26 If anyone serves me, let him follow me. Where I am, there my servant will also be. If anyone serves me, the Father will honor him.
- Romans 6:13-19 Also, do not present your members to sin as instruments of unrighteousness, but present yourselves to God as alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness to God. For sin will not have dominion over you. For you are not under law, but under grace. What then? Shall we sin, because we are not under law, but under grace? May it never be! Don’t you know that when you present yourselves as servants and obey someone, you are the servants of whomever you obey; whether of sin to death, or of obedience to righteousness? But thanks be to God, that, whereas you were bondservants of sin, you became obedient from the heart to that form of teaching to which you were delivered. Being made free from sin, you became bondservants of righteousness. I speak in human terms because of the weakness of your flesh, for as you presented your members as servants to uncleanness and to wickedness upon wickedness, even so now present your members as servants to righteousness for sanctification.
- Romans 6:22 But now, being made free from sin and having become servants of God, you have your fruit of sanctification and the result of eternal life.
- Romans 10:21 But about Israel he says, “All day long I stretched out my hands to a disobedient and contrary people.”
- Colossians 3:22-24 Servants, obey in all things those who are your masters according to the flesh, not just when they are looking, as men pleasers, but in singleness of heart, fearing God. And whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord, and not for men, knowing that from the Lord you will receive the reward of the inheritance; for you serve the Lord Christ.
- Revelation 7:15 Therefore they are before the throne of God, they serve him day and night in his temple. He who sits on the throne will spread his tabernacle over them.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain Submit yourselves to the Lord, and rebel no more.
Submit yourselves to the Lord, and rebel no more.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 2Ch 30:8 Now be ye not stiffnecked, as your…
2Ch 30:8 Now be ye not stiffnecked, as your fathers [were, but] yield yourselves unto the LORD, and enter into his sanctuary, which he hath sanctified for ever: and serve the LORD your God, that the fierceness of his wrath may turn away from you.
Ver. 8. But yield yourselves unto the Lord.] Heb., Give the hand; i.e., submit to his justice, and implore his mercy; put yourselves into the hands of justice, in hope of mercy. "Humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that he may lift you up." {Jas 5:10} "He will not take the wicked by the hand." {Job 8:20, margin}
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Yield yourselves unto the Lord, Heb. give the hand…
Yield yourselves unto the Lord, Heb. give the hand to him, i.e. submit yourselves to him by obeying his command, and renew your covenant with him; both which things were done amongst men by this ceremony of giving the hand. See 1Ch 29:24; Ezr 10:19; Eze 17:18.
Which he hath sanctified for ever; not for a transient and temporary use, but as long as the state and church of Israel had a being, whatsoever alterations should happen therein.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain For if ye turn again unto the Lord,.... To…
For if ye turn again unto the Lord,.... To the fear or worship of the Lord, as the Targum:
your brethren and your children shall find compassion before them that lead them captive, so that they shall come again into this land; who had been carried away by Tiglathpileser, see Psa 106:46,
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for the Lord your God is gracious and merciful; so he had proclaimed his name, as they must know, Exo 34:6,
and will not turn away his face from you; in wrath and anger; or withdraw his Shecaniah from you, as the Targum; his gracious and glorious presence:
if ye return unto him; his fear and worship, as the same paraphrase.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain 2Ch 30:8. Be not stiff-necked, as your fathers were…
2Ch 30:8. Be not stiff-necked, as your fathers were — A metaphorical expression, taken from refractory oxen, which will not go forward, but endeavour to withdraw their necks and shoulders from the yoke, and go backward. But yield yourselves unto the Lord — Hebrew, Give the hand to him, that is, submit yourselves to him, by obeying his command, and renew your covenant with him: both which things were wont to be done among men, by the ceremony of giving the hand; and enter into his sanctuary — Come to worship in his temple at Jerusalem; which he hath sanctified for ever — Hath hallowed, not for a transient and temporary use, but as long as the state and church of Israel shall have a being, whatsoever alterations may happen therein.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Yield. Literally, "give your hands," (H.) in sign of…
Yield. Literally, "give your hands," (H.) in sign of submission (C.) and fidelity. Sept. "give glory."
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).
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 8. yield yourselves] Lit. “give the hand”; cp. 1Ch_29:24…
8. yield yourselves] Lit. “give the hand”; cp. 1Ch_29:24 (“submitted themselves”).
sanctified for ever] Cp. 2Ch_7:16.
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the fierceness of his wrath] R.V. his fierce anger; cp. 2Ch_29:10 (R.V.).
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (8) Be ye not stiffnecked.—Harden ye not your neck…
(8) Be ye not stiffnecked.—Harden ye not your neck like your fathers. 2Ki_17:14, “and they hardened their neck like their fathers’ neck.” (Jer_7:26; Psa_95:8-9.)
But yield yourselves.—Omit but, and place a stop after fathers. “Yield ye a hand to Jehovah,” i.e., submit to Him. So 1Ch_29:24. The phrase also means “to make an agreement with” (Ezr_10:19; 2Ki_10:15). (Comp. Isa_2:6.)
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Enter into his sanctuary . . . serve the Lord.—Comp. Psa_100:1; Psa_100:4.
Which he hath sanctified for over.—2Ch_7:16; 2Ch_7:20.
That the fierceness (heat) . . . from you.—2Ch_29:10. Such resemblances prove the ideal character of these addresses.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Be ye not stiff-necked. (see De 16, 17) Yield…
Be ye not stiff-necked. (see De 16, 17) Yield yourselves; literally, give the hand (see 1Ch_29:24; Ezr_10:19, etc.) Which he hath sanctified for ever. (see Ezr_7:9. "The hand of God" here means rather his effectual working, which effectual working produced a hearty unanimity, that contrasted well with the bearing of the northern tribes.
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