But Hezekiah didn’t reciprocate appropriate to the benefit done for him, because his heart was lifted up. Therefore there was wrath on him, and on Judah and Jerusalem.
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But Hezekiah didn’t reciprocate appropriate to the benefit done for him, because his heart was lifted up. Therefore there was wrath on him, and on Judah and Jerusalem.
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But Hezekiah rendered not again according to the benefit done unto him; for his heart was lifted up: therefore there was wrath upon him, and upon Judah and Jerusalem.
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But Hezekiah rendered not according to the benefit done unto him; for his heart was lifted up; therefore there was wrath upon him, and upon Judah and Jerusalem.
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Passages linked to 2 Chronicles 32:25 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- 2 Chronicles 24:18 They abandoned the house of Yahweh, the God of their fathers, and served the Asherah poles and the idols, so wrath came on Judah and Jerusalem for this their guiltiness.
- 2 Chronicles 26:16 But when he was strong, his heart was lifted up, so that he did corruptly, and he trespassed against Yahweh his God; for he went into Yahweh’s temple to burn incense on the altar of incense.
- 2 Samuel 24:1 Again Yahweh’s anger burned against Israel, and he moved David against them, saying, “Go, count Israel and Judah.”
- 2 Chronicles 32:31 However concerning the ambassadors of the princes of Babylon, who sent to him to inquire of the wonder that was done in the land, God left him, to try him, that he might know all that was in his heart.
- Deuteronomy 8:17 and lest you say in your heart, “My power and the might of my hand has gotten me this wealth.”
- 2 Kings 14:10 You have indeed struck Edom, and your heart has lifted you up. Enjoy the glory of it, and stay at home; for why should you meddle to your harm, that you fall, even you, and Judah with you?’ ”
- 1 Chronicles 21:12-17 either three years of famine; or three months to be consumed before your foes, while the sword of your enemies overtakes you; or else three days the sword of Yahweh, even pestilence in the land, and Yahweh’s angel destroying throughout all the borders of Israel. Now therefore consider what answer I shall return to him who sent me.’ ” David said to Gad, “I am in distress. Let me fall, I pray, into Yahweh’s hand; for his mercies are very great. Don’t let me fall into man’s hand.” So Yahweh sent a pestilence on Israel, and seventy thousand men of Israel fell. God sent an angel to Jerusalem to destroy it. As he was about to destroy, Yahweh saw, and he relented of the disaster, and said to the destroying angel, “It is enough. Now withdraw your hand.” Yahweh’s angel was standing by the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite. David lifted up his eyes, and saw Yahweh’s angel standing between earth and the sky, having a drawn sword in his hand stretched out over Jerusalem. Then David and the elders, clothed in sackcloth, fell on their faces. David said to God, “Isn’t it I who commanded the people to be counted? It is even I who have sinned and done very wickedly; but these sheep, what have they done? Please let your hand, O Yahweh my God, be against me, and against my father’s house; but not against your people, that they should be plagued.”
- Deuteronomy 8:12-14 lest, when you have eaten and are full, and have built fine houses and lived in them; and when your herds and your flocks multiply, and your silver and your gold is multiplied, and all that you have is multiplied; then your heart might be lifted up, and you forget Yahweh your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage;
- Deuteronomy 32:6 Is this the way you repay Yahweh, foolish and unwise people? Isn’t he your father who has bought you? He has made you and established you.
- 2 Samuel 24:10-17 David’s heart struck him after he had counted the people. David said to Yahweh, “I have sinned greatly in that which I have done. But now, Yahweh, put away, I beg you, the iniquity of your servant; for I have done very foolishly.” When David rose up in the morning, Yahweh’s word came to the prophet Gad, David’s seer, saying, “Go and speak to David, ‘Yahweh says, “I offer you three things. Choose one of them, that I may do it to you.” ’ ” So Gad came to David, and told him, and said to him, “Shall seven years of famine come to you in your land? Or will you flee three months before your foes while they pursue you? Or shall there be three days’ pestilence in your land? Now answer, and consider what answer I shall return to him who sent me.” David said to Gad, “I am in distress. Let us fall now into Yahweh’s hand; for his mercies are great. Let me not fall into man’s hand.” So Yahweh sent a pestilence on Israel from the morning even to the appointed time; and seventy thousand men died of the people from Dan even to Beersheba. When the angel stretched out his hand toward Jerusalem to destroy it, Yahweh relented of the disaster, and said to the angel who destroyed the people, “It is enough. Now withdraw your hand.” Yahweh’s angel was by the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite. David spoke to Yahweh when he saw the angel who struck the people, and said, “Behold, I have sinned, and I have done perversely; but these sheep, what have they done? Please let your hand be against me, and against my father’s house.”
- 2 Kings 20:13 Hezekiah listened to them, and showed them all the storehouse of his precious things, the silver, the gold, the spices, and the precious oil, and the house of his armor, and all that was found in his treasures. There was nothing in his house, or in all his dominion, that Hezekiah didn’t show them.
- 1 Chronicles 21:1 Satan stood up against Israel, and moved David to take a census of Israel.
- 2 Chronicles 19:2 Jehu the son of Hanani the seer went out to meet him, and said to king Jehoshaphat, “Should you help the wicked, and love those who hate Yahweh? Because of this, wrath is on you from before Yahweh.
- 2 Chronicles 25:19 You say to yourself that you have struck Edom; and your heart lifts you up to boast. Now stay at home. Why should you meddle with trouble, that you should fall, even you, and Judah with you?’ ”
- Psalms 116:12-13 What will I give to Yahweh for all his benefits toward me? I will take the cup of salvation, and call on Yahweh’s name.
- Ezekiel 28:2 “Son of man, tell the prince of Tyre, ‘The Lord Yahweh says: “Because your heart is lifted up, and you have said, ‘I am a god, I sit in the seat of God, in the middle of the seas;’ yet you are man, and not God, though you set your heart as the heart of God—
- Ezekiel 28:5 by your great wisdom and by your trading you have increased your riches, and your heart is lifted up because of your riches—”
- Ezekiel 28:17 Your heart was lifted up because of your beauty. You have corrupted your wisdom by reason of your splendor. I have cast you to the ground. I have laid you before kings, that they may see you.
- Daniel 5:20 But when his heart was lifted up, and his spirit was hardened so that he dealt proudly, he was deposed from his kingly throne, and they took his glory from him.
- Daniel 5:23 but have lifted up yourself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his house before you, and you and your lords, your wives, and your concubines, have drunk wine from them. You have praised the gods of silver and gold, of bronze, iron, wood, and stone, which don’t see, or hear, or know; and you have not glorified the God in whose hand your breath is, and whose are all your ways.
- Hosea 14:2 Take words with you, and return to Yahweh. Tell him, “Forgive all our sins, and accept that which is good: so we offer our lips like bulls.
- Habakkuk 2:4 Behold, his soul is puffed up. It is not upright in him, but the righteous will live by his faith.
- Luke 17:17-18 Jesus answered, “Weren’t the ten cleansed? But where are the nine? Were there none found who returned to give glory to God, except this foreigner?”
- 2 Corinthians 12:7 By reason of the exceeding greatness of the revelations, that I should not be exalted excessively, a thorn in the flesh was given to me: a messenger of Satan to torment me, that I should not be exalted excessively.
- 1 Timothy 3:6 not a new convert, lest being puffed up he fall into the same condemnation as the devil.
- 1 Peter 5:5-6 Likewise, you younger ones, be subject to the elder. Yes, all of you clothe yourselves with humility, to subject yourselves to one another; for “God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble.” Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time,
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain He was lifted up with the pride of his…
He was lifted up with the pride of his victory and treasures, and showeth them for an ostentation to the ambassadors of Babylon.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 2Ch 32:25 But Hezekiah rendered not again according to…
2Ch 32:25 But Hezekiah rendered not again according to the benefit [done] unto him; for his heart was lifted up: therefore there was wrath upon him, and upon Judah and Jerusalem.
Ver. 25. But Hezekiah rendered not again.] His returns were not answerable to his receipts. Plerique omnes sumus ingrati. The rain comes down from heaven in showers; it goes up but in mists: so do our praises return slowly and slenderly. We serve God, for most part as little children serve us, who, when they be come in to us from their play, and have got something of us they want, away they go, without reverence or respect of us; but if they know we will have duty, then they do it, but in such a fashion that we may see their hearts are on their game abroad more than on their duty.
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For his heart was lifted up.] Not as good Jehoshaphat’s was, {2Ch 17:6} but worse, with pride and self-conceit, whilst he considered not his distance from God and dependence upon God, but acted as if he had been some petty god within himself. Such a blab Satan will easily blow up in the best hearts, if they watch not.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain His heart was lifted up, for that prodigious victory…
His heart was lifted up, for that prodigious victory over the Assyrians, above, 2Ch 32:21, and for his miraculous restoration from sickness, and the confirmation of that work by a strange and supernatural motion of the sun, and by the honour since done him by an embassy from the great and potent king of Babylon; all which probably raised in him too great an opinion of himself, as if these things were done, if not by his power, yet, at least, for his piety and virtues. And instead of walking humbly with God, and giving the glory of all entirely to him, he took the honour to himself, and vain-gloriously showed his riches and precious treasures to the Babylonish ambassadors, 2Ki 20:12, &c.
Upon Judah and Jerusalem; who might justly be punished for Hezekiah’s sin, because they followed him in it, as they confess in the next verse.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain This same Hezekiah also stopped the upper water course…
This same Hezekiah also stopped the upper water course of Gihon,.... Which Procopius Gazeus says was the same with Siloam, and which it seems had two streams, and this was the upper one; Mr. Maundrell says (c), the pool of Gihon"lies about two furlongs without Bethlehem gate westward; it is a stately pool, one hundred and six paces long, and sixty seven broad, and lined with wall and plaster, and was, when we were there, well stored with water:"
and brought it straight down to the west side of the city of David; through canals under the plain of the city of David; as the Targum, by a subterraneous passage; and Siloam, as Dr. Lightfoot (d) observes from Josephus, was behind the west wall, not far from the corner that pointed toward the southwest:
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and Hezekiah prospered in all his works; natural, civil, and religious, Ch2 31:21.
(c) Journey from Aleppo, &c. p. 108. (d) Chorograph. in John, c. 5. sect. 2.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain Lifted up - For that prodigious victory over the…
Lifted up - For that prodigious victory over the Assyrians, for his miraculous restoration from sickness, and for the honour since done him by an embassy from the great king of Babylon. All which probably raised in him too great an opinion of himself, as if these things were done for his piety and virtues.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 25. Hezekiah rendered not again] He got into…
Verse 25. Hezekiah rendered not again] He got into a vain confidence, took pleasure in his riches, and vainly showed them to the messengers of the king of Babylon. See on 2Kg 20:12, &c.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain 2Ch 32:25. Hezekiah rendered not again according to the…
2Ch 32:25. Hezekiah rendered not again according to the benefit done him — Was not humble, grateful, and devoted to God, as in reason and duty he ought to have been, considering God’s marvellous interpositions in his favour, and the great and extraordinary deliverances he had wrought out for him and his kingdom; but God’s favour to him became the food and fuel of his pride. For his heart was lifted up — On account of that prodigious victory over the Assyrians, his miraculous restoration from sickness, and the honour since done him by an embassy from the great king of Babylon. All which, probably, raised in him too great an opinion of himself, as if these things were done for his piety and virtues. And instead of walking humbly with God, and giving the glory of all to him, he took, in part at least, the honour to himself, and vainly showed his riches and precious treasures to the Babylonish ambassadors, 2Ki 20:12, &c. Therefore there was wrath upon him — For pride is a sin which God particularly hates, especially in his own people; and they that exalt themselves must expect to be abased, and put under humbling providences. Thus wrath came on David for his pride in numbering the people. And upon Judah and Jerusalem — Who were justly punished for Hezekiah’s sin, because they imitated him in it, as they confess in the next verse.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain His heart was lifted up - Compare the marginal…
His heart was lifted up - Compare the marginal reference. Hezekiah’s pride was shown in his unnecessarily exhibiting his treasures to the ambassadors from Babylon (see 2Ki 20:13).
There was wrath upon him - Compare 2Ki 20:17-18.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Up, by riches, and the splendid embassy from Babylon.…
Up, by riches, and the splendid embassy from Babylon. C. --- Prosperity is more dangerous than adversity. W. --- Few are able to bear good fortune with moderation. H.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 25. his heart was lifted up] Cp. 2Ch_32:31; 2Ki_20:12-15.
25. his heart was lifted up] Cp. 2Ch_32:31; 2Ki_20:12-15.
wrath] Heb. qeçeph, a visitation of divine wrath; cp. 2Ch_19:2; 2Ch_19:10; 2Ch_24:18, 2Ch_29:8.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (25) But Hezekiah.—For Hezekiah’s pride, see the account of…
(25) But Hezekiah.—For Hezekiah’s pride, see the account of his reception of the Babylonian embassy (2Ki_20:12-19; Isaiah 39).
According to the benefit done unto him.—In his illness he promised to walk humbly all his days (Isa_38:15); but when he had recovered, “his heart was lifted up.”
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Therefore there was wrath upon him.—And wrath fell upon him. The token of this was seen in Isaiah’s prophetic rebuke, foretelling that the royal treasures would be carried away to Babylon, and that some of Hezekiah’s sons would be eunuchs in the palace there (2Ki_20:16-18; Isa_39:5-7).
And upon Judah and Jerusalem.—Which shared in the king’s guilty pride and confidence in the arm of flesh. (Comp. 1Ch_27:24; 2Ch_19:10.)
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain The parallel, 2Ki_20:12-19 and Isa 39, fully explain the…
The parallel, 2Ki_20:12-19 and Isa 39, fully explain the circumstances here referred to, and we may conclude that Hezekiah"s sin consisted in the spirit in which he acted, displaying his treasures, so that it was in the fullest sense a sin of" the heart.
Vers. 25, 26.
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Hezekiah"s fall and repentance.
I HEZEKIAH"S SIN.
1. Its character.
(1) Ingratitude. "He rendered not again according to the benefit done unto him." That benefit had been great deliverance from a more powerful assailant than the King of Assyria, even from the king of terrors (Job_18:14) and ought to have awakened undying thankfulness in Hezekiah"s besom, as, indeed, he promised it would. (Isa_38:20) But it did not. Ingratitude, a sin of which Uzziah (2Ch_26:16) and Rehoboam (2Ch_12:1) before him bad been guilty, with which men in general are often chargeable (Luk_17:17; Rom_1:21; 2Ti_3:2) and into which the best of men occasionally fall. (2Sa_12:7, 2Sa_12:8, 2Sa_12:9)
(2) Pride. "His heart was lifted up." Like other good men before and since, his vows upon his sick-bed were better than his performances when health was restored. He had engaged "to go softly all his years, because of the bitterness of his soul"; (Isa_38:15) but instead, his heart was lifted up, not as Jehoshaphat"s had been, "in the ways of the Lord", (2Ch_17:6) but as Uzziah"s (2Ch_26:16) and Amaziah"s (2Ch_25:19) had been, in self-sufficiency the allusion being to his behaviour in connection with the Babylonian envoys, who shortly after his recovery visited Jerusalem, and endeavoured to enlist him in a league against Assyria (see homily on ver. 31).
2. Its punishment. The wrath of Jehovah was threatened
(1) upon himself, the immediate offender, which was righteous (2Ch_19:2 2Ch_24:18; cf.; Rom_1:18) and
(2) upon Judah and Jerusalem, by the law of imputation, and in accordance with the solidarity of nations. The punishment of sin often falls on the innocent, because of their connection with the guilty. Children suffer for the evil-doing of their parents, and subjects for that of their rulers. "The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children"s teeth are set on edge" (Jer_31:29; Eze_18:2)
II HEZEKIAH"S REPENTANCE.
1. The self-abasement of the king. "He humbled himself for the pride of his heart." The wrath of Jehovah, pronounced against him and his people by Isaiah, was the Babylonish captivity. When Hezekiah heard the prophet"s threatening, he realized that he had sinned, and humbled himself before Jehovah, saying, "Good is the word of the Lord which thou hast spoken" (2Ki_20:14-19; Isa_38:3-8)
1. The concurrence of the people. "He and the inhabitants of Jerusalem." Probably they had not been unfavourable to a Babylonian alliance against Assyria, and were really "art and part" co-criminals with Hezekiah; if they had no share in Hezekiah"s action, they had still cause to humble themselves before God on account of Hezekiah their king.
2. The clemency of Jehovah. The judgment was to fall on Hezekiah"s sons rather than on himself, which Hezekiah recognized as a mercy, and acknowledged by adding, "Is it not so i.e. good if peace and truth shall be in my days?
LESSONS.
1. The possibility of spiritual declension.
2. The duty of repentance,
3. The obligation of gratitude.
4. The sin of pride. W.
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