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?’ ”
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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?’ ”
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Thou hast indeed smitten Edom, and thine heart hath lifted thee up: glory of this, and tarry at home: for why shouldest thou meddle to thy hurt, that thou shouldest fall, even thou, and Judah with thee?
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Thou hast indeed smitten Edom, and will thy heart lift thee up? glory therein, and remain at home; for why shouldest thou meddle with evil, that thou shouldest fall, even thou, and Judah with thee?
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Passages linked to 2 Kings 14:10 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Deuteronomy 8:14 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;
- 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 Chronicles 32:25 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.
- Proverbs 3:30 Don’t strive with a man without cause, if he has done you no harm.
- Proverbs 15:18 A wrathful man stirs up contention, but one who is slow to anger appeases strife.
- Proverbs 16:18 Pride goes before destruction, and an arrogant spirit before a fall.
- Proverbs 20:3 It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife, but every fool will be quarreling.
- Exodus 8:9 Moses said to Pharaoh, “I give you the honor of setting the time that I should pray for you, and for your servants, and for your people, that the frogs be destroyed from you and your houses, and remain in the river only.”
- 2 Kings 14:7 He killed ten thousand Edomites in the Valley of Salt, and took Sela by war, and called its name Joktheel, to this day.
- 2 Chronicles 35:21 But he sent ambassadors to him, saying, “What have I to do with you, you king of Judah? I come not against you today, but against the house with which I have war. God has commanded me to make haste. Beware that it is God who is with me, that he not destroy you.”
- Proverbs 17:14 The beginning of strife is like breaching a dam, therefore stop contention before quarreling breaks out.
- Proverbs 25:8 Don’t be hasty in bringing charges to court. What will you do in the end when your neighbor shames you?
- Proverbs 26:17 Like one who grabs a dog’s ears is one who passes by and meddles in a quarrel not his own.
- Jeremiah 9:23-24 Yahweh says, “Don’t let the wise man glory in his wisdom. Don’t let the mighty man glory in his might. Don’t let the rich man glory in his riches. But let him who glories glory in this, that he has understanding, and knows me, that I am Yahweh who exercises loving kindness, justice, and righteousness in the earth, for I delight in these things,” says Yahweh.
- Ezekiel 38:2 “Son of man, set your face toward Gog, of the land of Magog, the prince of Rosh, Meshech, and Tubal, and prophesy against him,
- Ezekiel 38:5 Persia, Cush, and Put with them, all of them with shield and helmet;
- Ezekiel 38:17 “ ‘The Lord Yahweh says: “Are you he of whom I spoke in old time by my servants the prophets of Israel, who prophesied in those days for years that I would bring you against them?
- Daniel 5:20-23 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. He was driven from the sons of men, and his heart was made like the animals’, and his dwelling was with the wild donkeys. He was fed with grass like oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of the sky; until he knew that the Most High God rules in the kingdom of men, and that he sets up over it whomever he will. “You, his son, Belshazzar, have not humbled your heart, though you knew all this, 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.
- Habakkuk 2:4 Behold, his soul is puffed up. It is not upright in him, but the righteous will live by his faith.
- Luke 14:31-32 Or what king, as he goes to encounter another king in war, will not sit down first and consider whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him who comes against him with twenty thousand? Or else, while the other is yet a great way off, he sends an envoy, and asks for conditions of peace.
- James 1:9 But let the brother in humble circumstances glory in his high position;
- James 4:6 But he gives more grace. Therefore it says, “God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain Brag of the victory, so that thou tarry at…
Brag of the victory, so that thou tarry at home, and envy me not.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 2Ki 14:10 Thou hast indeed smitten Edom, and thine…
2Ki 14:10 Thou hast indeed smitten Edom, and thine heart hath lifted thee up: glory [of this], and tarry at home: for why shouldest thou meddle to [thy] hurt, that thou shouldest fall, [even] thou, and Judah with thee?
Ver. 10. And thine heart hath lifted thee up.] Here vice correcteth sin, as we say. Calcat Amaziae fastum, at maiori cum fastu: for by this scornful answer it appeareth that Jehoash was every whit as proud and bold as Amaziah.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Glory of this; content thyself with that glory and…
Glory of this; content thyself with that glory and success, and let not thine ambition betray thee to ruin.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And Judah was put to the worse before Israel,....…
And Judah was put to the worse before Israel,.... Could not face them; but, as Josephus (d) says, a sudden fear and consternation seized them, and before they joined battle with the Israelites, turned their backs:
and they fled every man to their tents; to their cities, as the Targum, and left their king alone.
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(d) Antiqu. l. 9. c. 9. sect. 3.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain Glory - Content thyself with that glory, and let…
Glory - Content thyself with that glory, and let not thine ambition betray thee to ruin.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 10. Glory of this, and tarry at home]…
Verse 10. Glory of this, and tarry at home] There is a vast deal of insolent dignity in this remonstrance of Jehoash: but it has nothing conciliatory; no proposal of making amends for the injury his army had done to the unoffending inhabitants of Judah. The ravages committed by the army of Jehoash were totally unprovoked, and they were base and cowardly; they fell upon women, old men, and children, and butchered them in cold blood, for all the effective men were gone off with their king against the Edomites. The quarrel of Amaziah was certainly just, yet he was put to the rout; he did meddle to his hurt; he fell, and Judah fell with him, as Jehoash had said: but why was this? Why it came of God; for he had brought the gods of Seir, and set them up to be his gods, and bowed down himself before them, and burnt incense to them; therefore God delivered them into the hands of their enemies, because they sought after the gods of Edom, 2Ch 25:14; 2Ch 25:20. This was the reason why the Israelites triumphed.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain 2Ki 14:10. Thou hast indeed smitten Edom — A…
2Ki 14:10. Thou hast indeed smitten Edom — A weak, unarmed, undisciplined body of men; and therefore thou thinkest thou canst carry all before thee, and subdue the regular forces of Israel with as much ease. Thy heart hath lifted thee up — Here lies the root of all sin; it is in the heart; thence it proceeds, and that must bear the blame. It is not providence, the event, the occasion, whatever it is, that makes men proud, or secure, or discontented, or the like; but it is their own heart that doth it. Thou art proud of the blow thou hast given to Edom, as if that had made thee formidable to all mankind. Glory of this, and tarry at home — Content thyself with that glory and success, and let not thy ambition betray thee to thy ruin. For why shouldest thou meddle to thy hurt? — As fools often do. Many would have wealth and honour enough, if they did but know when they have enough. That thou shouldest fall, and Judah with thee — He warns him of the consequence; that it would be fatal, not to himself only, but to his kingdom, which he ought to protect.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain Glory of this ... - literally, “Be honored;” i.…
Glory of this ... - literally, “Be honored;” i. e. “Enjoy thy honor ... be content with it.” “Why wilt thou meddle with misfortune?”
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Home, to boast of thy victory, (Haydock) but do…
Home, to boast of thy victory, (Haydock) but do not offer to molest others. (Calmet) --- God permitted that Amasias should pay no attention to this advice, nor to the prophet who reproached him for adoring the idols which he had brought from Edom, 2 Paralipomenon xxv. 14.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 10. Thine heart hath lifted thee up — The…
10. Thine heart hath lifted thee up — The king of Israel, with keen insight, discerned the real ground of Amaziah’s pride and insolence. His recent victory had lifted him up — filled him with pride, and he thought himself unconquerable.
Why shouldest thou meddle to thy hurt — Gesenius renders: Wherefore shouldest thou contend with calamity. רעה, here rendered hurt, is represented as the foe with whom he meddles, or contends. Why, he asks, shouldest thou engage in strife with misfortune?
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 10. and thine heart hath lifted thee up] The…
10. and thine heart hath lifted thee up] The more usual expression is that ‘the heart is lifted up’. Cf. Deu_8:14; Deu_17:20; 2Ch_26:16; Eze_28:2. But when the heart is lifted up, the whole spirit of the man soars toward lofty aims.
glory of this] R.V. glory thereof. i.e. Of the Edomite conquest.
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tarry [R.V. abide] at home] The change is to harmonize with the rendering in 2 Chronicles.
why shouldest thou meddle to thy hurt] The ‘meddling’ implied by the verb is generally the meddling of contention. Cf. Deu_2:9 where the A.V. has ‘contend not with them’, and in verses 5 and 19 of the same chapter, where the same word occurs, the R.V. has adopted ‘contend’ instead of ‘meddle’. The order is there given in respect of those nations whom the Israelites are charged to let alone. Hence in this verse R.V. has on the margin ‘provoke not calamity’. Calamity is thus viewed as an enemy, with whom Amaziah was unwisely venturing to go to war.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (10) Thou hast indeed smitten—i.e., thou hast thoroughly worsted;…
(10) Thou hast indeed smitten—i.e., thou hast thoroughly worsted; gained a brilliant victory over Edom. (The “indeed” qualifies “smitten.”)
Hath lifted.—Rather, lifteth.
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Glory of this, and tarry at home.—Literally, be honoured, and abide in thine own house, i.e., be content with the glory thou hast achieved. Rest on thy laurels, and do not risk them by further enterprises which may not turn out so favourably. So the Vulg. Thenius explains: “Show thy might at home,” referring to the LXX. (Comp. 2Sa_6:20).
For why shouldest thou meddle to thine hurt?—Rather, and why shouldst thou challenge or provoke (literally, attack, Deu_2:5) disaster?
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Thou hast indeed smitten Edom (see ver. 7, and…
Thou hast indeed smitten Edom (see ver. 7, and the comment), and thine heart hath lifted thee upi.e. , made thee proud, exalted thee above measureglory of this, and tarry at homei.e. , rest content with the glory which thou hast gained in thy Edomite war; make thy boast thereof, but do not affront fresh dangersfor why shouldest thou meddle to thy hurt literally, why wilt thou meddle with misfortune?that thou shouldest fall, even thou, and Judah with thee? Joash was as confident of success, if it came to war, as Amaziah. His three victories over Syria (2Ki_13:25) were, he thought, at least as good evidence of military strength as Amaziah"s one victory over Edom.
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