Nation was crushed by nation, and city by city, for God afflicted them with all kinds of adversity.
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- WEB They were broken in pieces, nation against nation, and city against city; for God troubled them with all adversity.
- KJV And nation was destroyed of nation, and city of city: for God did vex them with all adversity.
- NKJV So nation was destroyed by nation, and city by city, for God troubled them with every adversity.
- NASB Nation was crushed by nation, and city by city, for God troubled them with every kind of distress.
- NLT Nation fought against nation, and city against city, for God was troubling them with every kind of problem.
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Quick answer
Nations and cities were shattered against one another because God troubled them with adversity. Even political conflict can be God's discipline for sin.
Overview
Azariah attributes the era's turmoil to God's hand troubling a wayward people. The Chronicler sees God as sovereign over the rise and fall of nations, using adversity to call them back. This sobering truth warns against forsaking God while affirming His rule over all history.
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- Luke 21:22–24For these are the days of vengeance, to fulfill all that is written.
- 2 Chr 13:17Then Abijah and his people struck them with a mighty blow, and 500,000 chosen men of Israel fell slain.
- Luke 21:9–10When you hear of wars and rebellions, do not be alarmed. These things must happen first, but the end is not imminent.”
- Matt 24:7Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in various places.
- 2 Chr 33:11So the LORD brought against them the military commanders of the king of Assyria, who captured Manasseh, put a hook in his nose, bound him with bronze shackles, and took him to Babylon.
- 2 Chr 12:15Now the acts of Rehoboam, from first to last, are they not written in the records of Shemaiah the Prophet and of Iddo the Seer concerning the genealogies? There was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam throughout their days.
- 2 Chr 36:17So He brought up against them the king of the Chaldeans, who put their young men to the sword in the sanctuary, sparing neither young men nor young women, neither elderly nor infirm. God gave them all into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar,
- Amos 3:6If a ram’s horn sounds in a city, do the people not tremble? If calamity comes to a city, has not the LORD caused it?
- Isa 10:6I will send him against a godless nation; I will dispatch him against a people destined for My rage, to take spoils and seize plunder, and to trample them down like clay in the streets.
- Ps 106:41He delivered them into the hand of the nations, and those who hated them ruled over them.
- Mark 13:8Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be earthquakes in various places, as well as famines. These are the beginning of birth pains.
- Judg 2:14Then the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He delivered them into the hands of those who plundered them. He sold them into the hands of their enemies all around, whom they were no longer able to resist.
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