And nation was destroyed of nation, and city of city: for God did vex them with all adversity.
Parallel translations
- WEB They were broken in pieces, nation against nation, and city against city; for God troubled them with all adversity.
- BSB Nation was crushed by nation, and city by city, for God afflicted them with all kinds of 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 be the days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled.
- 2 Chr 13:17And Abijah and his people slew them with a great slaughter: so there fell down slain of Israel five hundred thousand chosen men.
- Luke 21:9–10But when ye shall hear of wars and commotions, be not terrified: for these things must first come to pass; but the end is not by and by.
- Matt 24:7For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.
- 2 Chr 33:11Wherefore the LORD brought upon them the captains of the host of the king of Assyria, which took Manasseh among the thorns, and bound him with fetters, and carried him to Babylon.
- 2 Chr 12:15Now the acts of Rehoboam, first and last, are they not written in the book of Shemaiah the prophet, and of Iddo the seer concerning genealogies? And there were wars between Rehoboam and Jeroboam continually.
- 2 Chr 36:17Therefore he brought upon them the king of the Chaldees, who slew their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary, and had no compassion upon young man or maiden, old man, or him that stooped for age: he gave them all into his hand.
- Amos 3:6Shall a trumpet be blown in the city, and the people not be afraid? shall there be evil in a city, and the LORD hath not done it?
- Isa 10:6I will send him against an hypocritical nation, and against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge, to take the spoil, and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets.
- Ps 106:41And he gave them into the hand of the heathen; and they that hated them ruled over them.
- Mark 13:8For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be earthquakes in divers places, and there shall be famines and troubles: these are the beginnings of sorrows.
- Judg 2:14And the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel, and he delivered them into the hands of spoilers that spoiled them, and he sold them into the hands of their enemies round about, so that they could not any longer stand before their enemies.
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