Behold, with a great plague will the LORD smite thy people, and thy children, and thy wives, and all thy goods:
Parallel translations
- WEB behold, Yahweh will strike your people with a great plague, including your children, your wives, and all your posessions;
- BSB So behold, the LORD is about to strike your people, your sons, your wives, and all your possessions with a serious blow.
- NKJV behold, the Lord will strike your people with a serious affliction—your children, your wives, and all your possessions;
- NASB behold, the Lord is going to strike your people, your sons, your wives, and all your possessions with a great plague;
- NLT So now the Lord is about to strike you, your people, your children, your wives, and all that is yours with a heavy blow.
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Quick answer
God announced a great plague upon Jehoram's people, family, and possessions. Judgment would strike everything he held dear.
Overview
Through Elijah, Yahweh declared a severe blow against Jehoram's nation, household, and goods. The sweeping scope of the threatened judgment matched the breadth of the king's sin. It warns that persistent rebellion against God brings comprehensive loss.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 4
- Lev 26:21And if ye walk contrary unto me, and will not hearken unto me; I will bring seven times more plagues upon you according to your sins.
- Hos 5:11Ephraim is oppressed and broken in judgment, because he willingly walked after the commandment.
- Exod 20:5Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;
- Mic 6:16For the statutes of Omri are kept, and all the works of the house of Ahab, and ye walk in their counsels; that I should make thee a desolation, and the inhabitants thereof an hissing: therefore ye shall bear the reproach of my people.
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