Now hear me therefore, and deliver the captives again, which ye have taken captive of your brethren: for the fierce wrath of the LORD is upon you.
Parallel translations
- WEB Now hear me therefore, and send back the captives that you have taken captive from your brothers, for the fierce wrath of Yahweh is on you.”
- BSB Now therefore, listen to me and return the captives you took from your kinsmen, for the fierce anger of the LORD is upon you.”
- NKJV Now hear me, therefore, and return the captives, whom you have taken captive from your brethren, for the fierce wrath of the Lord is upon you.”
- NASB Now then, listen to me and return the captives whom you captured from your brothers, for the burning anger of the Lord is against you.”
- NLT Listen to me and return these prisoners you have taken, for they are your own relatives. Watch out, because now the Lord’s fierce anger has been turned against you!”
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Quick answer
Oded commands Israel to return the captives, for the LORD's fierce wrath is upon them. Obedience to God now means showing mercy to the conquered.
Overview
The prophet calls for immediate release of the captives, warning that continued cruelty will provoke God's anger against Israel itself. True repentance is to be shown in concrete acts of mercy and restoration. The summons to free the captive and avert wrath foreshadows the gospel, in which Christ both bears wrath and proclaims liberty to captives.
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- Jas 2:13For he shall have judgment without mercy, that hath shewed no mercy; and mercy rejoiceth against judgment.
- Heb 13:1–3Let brotherly love continue.
- Matt 7:2For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.
- Isa 58:6Is not this the fast that I have chosen? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke?
- Jer 34:14–15At the end of seven years let ye go every man his brother an Hebrew, which hath been sold unto thee; and when he hath served thee six years, thou shalt let him go free from thee: but your fathers hearkened not unto me, neither inclined their ear.
- Matt 5:7Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.
- Ezra 10:14Let now our rulers of all the congregation stand, and let all them which have taken strange wives in our cities come at appointed times, and with them the elders of every city, and the judges thereof, until the fierce wrath of our God for this matter be turned from us.
- 2 Chr 28:8And the children of Israel carried away captive of their brethren two hundred thousand, women, sons, and daughters, and took also away much spoil from them, and brought the spoil to Samaria.
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