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.”
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.”
- KJV 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.
- 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.”
- 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 judgment is without mercy to him who has shown no mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment.
- Heb 13:1–3Let brotherly love continue.
- Matt 7:2For with whatever judgment you judge, you will be judged; and with whatever measure you measure, it will be measured to you.
- Isa 58:6“Isn’t this the fast that I have chosen: to release the bonds of wickedness, to undo the straps of the yoke, to let the oppressed go free, and that you break every yoke?
- Jer 34:14–15At the end of seven years, every man of you shall release his brother who is a Hebrew, who has been sold to you, and has served you six years. You shall let him go free from you; but your fathers didn’t listen to me, and didn’t incline their ear.
- Matt 5:7Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy.
- Ezra 10:14Now let our princes be appointed for all the assembly, and let all those who are in our cities who have married foreign women come at appointed times, and with them the elders of every city, and its judges, until the fierce wrath of our God is turned from us, until this matter is resolved.”
- 2 Chr 28:8The children of Israel carried away captive of their brothers two hundred thousand, women, sons, and daughters, and took also away much plunder from them, and brought the plunder to Samaria.
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