And the LORD spake to Manasseh, and to his people: but they would not hearken.
Parallel translations
- WEB Yahweh spoke to Manasseh, and to his people; but they didn’t listen.
- BSB And the LORD spoke to Manasseh and his people, but they did not listen.
- NKJV And the Lord spoke to Manasseh and his people, but they would not listen.
- NASB So the Lord spoke to Manasseh and his people, but they paid no attention.
- NLT The Lord spoke to Manasseh and his people, but they ignored all his warnings.
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Quick answer
The Lord speaks to Manasseh and the people, but they refuse to listen. God warns before He judges, yet they harden their hearts.
Overview
Despite the king's grievous sin, God patiently sends His word, likely through prophets (cf. 2 Kings 21:10-15). Their refusal to heed it leaves them without excuse. The verse displays both God's mercy in warning and the danger of a hardened, unresponsive heart.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 6
- Jer 25:4–7And the LORD hath sent unto you all his servants the prophets, rising early and sending them; but ye have not hearkened, nor inclined your ear to hear.
- Jer 44:4–5Howbeit I sent unto you all my servants the prophets, rising early and sending them, saying, Oh, do not this abominable thing that I hate.
- 2 Chr 36:15–16And the LORD God of their fathers sent to them by his messengers, rising up betimes, and sending; because he had compassion on his people, and on his dwelling place:
- Neh 9:29–30And testifiedst against them, that thou mightest bring them again unto thy law: yet they dealt proudly, and hearkened not unto thy commandments, but sinned against thy judgments, (which if a man do, he shall live in them;) and withdrew the shoulder, and hardened their neck, and would not hear.
- Zech 1:4Be ye not as your fathers, unto whom the former prophets have cried, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Turn ye now from your evil ways, and from your evil doings: but they did not hear, nor hearken unto me, saith the LORD.
- Acts 7:51–52Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye.
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