The Lord spoke to Manasseh and his people, but they ignored all his warnings.
Parallel translations
- WEB Yahweh spoke to Manasseh, and to his people; but they didn’t listen.
- KJV And the LORD spake to Manasseh, and to his people: but they would not hearken.
- 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.
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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
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- Jer 25:4–7Yahweh has sent to you all his servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them (but you have not listened, nor inclined your ear to hear)
- Jer 44:4–5However I sent to you all my servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them, saying, “Oh, don’t do this abominable thing that I hate.”
- 2 Chr 36:15–16Yahweh, the God of their fathers, sent to them by his messengers, rising up early and sending, because he had compassion on his people, and on his dwelling place;
- Neh 9:29–30and testified against them, that you might bring them again to your law. Yet they were arrogant, and didn’t listen to your commandments, but sinned against your ordinances (which if a man does, he shall live in them), turned their backs, stiffened their neck, and would not hear.
- Zech 1:4Don’t you be like your fathers, to whom the former prophets proclaimed, saying: Yahweh of Armies says, ‘Return now from your evil ways, and from your evil doings;’ but they did not hear, nor listen to me, says Yahweh.
- Acts 7:51–52“You stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, you always resist the Holy Spirit! As your fathers did, so you do.
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