Nevertheless, the LORD did not turn away from the fury of His burning anger, which was kindled against Judah because of all that Manasseh had done to provoke Him to anger.
Parallel translations
- WEB Notwithstanding, Yahweh didn’t turn from the fierceness of his great wrath, with which his anger burned against Judah, because of all the provocation with which Manasseh had provoked him.
- KJV Notwithstanding the LORD turned not from the fierceness of his great wrath, wherewith his anger was kindled against Judah, because of all the provocations that Manasseh had provoked him withal.
- NKJV Nevertheless the Lord did not turn from the fierceness of His great wrath, with which His anger was aroused against Judah, because of all the provocations with which Manasseh had provoked Him.
- NASB Nevertheless, the Lord did not turn from the fierceness of His great wrath with which His anger burned against Judah, because of all the provocations with which Manasseh had provoked Him.
- NLT Even so, the Lord was very angry with Judah because of all the wicked things Manasseh had done to provoke him.
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Quick answer
Despite Josiah's reforms, the Lord does not turn from His fierce wrath against Judah because of Manasseh's provocations. Sin has consequences that even genuine repentance may not reverse in this life.
Overview
Manasseh's long reign of idolatry and bloodshed had so provoked God that judgment on the nation was now settled. Josiah's reform was real and pleasing to God, yet it could not erase the accumulated guilt of generations. This sobering truth magnifies the need for the cross, where God's just wrath against sin is fully satisfied in Christ rather than merely delayed.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 7
- 2 Kgs 24:4and also for the innocent blood he had shed. For he had filled Jerusalem with innocent blood, and the LORD was unwilling to forgive.
- 2 Kgs 21:11–13“Since Manasseh king of Judah has committed all these abominations, acting more wickedly than the Amorites who preceded him, and with his idols has caused Judah to sin,
- 2 Chr 36:16But they mocked the messengers of God, despising His words and scoffing at His prophets, until the wrath of the LORD against His people was stirred up beyond remedy.
- Jer 15:1–4Then the LORD said to me: “Even if Moses and Samuel should stand before Me, My heart would not go out to this people. Send them from My presence, and let them go.
- 2 Kgs 24:2And the LORD sent Chaldean, Aramean, Moabite, and Ammonite raiders against Jehoiakim in order to destroy Judah, according to the word that the LORD had spoken through His servants the prophets.
- 2 Kgs 22:16–17that this is what the LORD says: I am about to bring calamity on this place and on its people, according to all the words of the book that the king of Judah has read,
- Jer 3:7–10I thought that after she had done all these things, she would return to Me. But she did not return, and her unfaithful sister Judah saw it.
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