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2 Kings 22:17

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Because they have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto other gods, that they might provoke me to anger with all the works of their hands; therefore my wrath shall be kindled against this place, and shall not be quenched.

Because they have forsaken {H5800} me, and have burned incense {H6999} unto other {H312} gods {H430}, that they might provoke me to anger {H3707} with all the works {H4639} of their hands {H3027}; therefore my wrath {H2534} shall be kindled {H3341} against this place {H4725}, and shall not be quenched {H3518}.

because they have abandoned me and offered to other gods, in order to provoke me with everything they do. Therefore my anger will burn against this place and will not be quenched.'

because they have forsaken Me and burned incense to other gods, that they might provoke Me to anger with all the works of their hands. My wrath will be kindled against this place and will not be quenched.’

Because they have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto other gods, that they might provoke me to anger with all the work of their hands, therefore my wrath shall be kindled against this place, and it shall not be quenched.

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Cross-References

  • 2 Kings 21:22 (3 votes)

    And he forsook the LORD God of his fathers, and walked not in the way of the LORD.

  • Isaiah 46:5 (2 votes)

    ¶ To whom will ye liken me, and make [me] equal, and compare me, that we may be like?

  • Isaiah 46:8 (2 votes)

    Remember this, and shew yourselves men: bring [it] again to mind, O ye transgressors.

  • Deuteronomy 32:22 (2 votes)

    For a fire is kindled in mine anger, and shall burn unto the lowest hell, and shall consume the earth with her increase, and set on fire the foundations of the mountains.

  • Nehemiah 9:26 (2 votes)

    Nevertheless they were disobedient, and rebelled against thee, and cast thy law behind their backs, and slew thy prophets which testified against them to turn them to thee, and they wrought great provocations.

  • Nehemiah 9:27 (2 votes)

    Therefore thou deliveredst them into the hand of their enemies, who vexed them: and in the time of their trouble, when they cried unto thee, thou heardest [them] from heaven; and according to thy manifold mercies thou gavest them saviours, who saved them out of the hand of their enemies.

  • Ezekiel 20:47 (2 votes)

    And say to the forest of the south, Hear the word of the LORD; Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will kindle a fire in thee, and it shall devour every green tree in thee, and every dry tree: the flaming flame shall not be quenched, and all faces from the south to the north shall be burned therein.