Parallel Verses
- New International Reader's Version - But our people made the God of heaven angry. So he handed them over to Nebuchadnezzar from Chaldea. He was king of Babylon. He destroyed this temple. He forced the Jews to leave their own country. He took them away to Babylon.
- 新标点和合本 - 只因我们列祖惹天上的 神发怒, 神把他们交在迦勒底人巴比伦王尼布甲尼撒的手中,他就拆毁这殿,又将百姓掳到巴比伦。
- 和合本2010(上帝版-简体) - 但因我们祖先惹天上的上帝发怒,上帝把他们交在迦勒底人巴比伦王尼布甲尼撒的手中,他就拆毁这殿,又把百姓掳到巴比伦。
- 和合本2010(神版-简体) - 但因我们祖先惹天上的 神发怒, 神把他们交在迦勒底人巴比伦王尼布甲尼撒的手中,他就拆毁这殿,又把百姓掳到巴比伦。
- 当代译本 - 但因为我们的祖先触怒了天上的上帝,上帝把他们交在迦勒底人巴比伦王尼布甲尼撒的手中,他摧毁了这殿,把他们掳到巴比伦。
- 圣经新译本 - 但因为我们的祖先激怒了天上的 神, 神就把他们交在迦勒底人巴比伦王尼布甲尼撒的手中;尼布甲尼撒就拆毁这殿,把人民掳到巴比伦去。
- 中文标准译本 - 只是因为我们的祖先惹天上的神震怒,神就把他们交在迦勒底人巴比伦王尼布甲尼撒手中,尼布甲尼撒王拆毁了这殿宇,并把民众迁移到巴比伦。
- 现代标点和合本 - 只因我们列祖惹天上的神发怒,神把他们交在迦勒底人巴比伦王尼布甲尼撒的手中,他就拆毁这殿,又将百姓掳到巴比伦。
- 和合本(拼音版) - 只因我们列祖惹天上的上帝发怒,上帝把他们交在迦勒底人巴比伦王尼布甲尼撒的手中,他就拆毁这殿,又将百姓掳到巴比伦。
- New International Version - But because our ancestors angered the God of heaven, he gave them into the hands of Nebuchadnezzar the Chaldean, king of Babylon, who destroyed this temple and deported the people to Babylon.
- English Standard Version - But because our fathers had angered the God of heaven, he gave them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, the Chaldean, who destroyed this house and carried away the people to Babylonia.
- New Living Translation - But because our ancestors angered the God of heaven, he abandoned them to King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon, who destroyed this Temple and exiled the people to Babylonia.
- Christian Standard Bible - But since our ancestors angered the God of the heavens, he handed them over to King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon, the Chaldean, who destroyed this temple and deported the people to Babylon.
- New American Standard Bible - But because our fathers provoked the God of heaven to wrath, He handed them over to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, the Chaldean, who destroyed this temple and deported the people to Babylon.
- New King James Version - But because our fathers provoked the God of heaven to wrath, He gave them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, the Chaldean, who destroyed this temple and carried the people away to Babylon.
- Amplified Bible - But because our fathers provoked the God of heaven to wrath, He handed them over to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, the Chaldean, who destroyed this temple and exiled the people to Babylon.
- American Standard Version - But after that our fathers had provoked the God of heaven unto wrath, he gave them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, the Chaldean, who destroyed this house, and carried the people away into Babylon.
- King James Version - But after that our fathers had provoked the God of heaven unto wrath, he gave them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, the Chaldean, who destroyed this house, and carried the people away into Babylon.
- New English Translation - But after our ancestors angered the God of heaven, he delivered them into the hands of King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon, the Chaldean, who destroyed this temple and exiled the people to Babylon.
- World English Bible - But after our fathers had provoked the God of heaven to wrath, he gave them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, the Chaldean, who destroyed this house, and carried the people away into Babylon.
- 新標點和合本 - 只因我們列祖惹天上的神發怒,神把他們交在迦勒底人巴比倫王尼布甲尼撒的手中,他就拆毀這殿,又將百姓擄到巴比倫。
- 和合本2010(上帝版-繁體) - 但因我們祖先惹天上的上帝發怒,上帝把他們交在迦勒底人巴比倫王尼布甲尼撒的手中,他就拆毀這殿,又把百姓擄到巴比倫。
- 和合本2010(神版-繁體) - 但因我們祖先惹天上的 神發怒, 神把他們交在迦勒底人巴比倫王尼布甲尼撒的手中,他就拆毀這殿,又把百姓擄到巴比倫。
- 當代譯本 - 但因為我們的祖先觸怒了天上的上帝,上帝把他們交在迦勒底人巴比倫王尼布甲尼撒的手中,他摧毀了這殿,把他們擄到巴比倫。
- 聖經新譯本 - 但因為我們的祖先激怒了天上的 神, 神就把他們交在迦勒底人巴比倫王尼布甲尼撒的手中;尼布甲尼撒就拆毀這殿,把人民擄到巴比倫去。
- 呂振中譯本 - 只因我們的列祖激了天上之上帝的震怒,上帝把他們交在 迦勒底 人 巴比倫 王 尼布甲尼撒 手中, 尼布甲尼撒 便將這殿拆毁,又將人民擄到 巴比倫 去。
- 中文標準譯本 - 只是因為我們的祖先惹天上的神震怒,神就把他們交在迦勒底人巴比倫王尼布甲尼撒手中,尼布甲尼撒王拆毀了這殿宇,並把民眾遷移到巴比倫。
- 現代標點和合本 - 只因我們列祖惹天上的神發怒,神把他們交在迦勒底人巴比倫王尼布甲尼撒的手中,他就拆毀這殿,又將百姓擄到巴比倫。
- 文理和合譯本 - 我列祖激天上上帝之怒、彼付之於迦勒底人、巴比倫王尼布甲尼撒之手、毀斯室、虜其民至巴比倫、
- 文理委辦譯本 - 我列祖干天上上帝之怒、故上帝使迦勒底人、巴比倫王、尼布甲尼撒、擊之、毀斯殿、虜斯民、至巴比倫。
- 施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 因我列祖干天上天主之怒、故天主以之付 迦勒底 人 巴比倫 王 尼布甲尼撒 手、毀斯殿宇、將民遷 遷或作擄 至 巴比倫 、
- Nueva Versión Internacional - Pero, como nuestros antepasados provocaron a ira al Dios del cielo, él los entregó en manos de Nabucodonosor, rey de Babilonia, el caldeo que destruyó este templo y que llevó al pueblo cautivo a Babilonia.
- 현대인의 성경 - 그러나 우리 조상들이 하늘의 하나님을 노하게 하였으므로 그가 우리 조상들을 갈대아 사람인 바빌로니아의 느부갓네살왕에게 넘겨 주셨습니다. 그래서 그가 이 성전을 헐고 백성들을 바빌로니아로 잡아갔습니다.
- Новый Русский Перевод - Наши предки прогневали Бога небесного, и Он отдал их в руки халдея Навуходоносора, царя Вавилона, который разрушил этот дом и увел народ в плен в Вавилон.
- Восточный перевод - Наши предки прогневали Бога небесного, и Он отдал их в руки халдея Навуходоносора, царя Вавилона, который разрушил этот храм и увёл народ в плен в Вавилон.
- Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Наши предки прогневали Бога небесного, и Он отдал их в руки халдея Навуходоносора, царя Вавилона, который разрушил этот храм и увёл народ в плен в Вавилон.
- Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Наши предки прогневали Бога небесного, и Он отдал их в руки халдея Навуходоносора, царя Вавилона, который разрушил этот храм и увёл народ в плен в Вавилон.
- La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Mais comme nos ancêtres ont irrité le Dieu du ciel, celui-ci les a livrés au pouvoir du Chaldéen Nabuchodonosor, roi de Babylone. Ce roi a détruit ce temple et déporté la population à Babylone .
- リビングバイブル - のちに、先祖たちは神の怒りを買い、見捨てられました。神はネブカデネザルの手で神殿を破壊させ、人々をバビロンに捕らえ移させたのです。』
- Nova Versão Internacional - Mas, visto que os nossos antepassados irritaram o Deus dos céus, ele os entregou nas mãos do babilônio Nabucodonosor, rei da Babilônia, que destruiu este templo e deportou o povo para a Babilônia.
- Hoffnung für alle - Aber weil sich unsere Vorfahren gegen den Gott des Himmels auflehnten, wurde er zornig und gab sie in die Gewalt von Nebukadnezar, dem König von Babylonien . Der zerstörte den Tempel und verschleppte das Volk nach Babylonien.
- Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Vì tổ tiên chúng tôi chọc giận Đức Chúa Trời, nên Ngài giao dân tộc chúng tôi cho Vua Nê-bu-cát-nết-sa, nước Ba-by-lôn, người đã phá hủy Đền Thờ này, lưu đày chúng tôi qua Ba-by-lôn.
- พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - แต่เนื่องจากบรรพบุรุษของพวกเรายั่วยุพระพิโรธของพระเจ้าแห่งฟ้าสวรรค์ พระองค์จึงทรงมอบพวกเขาไว้ในมือกษัตริย์เนบูคัดเนสซาร์คนเคลเดีย กษัตริย์แห่งบาบิโลนผู้ทำลายพระวิหารนี้และกวาดต้อนประชาชนไปยังบาบิโลน
- พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - แต่เป็นเพราะบรรพบุรุษของเราทำให้พระเจ้าแห่งฟ้าสวรรค์กริ้ว พระองค์จึงมอบพวกเขาไว้ในมือของกษัตริย์เนบูคัดเนสซาร์แห่งบาบิโลน ซึ่งเป็นชาวเคลเดีย และได้ทำลายพระตำหนักนี้ และเนรเทศประชาชนไปยังบาบิโลน
Cross Reference
- 2 Kings 25:1 - Nebuchadnezzar was king of Babylon. He marched out against Jerusalem. His whole army went with him. It was in the ninth year of the rule of Zedekiah. It was on the tenth day of the tenth month. Nebuchadnezzar set up camp outside the city. He brought in war machines all around it.
- Deuteronomy 32:30 - How could one person chase a thousand? How could two make ten thousand run away? It couldn’t happen unless their Rock had deserted them. It couldn’t take place unless the Lord had given them up.
- 2 Kings 24:10 - At that time the officers of Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, marched to Jerusalem. They surrounded it and got ready to attack it.
- 2 Kings 24:11 - Nebuchadnezzar himself came up to the city. He arrived while his officers were attacking it.
- 2 Kings 24:12 - Jehoiachin, the king of Judah, handed himself over to Nebuchadnezzar. Jehoiachin’s mother did the same thing. And so did all his attendants, nobles and officials. The king of Babylon took Jehoiachin away as his prisoner. It was in the eighth year of Nebuchadnezzar’s rule.
- 2 Kings 24:13 - Nebuchadnezzar removed the treasures from the Lord’s temple. He also removed the treasures from the royal palace. He cut up the gold objects that Solomon, the king of Israel, had made for the temple. That’s what the Lord had announced would happen.
- 2 Kings 24:14 - Nebuchadnezzar took all the people of Jerusalem to the land of Babylon as prisoners. That included all the officers and fighting men. It also included all the skilled workers. The total number of prisoners was 10,000. Only the poorest people were left in the land.
- 2 Kings 24:15 - Nebuchadnezzar took Jehoiachin to Babylon as his prisoner. He also took the king’s mother from Jerusalem to Babylon. And he took Jehoiachin’s wives, his officials and the most important people of the land.
- 2 Kings 24:16 - The king also forced the whole army of 7,000 soldiers to go away to the land of Babylon. Those men were strong and able to go to war. And the king forced 1,000 skilled workers to go to Babylon.
- 2 Kings 24:17 - Nebuchadnezzar made Jehoiachin’s uncle Mattaniah king in his place. And Nebuchadnezzar changed Mattaniah’s name to Zedekiah.
- 2 Kings 21:12 - I am the Lord, the God of Israel. I tell you, ‘I am going to bring trouble on Jerusalem and Judah. It will be so horrible that the ears of everyone who hears about it will tingle.
- 2 Kings 21:13 - I will measure out punishment against Jerusalem, just as I did against Samaria. I used a plumb line against the royal family of Ahab. I used it to prove that they did not measure up to my standards. I will use the same plumb line against Jerusalem. I will wipe out Jerusalem, just as someone wipes a dish. I will wipe it and turn it upside down.
- 2 Kings 21:14 - I will desert those who remain among my people. I will hand them over to their enemies. All their enemies will rob them.
- 2 Kings 21:15 - That’s because my people have done what is evil in my sight. They have made me very angry. They have done that from the day their own people came out of Egypt until this day.’ ”
- Deuteronomy 31:17 - In that day I will become angry with them. I will desert them. I will turn my face away from them. And they will be destroyed. Many horrible troubles and hard times will come on them. On that day they will say, ‘Trouble has come on us. Our God isn’t with us!’
- Jeremiah 39:1 - Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, marched out against Jerusalem. He came with all his armies and attacked it. It was in the ninth year that Zedekiah was king of Judah. It was in the tenth month.
- Jeremiah 39:2 - The city wall was broken through. It happened on the ninth day of the fourth month. It was in the 11th year of Zedekiah’s rule.
- Jeremiah 39:3 - All the officials of the king of Babylon came. They took seats near the Middle Gate. Nergal-Sharezer from Samgar was there. Nebo-Sarsekim, a chief officer, was also there. So was Nergal-Sharezer, a high official. And all the other officials of the king of Babylon were there too.
- Jeremiah 39:4 - King Zedekiah and all the soldiers saw them. Then they ran away. They left the city at night. They went by way of the king’s garden. They went out through the gate between the two walls. And they headed toward the Arabah Valley.
- Jeremiah 39:5 - But the armies of Babylon chased them. They caught up with Zedekiah in the plains near Jericho. They captured him there. And they took him to Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon. He was at Riblah in the land of Hamath. That’s where Nebuchadnezzar decided how Zedekiah would be punished.
- Jeremiah 39:6 - The king of Babylon killed the sons of Zedekiah at Riblah. He forced Zedekiah to watch it with his own eyes. He also killed all the nobles of Judah.
- Jeremiah 39:7 - Then he poked out Zedekiah’s eyes. He put him in bronze chains. And he took him to Babylon.
- Jeremiah 39:8 - The Babylonians set the royal palace on fire. They also set fire to the houses of the people. And they broke down the walls of Jerusalem.
- Jeremiah 39:9 - Nebuzaradan was commander of the royal guard. Some people still remained in the city. But he took them away to Babylon as prisoners. He also took along those who had gone over to his side. And he took the rest of the people.
- Jeremiah 39:10 - Nebuzaradan, the commander of the guard, left some of the poor people of Judah behind. They didn’t own anything. So at that time he gave them vineyards and fields.
- Jeremiah 39:11 - Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, had given orders about Jeremiah. He had given them to Nebuzaradan, the commander of the royal guard. Nebuchadnezzar had said,
- Jeremiah 39:12 - “Take him. Look after him. Don’t harm him. Do for him anything he asks.”
- Jeremiah 39:13 - So that’s what Nebuzaradan, the commander of the guard, did. Nebushazban and Nergal-Sharezer were with him. So were all the other officers of the king of Babylon. Nebushazban was a chief officer. Nergal-Sharezer was a high official. All these men
- Jeremiah 39:14 - sent for Jeremiah. They had him taken out of the courtyard of the guard. They turned him over to Gedaliah. Gedaliah was the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan. They told Gedaliah to take Jeremiah back to his home. So Jeremiah remained among his own people.
- Judges 2:14 - The Lord became angry with the Israelites. So he handed them over to robbers. The robbers stole everything from them. The Lord handed the Israelites over to their enemies all around them. Israel wasn’t able to fight against them anymore and win.
- 2 Chronicles 34:24 - “The Lord says, ‘I am going to bring horrible trouble on this place and its people. There are curses written down in the book that has been read to the king of Judah. All those curses will take place.
- 2 Chronicles 34:25 - That’s because the people have deserted me. They have burned incense to other gods. They have made me very angry because of everything their hands have made. So my anger will burn like a fire against this place. And the fire of my anger will not be put out.’ ” ’
- Jeremiah 5:29 - Shouldn’t I punish them for this?” announces the Lord. “Shouldn’t I pay back the nation that does these things?
- Judges 6:1 - The Israelites did what was evil in the sight of the Lord. So for seven years he handed them over to the people of Midian.
- 2 Kings 25:8 - Nebuzaradan was an official of the king of Babylon. In fact, he was commander of the royal guard. He came to Jerusalem. It was in the 19th year that Nebuchadnezzar was king of Babylon. It was on the seventh day of the fifth month.
- 2 Kings 25:9 - Nebuzaradan set the Lord’s temple on fire. He also set fire to the royal palace and all the houses in Jerusalem. He burned down every important building.
- 2 Kings 25:10 - The whole Babylonian army broke down the walls around Jerusalem. That’s what the commander told them to do.
- 2 Kings 25:11 - Some people still remained in the city. But Nebuzaradan the commander took them away as prisoners. He also took the rest of the people of the land. That included those who had joined the king of Babylon.
- 2 Kings 25:12 - But the commander left behind some of the poorest people of the land. He told them to work in the vineyards and fields.
- 2 Kings 25:13 - The Babylonian army destroyed the Lord’s temple. They broke the bronze pillars into pieces. They broke up the bronze stands that could be moved around. And they broke up the huge bronze bowl. Then they carried the bronze away to Babylon.
- 2 Kings 25:14 - They also took away the pots, shovels, wick cutters and dishes. They took away all the bronze objects used for any purpose in the temple.
- 2 Kings 25:15 - The commander of the royal guard took away the shallow cups for burning incense. He took away the sprinkling bowls. So he took away everything made out of pure gold or silver.
- 2 Kings 25:16 - The bronze was more than anyone could weigh. It included the bronze from the two pillars, the huge bowl and the stands. Solomon had made all those things for the Lord’s temple.
- 2 Kings 25:17 - Each pillar was 27 feet high. The bronze top of one pillar was four and a half feet high. It was decorated with a set of bronze chains and pomegranates all around it. The other pillar was just like it. It also had a set of chains.
- 2 Kings 25:18 - The commander of the guard took some prisoners. They included Seraiah the chief priest and Zephaniah the priest who was next in rank. They also included the three men who guarded the temple doors.
- 2 Kings 25:19 - Some people were still left in the city. The commander took as a prisoner the officer who was in charge of the fighting men. He took the five men who gave advice to the king. He also took the secretary. He was the chief officer in charge of getting the people of the land to serve in the army. And he took 60 of those people serving in the army who were still in the city.
- 2 Kings 25:20 - Nebuzaradan the commander took all of them away. He brought them to the king of Babylon at Riblah.
- 2 Kings 25:21 - There the king had them put to death. Riblah was in the land of Hamath. So the people of Judah were taken as prisoners. They were taken far away from their own land.
- 2 Kings 25:22 - Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, had left some people behind in Judah. He appointed Gedaliah to govern them. Gedaliah was the son of Ahikam. Ahikam was the son of Shaphan.
- 2 Kings 25:23 - All of Judah’s army officers and their men heard about what had happened. They heard that the king had appointed Gedaliah as governor. So they came to Gedaliah at Mizpah. Ishmael, the son of Nethaniah, came. So did Johanan, the son of Kareah. Seraiah, the son of Tanhumeth, also came. And so did Jaazaniah, the son of the Maakathite. All their men came too. Seraiah was from Netophah.
- 2 Kings 25:24 - Gedaliah promised to help them and their men. He spoke in a kind way to them. He said, “Don’t be afraid of the Babylonian officials. Make your homes in the land of Judah. Serve the king of Babylon. Then things will go well with you.”
- 2 Kings 25:25 - But in the seventh month Ishmael, the son of Nethaniah, came with ten men. He killed Gedaliah. He also killed the people of Judah and the Babylonians who were with Gedaliah at Mizpah. Nethaniah was the son of Elishama. Ishmael was a member of the royal family.
- 2 Kings 25:26 - After he had killed Gedaliah, all the people ran away to Egypt. Everyone from the least important of them to the most important ran away. The army officers went with them. All of them went to Egypt because they were afraid of the Babylonians.
- 2 Kings 25:27 - Awel-Marduk set Jehoiachin, the king of Judah, free from prison. It was in the 37th year after Jehoiachin had been taken away to Babylon. It was also the year Awel-Marduk became king of Babylon. It was on the 27th day of the 12th month.
- 2 Kings 25:28 - Awel-Marduk spoke kindly to Jehoiachin. He gave him a place of honor. Other kings were with Jehoiachin in Babylon. But his place was more important than theirs.
- 2 Kings 25:29 - So Jehoiachin put his prison clothes away. For the rest of Jehoiachin’s life the king provided what he needed.
- 2 Kings 25:30 - The king did that for Jehoiachin day by day as long as he lived.
- Judges 4:2 - So the Lord handed them over to the power of Jabin. He was a king in Canaan. He ruled in Hazor. The commander of his army was Sisera. He lived in Harosheth Haggoyim.
- 1 Kings 9:6 - “But suppose all of you turn away from me. Or your children turn away from me. You refuse to obey the commands and rules I have given you. And you go off to serve other gods and worship them.
- 1 Kings 9:7 - Then I will remove Israel from the land. It is the land I gave them. I will turn my back on this temple. I will do it even though I have set it apart for my Name to be there. Then Israel will be hated by all the nations. They will laugh and joke about Israel.
- 1 Kings 9:8 - This temple will become a pile of stones. All those who pass by it will be shocked. They will make fun of it. And they will say, ‘Why has the Lord done a thing like this to this land and temple?’
- 1 Kings 9:9 - People will answer, ‘Because they have deserted the Lord their God. He brought out of Egypt their people of long ago. But they have been holding on to other gods. They’ve been worshiping them. They’ve been serving them. That’s why the Lord has brought all this horrible trouble on them.’ ”
- Daniel 9:5 - We have sinned and done what is wrong. We have been evil. We have refused to obey you. We have turned away from your commands and laws.
- Deuteronomy 29:24 - All the nations will ask, “Why has the Lord done this to the land? What could have made him so very angry?”
- Deuteronomy 29:25 - And they will hear the answer, “It’s because the people living there have broken the covenant of the Lord. He’s the God of their people of long ago. He made that covenant with them when he brought them out of Egypt.
- Deuteronomy 29:26 - They went off and worshiped other gods. They bowed down to them. They hadn’t known anything about those gods before. The Lord hadn’t given those gods to them.
- Deuteronomy 29:27 - So the Lord became very angry with this land. He brought on it all the curses written down in this book.
- Deuteronomy 29:28 - The Lord’s anger blazed out against his people. So he pulled them up out of their land. He threw them into another land. And that’s where they are now.”
- Deuteronomy 28:15 - But suppose you don’t obey the Lord your God. And you aren’t careful to obey all his commands and rules I’m giving you today. Then he will send curses on you. They’ll catch up with you. Here are those curses.
- Deuteronomy 28:16 - You will be cursed in the cities. You will be cursed out in the country.
- Deuteronomy 28:17 - Your baskets and bread pans will be cursed.
- Deuteronomy 28:18 - Your children will be cursed. Your crops will be cursed. Your calves and lambs will be cursed.
- Deuteronomy 28:19 - You will be cursed no matter where you go.
- Deuteronomy 28:20 - The Lord will send curses on you. You won’t know what’s going on. In everything you do, he will be angry with you. You will be destroyed suddenly and completely. This will happen because you did an evil thing when you deserted the Lord.
- Deuteronomy 28:21 - He will send all kinds of sicknesses on you. He’ll send them until he has destroyed you. He’ll remove you from the land you are entering to take as your own.
- Deuteronomy 28:22 - The Lord will make you sick and very weak. He will strike you with fever and swelling. He’ll send burning heat. There won’t be any rain. The hot winds will completely dry up your crops. All those things will happen until you die.
- Deuteronomy 28:23 - The sky above you will be like bronze. The ground beneath you will be like iron.
- Deuteronomy 28:24 - The Lord will turn the rain of your country into dust and powder. It will come down from the skies until you are destroyed.
- Deuteronomy 28:25 - The Lord will help your enemies win the battle over you. You will come at them from one direction. But you will run away from them in every direction. All the kingdoms on earth will be completely shocked when they see you.
- Deuteronomy 28:26 - Birds and wild animals will eat up your dead bodies. There won’t be anyone left to scare them away.
- Deuteronomy 28:27 - The Lord will send boils on you, just like the ones he sent on the Egyptians. You will have growths in your bodies and boils on your skin. You will itch all over. No one will be able to heal you.
- Deuteronomy 28:28 - The Lord will make you lose your mind. He will make you blind. You won’t know what’s going on.
- Deuteronomy 28:29 - Even at noon you will have to feel your way around like a blind person in the dark. You won’t have success in anything you do. Day after day you will be robbed and treated badly. No one will be able to save you.
- Deuteronomy 28:30 - You and a woman will promise to marry each other. But another man will take her and rape her. You will build a house. But you won’t live in it. You will plant a vineyard. But you won’t eat a single grape from it.
- Deuteronomy 28:31 - Your ox will be killed right in front of your eyes. But you won’t eat any of it. Your donkey will be taken away from you by force. And you will never get it back. Your sheep will be given to your enemies. No one will be able to save them.
- Deuteronomy 28:32 - Your children will be given to another nation. Day after day you will watch for them to come back. But you will only wear out your eyes. You won’t be able to help your children.
- Deuteronomy 28:33 - A nation you don’t know anything about will eat what you work to produce on your land. You will only be treated badly as long as you live.
- Deuteronomy 28:34 - The things you see will make you lose your mind.
- Deuteronomy 28:35 - The Lord will send painful boils on your knees and legs. No one will be able to heal them. They will cover you from head to toe.
- Deuteronomy 28:36 - The Lord will drive you out of the land. And he will drive out the king you place over yourselves. All of you will go to another nation. You and your people of long ago didn’t know anything about them. There you will worship other gods. They will be made out of wood and stone.
- Deuteronomy 28:37 - You will look very bad to all the nations where the Lord sends you. They will be completely shocked when they see you. They will mock you and make fun of you.
- Deuteronomy 28:38 - You will plant many seeds in your field. But you will gather very little food. Locusts will eat it up.
- Deuteronomy 28:39 - You will plant vineyards and take care of them. But you won’t drink the wine. You won’t gather the grapes. Worms will eat them up.
- Deuteronomy 28:40 - You will have olive trees through your whole country. But you won’t use the oil. The olives will drop off the trees.
- Deuteronomy 28:41 - You will have children. But you won’t be able to keep them. They’ll be taken away as prisoners.
- Deuteronomy 28:42 - Large numbers of locusts will eat up the leaves on all your trees. They will also eat up the crops on your land.
- Deuteronomy 28:43 - Outsiders who live among you will become your leaders. They will rise higher and higher. But you will sink lower and lower.
- Deuteronomy 28:44 - They will lend money to you. But you won’t be able to lend money to them. They will be the leaders. But you will be the followers.
- Deuteronomy 28:45 - The Lord your God will send all these curses on you. They will follow you everywhere. They’ll catch up with you. You will be under the Lord’s curse until you are destroyed. That’s because you didn’t obey him. You didn’t keep the commands and rules he gave you.
- Deuteronomy 28:46 - These curses will remain as signs and awful judgments against you and your children after you forever.
- Deuteronomy 28:47 - You didn’t serve the Lord your God with joy and gladness when times were good.
- Deuteronomy 28:48 - So he will send enemies against you. You will have to serve them. You will be hungry and thirsty. You will be naked and poor. The Lord will put the iron chains of slavery around your necks until he has destroyed you.
- Deuteronomy 28:49 - The Lord will bring a nation against you from far away. It will come from the ends of the earth. It will dive down on you like an eagle. You won’t understand that nation’s language.
- Deuteronomy 28:50 - Its people will look mean. They won’t have any respect for old people. They won’t show any kindness to young people.
- Deuteronomy 28:51 - They will eat up the young animals among your livestock. They’ll eat up the crops on your land. They’ll destroy you. They won’t leave you any grain, olive oil or fresh wine. They won’t leave you any calves or lambs. They’ll destroy you.
- Deuteronomy 28:52 - They’ll surround all the cities throughout your whole land. They’ll attack those cities until the high, strong walls you trust in fall down. That’s what will happen to the cities in the land the Lord your God is giving you.
- Deuteronomy 28:53 - Your enemies will surround you and attack you. They will make you suffer greatly. So you will eat your own children. You will eat the dead bodies of the sons and daughters the Lord your God has given you.
- Deuteronomy 28:54 - There may be a gentle and caring man among you. But he will treat his own brother badly. He’ll be just as mean to the wife he loves and to any of his children who are still alive.
- Deuteronomy 28:55 - He won’t give to a single one of them any part of the dead bodies of his children that he’s eating. It will be all he has left to eat. That’s how much your enemies will make you suffer when they surround all your cities and attack them.
- Deuteronomy 28:56 - There may be a gentle and caring woman among you. She wouldn’t even touch the ground with her feet without first putting her sandals on. But she will not share anything with the husband she loves. She won’t share with her own children either.
- Deuteronomy 28:57 - She will eat what comes out of her body after she has a baby. Then she’ll even eat her baby. She won’t share it with anyone in her family. In her great hunger she’ll plan to eat it in secret. There won’t be anything else for her to eat because the city she lives in will be surrounded. That’s an example of how much your enemies will make you suffer when they are attacking your cities.
- Deuteronomy 28:58 - Be careful to follow all the words of this law. They are written in this scroll. Have respect for the glorious and wonderful name of the Lord your God. If you don’t,
- Deuteronomy 28:59 - he will send terrible plagues on you and your children after you. He’ll send horrible and lasting troubles. He’ll make you very sick for a long time.
- Deuteronomy 28:60 - He’ll bring on you all the sicknesses you were afraid of getting when you were in Egypt. You won’t be able to get rid of them.
- Deuteronomy 28:61 - The Lord will also bring on you all other kinds of sickness and trouble. I haven’t even written those down in this Book of the Law. You will be destroyed.
- Deuteronomy 28:62 - At one time you were as many as the stars in the sky. But there will only be a few of you left. That’s because you didn’t obey the Lord your God.
- Deuteronomy 28:63 - It pleased the Lord to give you success and to cause there to be many of you. But it will please him just as much to wipe you out and destroy you. You will be removed from the land you are entering to take as your own.
- Deuteronomy 28:64 - Then the Lord will scatter you among all the nations. He’ll spread you around from one end of the earth to the other. There you will worship statues of gods made out of wood and stone. You and your people of long ago hadn’t known anything about those gods.
- Deuteronomy 28:65 - Among those nations you won’t find any peace. There won’t be any place where you can make your home and rest your feet. The Lord will give you minds filled with worry. He’ll give you eyes worn out from looking for help. You won’t have any hope in your hearts.
- Deuteronomy 28:66 - Your lives will always be in danger. You will be filled with fear night and day. You will never be sure you are safe.
- Deuteronomy 28:67 - In the morning you will say, “We wish it were evening!” In the evening you will say, “We wish it were morning!” Your hearts will be filled with fear. The things you see will terrify you.
- Deuteronomy 28:68 - The Lord will send you back to Egypt in ships. He’ll send you on a journey I said you should never have to make again. You will offer to sell yourselves to your enemies as slaves in Egypt. But no one will buy you.
- Isaiah 59:1 - People of Israel, the Lord’s arm is not too weak to save you. His ears aren’t too deaf to hear your cry for help.
- Isaiah 59:2 - But your sins have separated you from your God. They have caused him to turn his face away from you. So he won’t listen to you.
- 2 Chronicles 36:6 - Nebuchadnezzar attacked him. Nebuchadnezzar was king of Babylon. He put Jehoiakim in bronze chains. And he took him to Babylon.
- 2 Chronicles 36:7 - Nebuchadnezzar also took to Babylon objects from the Lord’s temple. He put them in his own temple there.
- 2 Chronicles 36:8 - The other events of Jehoiakim’s rule are written in the records of the kings of Israel and Judah. He did things the Lord hated. Those things and everything that happened to him are also written in those records. Jehoiakim’s son Jehoiachin became the next king after him.
- 2 Chronicles 36:9 - Jehoiachin was 18 years old when he became king. He ruled in Jerusalem for three months and ten days. He did what was evil in the eyes of the Lord.
- 2 Chronicles 36:10 - In the spring, King Nebuchadnezzar sent for him. He brought him to Babylon. He also brought things of value from the Lord’s temple. He made Zedekiah king over Judah and Jerusalem. Zedekiah was Jehoiachin’s uncle.
- 2 Chronicles 7:19 - “But suppose all of you turn away from me. You refuse to obey the rules and commands I have given you. And you go off to serve other gods and worship them.
- 2 Chronicles 7:20 - Then I will remove Israel from my land. It is the land I gave them. I will turn my back on this temple. I will do it even though I have set it apart for my Name to be there. I will make all the nations hate it. They will laugh and joke about it.
- 2 Chronicles 7:21 - This temple will become a pile of stones. All those who pass by it will be shocked. They will say, ‘Why has the Lord done a thing like this to this land and temple?’
- 2 Chronicles 7:22 - People will answer, ‘Because they have deserted the Lord. He is the God of their people who lived long ago. He brought them out of Egypt. But they have been holding on to other gods. They’ve been worshiping them. They’ve been serving them. That’s why the Lord has brought all this horrible trouble on them.’ ”
- Daniel 1:1 - It was the third year that Jehoiakim was king of Judah. Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, came to Jerusalem. His armies surrounded the city and attacked it.
- Daniel 1:2 - The Lord handed Jehoiakim, the king of Judah, over to him. Nebuchadnezzar also took some of the objects from God’s temple. He carried them off to the temple of his god in Babylon. He put them among the treasures of his god.
- Psalm 106:40 - So the Lord became angry with his people. He turned away from his own children.
- Nehemiah 9:26 - “But they didn’t obey you. Instead, they turned against you. They turned their backs on your law. They killed your prophets. The prophets had warned them to return to you. But they did very evil things that dishonored you.
- Nehemiah 9:27 - So you handed them over to their enemies, who treated them badly. Then they cried out to you. From heaven you heard them. You loved them very much. So you sent leaders to help them. The leaders saved them from the power of their enemies.
- 2 Kings 24:2 - The Lord sent robbers against Jehoiakim from Babylon, Aram, Moab and Ammon. He sent them to destroy Judah. That’s what the Lord had said would happen. He had spoken that message through his servants the prophets.
- 2 Chronicles 36:16 - But God’s people made fun of his messengers. They hated his words. They laughed at his prophets. Finally the Lord’s great anger was stirred up against his people. Nothing could save them.
- 2 Chronicles 36:17 - The Lord brought the king of the Babylonians against them. The Babylonian army killed their young people with their swords at the temple. They didn’t spare young men or young women. They didn’t spare the old people or weak people either. God handed all of them over to Nebuchadnezzar.