2 Chronicles 28:11

Contemporary English Version

Send these prisoners back home—they are your own relatives. If you don't, the Lord will punish you in his anger.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Listen to me and return the captives you took from your brothers, for the Lord’s burning anger is on you.”

Hebrew Names Version
Now hear me therefore, and send back the captives, that you have taken captive of your brothers; for the fierce wrath of the LORD is on you.

King James Version
Now hear me therefore, and deliver the captives again, which ye have taken captive of your brethren: for the fierce wrath of the Lord is upon you.

English Standard Version
Now hear me, and send back the captives from your relatives whom you have taken, for the fierce wrath of the Lord is upon you."

New Century Version
Now listen to me. Send back your brothers and sisters whom you captured, because the Lord is very angry with you."

New English Translation
Now listen to me! Send back those you have seized from your brothers, for the Lord is very angry at you!"

Amplified Bible
"Now therefore, hear me and return the captives whom you have captured from your brothers (fellow descendants of Israel, i.e. Jacob), for the burning anger of the LORD is against you."

New American Standard Bible
"Now then, listen to me and return the captives whom you captured from your brothers, for the burning anger of the LORD is against you."

World English Bible
Now hear me therefore, and send back the captives, that you have taken captive of your brothers; for the fierce wrath of Yahweh is on you.

Geneva Bible (1587)
Nowe therefore heare me, and deliuer the captiues againe, which ye haue taken prisoners of your brethren: for the fierce wrath of the Lord is toward you.

Legacy Standard Bible
So now, listen to me and return the captives whom you carried away from your brothers, for the burning anger of Yahweh is against you."

Berean Standard Bible
Now therefore, listen to me and return the captives you took from your kinsmen, for the fierce anger of the LORD is upon you."

Complete Jewish Bible
Therefore listen to me now; and send the captives back, the people you have taken captive from your kinsmen; because the fierce anger of Adonai is on you."

Darby Translation
And now hear me, and send back the captives again, whom ye have taken captive of your brethren; for the fierce wrath of Jehovah is upon you.

Easy-to-Read Version
Now listen to me. Send back all those you captured, your own brothers and sisters, because the Lord 's terrible anger is against you."

George Lamsa Translation
Now hear me, therefore, and send back those whom you have taken captive from your brethren, lest the fierce wrath of the LORD come upon you.

Good News Translation
Listen to me! These prisoners are your brothers and sisters. Let them go, or the Lord will punish you in his anger."

Lexham English Bible
So now, listen to me and return the captives of your brothers whom you have taken captive, for the fierce anger of Yahweh is against you."

Literal Translation
And now, hear me, and return the captives you have seized from your brothers, for the heat of the anger of Jehovah is on you.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Herken now vnto me, and sende ye presoners hence agayne, whom ye haue caried awaye from youre brethren: for the wrath of ye LORDE is fearce ouer you.

American Standard Version
Now hear me therefore, and send back the captives, that ye have taken captive of your brethren; for the fierce wrath of Jehovah is upon you.

Bible in Basic English
And now give ear to me, and send back the prisoners whom you have taken from your brothers: for the wrath of the Lord is burning against you.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Now heare me therefore, and deliuer the captiues againe which ye haue taken of your brethren: for els shall the great wrath of God be vpon you.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
Now hear me therefore, and send back the captives, that ye have taken captive of your brethren; for the fierce wrath of the LORD is upon you.'

King James Version (1611)
Now heare me therefore, and deliuer the captiues againe, which ye haue taken captiue of your brethren: for the fierce wrath of God is vpon you.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And now hearken to me, and restore the prisoners of your brethren whom ye have taken: for the fierce anger of the Lord is upon you.

English Revised Version
Now hear me therefore, and send back the captives, which ye have taken captive of your brethren: for the fierce wrath of the LORD is upon you.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
But here ye my councel, and lede ayen the prisounneris, whyche ye han brouyt of youre britheren; for greet veniaunce of the Lord neiyith to you.

Update Bible Version
Now hear me therefore, and send back the captives, that you have taken captive of your brothers; for the fierce wrath of Yahweh is on you.

Webster's Bible Translation
Now hear me therefore, and deliver the captives again, which ye have taken captive of your brethren: for the fierce wrath of the LORD [is] upon you.

New King James Version
Now hear me, therefore, and return the captives, whom you have taken captive from your brethren, for the fierce wrath of the LORD is upon you."

New Living Translation
Listen to me and return these prisoners you have taken, for they are your own relatives. Watch out, because now the Lord 's fierce anger has been turned against you!"

New Life Bible
Now listen to me. Return the people whom you have taken from your brothers. For the burning anger of the Lord is against you."

New Revised Standard
Now hear me, and send back the captives whom you have taken from your kindred, for the fierce wrath of the Lord is upon you."

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Now, therefore, hearken unto me, and restore the captives whom ye have taken captive from among your brethren, - for, the glow of the anger of Yahweh, is over you.

Douay-Rheims Bible
But hear ye my counsel, and release the captives that you have brought of your brethren, because a great indignation of the Lord hangeth over you.

Revised Standard Version
Now hear me, and send back the captives from your kinsfolk whom you have taken, for the fierce wrath of the LORD is upon you."

Young's Literal Translation
and now, hear me, and send back the captives whom ye have taken captive of your brethren, for the heat of the anger of Jehovah [is] upon you.'

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Now therefore, listen to me and return the captives whom you captured from your brothers, for the burning anger of the LORD is against you."

Contextual Overview

⁷ During that battle, an Israelite soldier named Zichri killed three men from Judah: Maaseiah the king's son; Azrikam, the official in charge of the palace; and Elkanah, the king's second in command. ⁸ The Israelite troops captured two hundred thousand women and children and took them back to their capital city of Samaria, along with a large amount of their possessions. They did these things even though the people of Judah were their own relatives. ⁹ Oded lived in Samaria and was one of the Lord 's prophets. He met Israel's army on their way back from Judah and said to them: The Lord God of your ancestors let you defeat Judah's army only because he was angry with them. But you should not have been so cruel! ¹⁰ If you make slaves of the people of Judah and Jerusalem, you will be as guilty as they are of sinning against the Lord . ¹¹ Send these prisoners back home—they are your own relatives. If you don't, the Lord will punish you in his anger. ¹² About the same time, four of Israel's leaders arrived. They were Azariah son of Johanan, Berechiah son of Meshillemoth, Jehizkiah son of Shallum, and Amasa son of Hadlai. They agreed with Oded that the Israelite troops were wrong, ¹³ and they said: If you bring these prisoners into Samaria, that will be one more thing we've done to sin against the Lord . And he is already angry enough at us. ¹⁴ So in front of the leaders and the crowd, the troops handed over their prisoners and the property they had taken from Judah. ¹⁵ The four leaders took some of the stolen clothes and gave them to the prisoners who needed something to wear. They later gave them all a new change of clothes and shoes, then fixed them something to eat and drink, and cleaned their wounds with olive oil. They gave donkeys to those who were too weak to walk, and led all of them back to Jericho, the city known for its palm trees. The leaders then returned to Samaria.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

deliver: Isaiah 58:6, Jeremiah 34:14, Jeremiah 34:15, Hebrews 13:1-3

the fierce: Ezra 10:14, Matthew 5:7, Matthew 7:2, James 2:13

Reciprocal: 2 Chronicles 30:8 - the fierceness

Cross-References

Genesis 28:18
When Jacob got up early the next morning, he took the rock that he had used for a pillow and stood it up for a place of worship. Then he poured olive oil on the rock to dedicate it to God,

Genesis 31:46
he told his men to get some more rocks and pile them up next to it. Then Jacob and Laban ate a meal together beside the rocks.

Matthew 8:20
Jesus replied, "Foxes have dens, and birds have nests. But the Son of Man doesn't have a place to call his own."

2 Corinthians 1:5
We share in the terrible sufferings of Christ, but also in the wonderful comfort he gives.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Now hear me therefore,.... And not only hear, but be obedient:

and deliver the captives again, which ye have taken of your brethren; their women, sons and daughters, even all of them, the whole 200,000:

for the fierce wrath of God is upon you; hangs over your heads, and will fall upon you, unless you do this.