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the Week of Proper 18 / Ordinary 23
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New American Standard Bible (1995)

2 Chronicles 28:11

"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."

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Jericho;   Repentance;   Reproof;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Kings;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Ahaz;   Servant;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Ahaz;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - War, Holy War;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Captive;   Oded;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Ephraim (1);   Jehizkiah;   Slave;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Azariah;   Chronicles, Books of;   Oded;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Chronicles, I;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Ahaz ;   Pekah ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Ahaz;   Amasa;   Oded;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Prophets;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Kingdom of Judah;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Pekah;  

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."
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.
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.'

Contextual Overview

6 For Pekah the son of Remaliah slew in Judah 120,000 in one day, all valiant men, because they had forsaken the LORD God of their fathers. 7 And Zichri, a mighty man of Ephraim, slew Maaseiah the king's son and Azrikam the ruler of the house and Elkanah the second to the king. 8 The sons of Israel carried away captive of their brethren 200,000 women, sons and daughters; and they took also a great deal of spoil from them, and brought the spoil to Samaria. 9 But a prophet of the LORD was there, whose name was Oded; and he went out to meet the army which came to Samaria and said to them, "Behold, because the LORD, the God of your fathers, was angry with Judah, He has delivered them into your hand, and you have slain them in a rage which has even reached heaven. 10 "Now you are proposing to subjugate for yourselves the people of Judah and Jerusalem for male and female slaves. Surely, do you not have transgressions of your own against the LORD your God? 11 "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."12 Then some of the heads of the sons of Ephraim—Azariah the son of Johanan, Berechiah the son of Meshillemoth, Jehizkiah the son of Shallum, and Amasa the son of Hadlai—arose against those who were coming from the battle, 13 and said to them, "You must not bring the captives in here, for you are proposing to bring upon us guilt against the LORD adding to our sins and our guilt; for our guilt is great so that His burning anger is against Israel." 14 So the armed men left the captives and the spoil before the officers and all the assembly. 15 Then the men who were designated by name arose, took the captives, and they clothed all their naked ones from the spoil; and they gave them clothes and sandals, fed them and gave them drink, anointed them with oil, led all their feeble ones on donkeys, and brought them to Jericho, the city of palm trees, to their brothers; then they 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
So Jacob rose early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put under his head and set it up as a pillar and poured oil on its top.
Genesis 31:46
Jacob said to his kinsmen, "Gather stones." So they took stones and made a heap, and they ate there by the heap.
Matthew 8:20
Jesus said to him, "The foxes have holes and the birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay His head."
2 Corinthians 1:5
For just as the sufferings of Christ are ours in abundance, so also our comfort is abundant through Christ.

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.


 
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