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Only the tribe of Judah was left,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/2_kings/17.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />Because the LORD was very angry with Israel, he swept them away from his presence. Only the tribe of Judah remained in the land.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/2_kings/17.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Therefore the LORD was very angry with Israel and removed them out of his sight. None was left but the tribe of Judah only.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/2_kings/17.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />So the LORD was very angry with Israel, and He removed them from His presence. Only the tribe of Judah remained,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/2_kings/17.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Therefore the LORD was very angry with Israel, and removed them out of his sight: there was none left but the tribe of Judah only.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/2_kings/17.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Therefore the LORD was very angry with Israel, and removed them from His sight; there was none left but the tribe of Judah alone.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/2_kings/17.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />So the LORD was very angry with Israel, and He removed them from His sight; no one was left except the tribe of Judah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/2_kings/17.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />So the LORD was very angry with Israel and removed them from His sight; none was left except the tribe of Judah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/2_kings/17.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />So the LORD was very angry with Israel, and removed them from His sight; none was left except the tribe of Judah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/2_kings/17.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />So Yahweh was very angry with Israel and caused them to depart from His presence; none was left except the tribe of Judah alone.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/2_kings/17.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Therefore the LORD was very angry with Israel and removed them from His sight; none [of the tribes] was left except the tribe of Judah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/2_kings/17.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Therefore, the LORD was very angry with Israel, and he removed them from his presence. Only the tribe of Judah remained.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/2_kings/17.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Therefore, the LORD was very angry with Israel, and He removed them from His presence. Only the tribe of Judah remained.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/2_kings/17.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Therefore Jehovah was very angry with Israel, and removed them out of his sight: there was none left but the tribe of Judah only.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/2_kings/17.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />The LORD became so furious with the people of Israel that he allowed them to be carried away as prisoners. Only the people living in Judah were left, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/2_kings/17.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Therefore the LORD was very angry with Israel, and removed them out of his sight: there was none left but the tribe of Judah only.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/2_kings/17.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />The LORD became so angry with Israel that he removed them from his sight. Only the tribe of Judah was left.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/2_kings/17.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />The LORD was angry with the Israelites and banished them from his sight, leaving only the kingdom of Judah. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/2_kings/17.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />As a result, the LORD was angry with Israel and removed them from his presence. No one was left except for the tribe of Judah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/2_kings/17.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />So the LORD was very angry with Israel, and He removed them from His presence. Only the tribe of Judah remained,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/2_kings/17.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />So the LORD was furious with Israel and rejected them; only the tribe of Judah was left.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/2_kings/17.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Therefore the LORD was very angry with Israel, and removed them out of his sight: there was none left but the tribe of Judah only.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/2_kings/17.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Therefore the LORD was very angry with Israel, and removed them out of his sight: there was none left but the tribe of Judah only.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/2_kings/17.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Therefore Yahweh was very angry with Israel, and removed them out of his sight. There was none left but the tribe of Judah only. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/2_kings/17.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And YHWH shows Himself very angry against Israel, and turns them aside from His presence; none has been left, only the tribe of Judah by itself.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/2_kings/17.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> That Jehovah sheweth himself very angry against Israel, and turneth them aside from His presence; none hath been left, only the tribe of Judah by itself.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/2_kings/17.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And Jehovah will be greatly angry against Israel, and he will remove them from his face: not to leave only the tribe of Judah alone.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/2_kings/17.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And the Lord was very angry with Israel, and removed them from his sight, and there remained only the tribe of Juda. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/2_kings/17.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And the Lord became vehemently angry with Israel, and he took them away from his sight. And there remained no one, except the tribe of Judah alone.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/2_kings/17.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />The LORD became enraged, and removed them from his presence. Only the tribe of Judah was left.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/2_kings/17.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Therefore the LORD was very angry with Israel and removed them out of his sight; none was left but the tribe of Judah alone.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/2_kings/17.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Therefore the LORD was very angry with Israel, and removed them out of his sight; there was none left but the tribe of Judah only.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/2_kings/17.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And LORD JEHOVAH was very angry against Israel, and he removed them from before him, and none was left except the tribe of Yehuda only<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/2_kings/17.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />that the LORD was very angry with Israel, and removed them out of His sight; there was none left but the tribe of Judah only.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/2_kings/17.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And the Lord was very angry with Israel, and removed them out of his sight; and there was only left the tribe of Juda quite alone.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/2_kings/17-18.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/FiLs3w_mMFQ?start=5885" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/2_kings/17.htm">Israel Exiled Because of Idolatry</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">17</span>They sacrificed their sons and daughters in the fire and practiced divination and soothsaying. They devoted themselves to doing evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him to anger. <span class="reftext">18</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">So the LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/3966.htm" title="3966: mə·’ōḏ (Adv) -- Muchness, force, abundance. From the same as 'uwd; properly, vehemence, i.e. vehemently; by implication, wholly, speedily, etc.">was very</a> <a href="/hebrew/599.htm" title="599: way·yiṯ·’an·nap̄ (Conj-w:: V-Hitpael-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To be angry. A primitive root; to breathe hard, i.e. Be enraged.">angry</a> <a href="/hebrew/3478.htm" title="3478: bə·yiś·rā·’êl (Prep-b:: N-proper-ms) -- From sarah and 'el; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also of his posterity.">with Israel,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5493.htm" title="5493: way·si·rêm (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-ConsecImperf-3ms:: 3mp) -- To turn aside. Or suwr; a primitive root; to turn off.">and He removed them</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: mê·‘al (Prep-m) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">from</a> <a href="/hebrew/6440.htm" title="6440: pā·nāw (N-cpc:: 3ms) -- Face, faces. Plural of an unused noun; the face; used in a great variety of applications; also as a preposition.">His presence.</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: lō (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles."></a> <a href="/hebrew/7535.htm" title="7535: raq (Adv) -- The same as raq as a noun; properly, leanness, i.e. limitation; only adverbial, merely, or conjunctional, although.">Only</a> <a href="/hebrew/7626.htm" title="7626: šê·ḇeṭ (N-msc) -- Rod, staff, club, scepter, tribe. From an unused root probably meaning to branch off; a scion, i.e. a stick Or a clan.">the tribe</a> <a href="/hebrew/3063.htm" title="3063: yə·hū·ḏāh (N-proper-ms) -- From yadah; celebrated; Jehudah, the name of five Israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory.">of Judah</a> <a href="/hebrew/776.htm" title="776: lə·ḇad·dōw (Prep-l:: N-msc:: 3ms) -- Earth, land. From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth."></a> <a href="/hebrew/7604.htm" title="7604: niš·’ar (V-Nifal-Perf-3ms) -- To remain, be left over. A primitive root; properly, to swell up, i.e. Be redundant.">remained,</a> </span><span class="reftext">19</span>and even Judah did not keep the commandments of the LORD their God, but lived according to the customs Israel had introduced.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/18-11.htm">2 Kings 18:11-12</a></span><br />The king of Assyria exiled the Israelites to Assyria and settled them in Halah, in Gozan by the Habor River, and in the cities of the Medes. / This happened because they did not listen to the voice of the LORD their God, but violated His covenant—all that Moses the servant of the LORD had commanded—and would neither listen nor obey.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/23-27.htm">2 Kings 23:27</a></span><br />For the LORD had said, “I will remove Judah from My sight, just as I removed Israel. I will reject this city Jerusalem, which I chose, and the temple of which I said, ‘My Name shall be there.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/24-2.htm">2 Kings 24:2-3</a></span><br />And 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. / Surely this happened to Judah at the LORD’s command, to remove them from His presence because of the sins of Manasseh and all that he had done,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/25-21.htm">2 Kings 25:21</a></span><br />There at Riblah in the land of Hamath, the king of Babylon struck them down and put them to death. So Judah was taken into exile, away from its own land.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/29-27.htm">Deuteronomy 29:27-28</a></span><br />Therefore the anger of the LORD burned against this land, and He brought upon it every curse written in this book. / The LORD uprooted them from their land in His anger, rage, and great wrath, and He cast them into another land, where they are today.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/32-21.htm">Deuteronomy 32:21</a></span><br />They have provoked My jealousy by that which is not God; they have enraged Me with their worthless idols. So I will make them jealous by those who are not a people; I will make them angry by a nation without understanding.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/7-15.htm">Jeremiah 7:15</a></span><br />And I will cast you out of My presence, just as I have cast out all your brothers, all the descendants of Ephraim.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/15-1.htm">Jeremiah 15:1-4</a></span><br />Then 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! / If they ask you, ‘Where shall we go?’ you are to tell them that this is what the LORD says: ‘Those destined for death, to death; those destined for the sword, to the sword; those destined for famine, to famine; and those destined for captivity, to captivity.’ / I will appoint over them four kinds of destroyers, declares the LORD: the sword to kill, the dogs to drag away, and the birds of the air and beasts of the earth to devour and destroy. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/9-17.htm">Hosea 9:17</a></span><br />My God will reject them because they have not obeyed Him; and they shall be wanderers among the nations.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/amos/3-2.htm">Amos 3:2</a></span><br />“Only you have I known from all the families of the earth; therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/7-8.htm">Isaiah 7:8</a></span><br />For the head of Aram is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is Rezin. Within sixty-five years Ephraim will be shattered as a people.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/9-14.htm">Isaiah 9:14-17</a></span><br />So the LORD will cut off Israel’s head and tail, both palm branch and reed in a single day. / The head is the elder and honorable man, and the tail is the prophet who teaches lies. / For those who guide this people mislead them, and those they mislead are swallowed up. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/lamentations/2-17.htm">Lamentations 2:17</a></span><br />The LORD has done what He planned; He has accomplished His decree, which He ordained in days of old; He has overthrown you without pity. He has let the enemy gloat over you and exalted the horn of your foes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/23-31.htm">Ezekiel 23:31-35</a></span><br />Because you have followed the path of your sister, I will put her cup into your hand.’ / This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘You will drink your sister’s cup, a cup deep and wide. It will bring scorn and derision, for it holds so much. / You will be filled with drunkenness and grief, with a cup of devastation and desolation, the cup of your sister Samaria. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/21-43.htm">Matthew 21:43</a></span><br />Therefore I tell you that the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people who will produce its fruit.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Therefore the LORD was very angry with Israel, and removed them out of his sight: there was none left but the tribe of Judah only.</p><p class="hdg">removed</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_kings/13-23.htm">2 Kings 13:23</a></b></br> And the LORD was gracious unto them, and had compassion on them, and had respect unto them, because of his covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and would not destroy them, neither cast he them from his presence as yet.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_kings/23-27.htm">2 Kings 23:27</a></b></br> And the LORD said, I will remove Judah also out of my sight, as I have removed Israel, and will cast off this city Jerusalem which I have chosen, and the house of which I said, My name shall be there.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/29-20.htm">Deuteronomy 29:20-28</a></b></br> The LORD will not spare him, but then the anger of the LORD and his jealousy shall smoke against that man, and all the curses that are written in this book shall lie upon him, and the LORD shall blot out his name from under heaven… </p><p class="hdg">the tribe</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_kings/11-13.htm">1 Kings 11:13,32,36</a></b></br> Howbeit I will not rend away all the kingdom; <i>but</i> will give one tribe to thy son for David my servant's sake, and for Jerusalem's sake which I have chosen… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_kings/12-20.htm">1 Kings 12:20</a></b></br> And it came to pass, when all Israel heard that Jeroboam was come again, that they sent and called him unto the congregation, and made him king over all Israel: there was none that followed the house of David, but the tribe of Judah only.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/hosea/11-12.htm">Hosea 11:12</a></b></br> Ephraim compasseth me about with lies, and the house of Israel with deceit: but Judah yet ruleth with God, and is faithful with the saints.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/2_kings/13-19.htm">Angry</a> <a href="/2_kings/13-7.htm">Except</a> <a href="/2_kings/14-11.htm">Face</a> <a href="/2_kings/17-13.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/2_kings/8-22.htm">Itself</a> <a href="/2_kings/17-13.htm">Judah</a> <a href="/2_kings/13-3.htm">Kept</a> <a href="/2_kings/17-11.htm">Presence</a> <a href="/2_kings/17-11.htm">Removed</a> <a href="/2_kings/6-6.htm">Sheweth</a> <a href="/2_kings/17-17.htm">Sight</a> <a href="/1_kings/12-21.htm">Tribe</a> <a href="/2_kings/16-18.htm">Turned</a> <a href="/2_kings/14-14.htm">Turneth</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/1_chronicles/13-11.htm">Angry</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/15-2.htm">Except</a> <a href="/2_kings/17-23.htm">Face</a> <a href="/2_kings/17-19.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/2_kings/19-29.htm">Itself</a> <a href="/2_kings/17-19.htm">Judah</a> <a href="/2_kings/17-19.htm">Kept</a> <a href="/2_kings/17-20.htm">Presence</a> <a href="/2_kings/17-23.htm">Removed</a> <a href="/job/12-8.htm">Sheweth</a> <a href="/2_kings/17-20.htm">Sight</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/4-18.htm">Tribe</a> <a href="/2_kings/17-21.htm">Turned</a> <a href="/2_kings/19-8.htm">Turneth</a><div class="vheading2">2 Kings 17</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_kings/17-1.htm">Hoshea the Last King of Israel</a></span><br><span class="reftext">3. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_kings/17-3.htm">Being subdued by Shalmaneser, he conspires against him with So, king of Egypt</a></span><br><span class="reftext">5. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_kings/17-5.htm">Samaria for sinning is led into captivity</a></span><br><span class="reftext">24. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_kings/17-24.htm">The strange nations transplanted into Samaria make a mixture of religions.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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The anger of the LORD is a recurring theme in the Old Testament, often resulting from the breaking of the covenant established at Sinai (Exodus 19-24). The Israelites had turned to worship Baal and other Canaanite deities, violating the first commandment (<a href="/exodus/20-3.htm">Exodus 20:3</a>). This anger is not arbitrary but a response to Israel's repeated rejection of God's laws and prophets (<a href="/2_kings/17-13.htm">2 Kings 17:13-17</a>). The anger of God is also a reflection of His holiness and justice, as He cannot tolerate sin.<p><b>and He removed them from His presence</b><br>This removal refers to the Assyrian exile of the northern kingdom in 722 BC, when the Assyrians conquered Samaria and deported the Israelites. Being removed from God's presence signifies a loss of divine favor and protection, as well as a physical displacement from the Promised Land, which was a central aspect of the covenant with Abraham (<a href="/genesis/12.htm">Genesis 12:1-3</a>). The presence of God was symbolically associated with the temple in Jerusalem, and being removed from His presence implies a severance from the spiritual and communal life centered around worship. This exile fulfilled the warnings given by prophets like Amos and Hosea, who had foretold the consequences of Israel's unfaithfulness.<p><b>Only the tribe of Judah remained</b><br>This phrase highlights the division of the united monarchy into two kingdoms after Solomon's reign: Israel in the north and Judah in the south. Judah's survival at this point is significant, as it is the tribe from which David's lineage comes, and through which the Messiah, Jesus Christ, would eventually be born (<a href="/matthew/1.htm">Matthew 1:1-16</a>). The preservation of Judah is seen as part of God's redemptive plan, maintaining a remnant through which His promises would be fulfilled. Despite Judah's own failings, they were spared at this time, possibly due to the reforms of kings like Hezekiah and Josiah, who sought to return to the worship of Yahweh. This remnant theme is crucial in biblical theology, emphasizing God's faithfulness to His covenant even amidst human unfaithfulness.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The LORD (Yahweh)</a></b><br>The covenant God of Israel, who is just and righteous, and whose anger is kindled against Israel due to their persistent disobedience and idolatry.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/i/israel.htm">Israel</a></b><br>The Northern Kingdom, consisting of ten tribes, which repeatedly turned away from God, leading to their eventual exile by the Assyrians.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/j/judah.htm">Judah</a></b><br>The Southern Kingdom, consisting of the tribes of Judah and Benjamin, which remained after Israel's exile. Although not without fault, Judah was spared at this time.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/e/exile.htm">Exile</a></b><br>The event where the Northern Kingdom of Israel was conquered and its people were taken captive by the Assyrians, signifying God's judgment.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/a/assyria.htm">Assyria</a></b><br>The dominant empire at the time, used by God as an instrument of judgment against Israel.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_disobedience.htm">The Consequences of Disobedience</a></b><br>God's anger is a response to persistent sin and rebellion. Israel's exile serves as a sobering reminder of the consequences of turning away from God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_faithfulness_of_god.htm">The Faithfulness of God</a></b><br>Despite Israel's unfaithfulness, God remains faithful to His covenant. His actions are just and aimed at bringing His people back to righteousness.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_remnant_of_judah.htm">The Remnant of Judah</a></b><br>Judah's survival at this time highlights God's mercy and the hope for redemption. It serves as a call to remain faithful and seek God's presence.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_prophets.htm">The Role of Prophets</a></b><br>Prophets like Hosea and Jeremiah warned Israel of impending judgment, emphasizing the importance of heeding God's word and repenting.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/a/application_to_modern_believers.htm">Application to Modern Believers</a></b><br>Believers today are called to examine their lives for areas of disobedience and idolatry, seeking to align themselves with God's will and remain in His presence.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_2_kings_17.htm">Top 10 Lessons from 2 Kings 17</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_is_bozrah's_biblical_significance.htm">When was 2 Kings written?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/ready_for_god's_judgment.htm">Are you prepared for God's impending judgment and wrath?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_are_israel's_other_names.htm">What are the different names for Israel?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/who_was_king_hoshea_of_israel.htm">Who was King Hoshea of Israel?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/2_kings/17.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(18) <span class= "bld">Removed them out of his sight.</span>--By banishing them from his land (<a href="/2_kings/17-23.htm" title="Until the LORD removed Israel out of his sight, as he had said by all his servants the prophets. So was Israel carried away out of their own land to Assyria to this day.">2Kings 17:23</a>)--an expression founded upon the old <span class= "ital">local</span> conceptions of deity.<p><span class= "bld">The tribe</span>--i.e., the kingdom. (Comp. <a href="/1_kings/11-36.htm" title="And to his son will I give one tribe, that David my servant may have a light always before me in Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen me to put my name there.">1Kings 11:36</a>.)<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/2_kings/17.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 18.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Therefore the Lord was very angry with Israel</span>; rather, <span class="accented">that then the Lord was very angry</span>, <span class="accented">etc</span>. We have here the apodosis of the long sentence beginning with ver. 7 and continuing to the end of ver. 17. When all that is enumerated in these verses had taken place, then the Lord was moved to anger against Israel, then matters had reached a crisis, the cup of their iniquity was full, and God's wrath, long restrained, descended on them. <span class="cmt_word">And removed them out of his sight.</span> Removal out of God's sight is loss of his favor and of his care. "The eyes of the Lord are over the righteous" (<a href="/psalms/34-15.htm">Psalm 34:15</a>) - he "knoweth their way," "watcheth ever them" (<a href="/jeremiah/31-28.htm">Jeremiah 31:28</a>), "careth for them" (<a href="/psalms/146-8.htm">Psalm 146:8</a>); but "the countenance of the Lord is against them [averted from them] who do evil" (<a href="/psalms/34-16.htm">Psalm 34:16</a>). He will not look upon them nor hear them. <span class="cmt_word">There was none left but the tribe of Judah only.</span> The "tribe of Judah" stands for the kingdom of the two tribes of Judah and Benjamin (see <a href="/1_kings/11-31.htm">1 Kings 11:31-36</a>; <a href="/1_kings/12-23.htm">1 Kings 12:23</a>; '<a href="/2_chronicles/17-14.htm">2 Chronicles 17:14-18</a>), into which the greater part of Dan and Simeon had also been absorbed. This became now, exclusively, God's "peculiar people," the object of his love and of his care. The writer, it must be remembered, belongs to the period of the Captivity, and is not speaking of the restored Israel. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/2_kings/17-18.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">So the LORD</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהוָ֤ה</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> </span><span class="str2">LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">was very</span><br /><span class="heb">מְאֹד֙</span> <span class="translit">(mə·’ōḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3966.htm">Strong's 3966: </a> </span><span class="str2">Vehemence, vehemently, wholly, speedily</span><br /><br /><span class="word">angry</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיִּתְאַנַּ֨ף</span> <span class="translit">(way·yiṯ·’an·nap̄)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hitpael - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_599.htm">Strong's 599: </a> </span><span class="str2">To breathe hard, be enraged</span><br /><br /><span class="word">with Israel,</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל</span> <span class="translit">(bə·yiś·rā·’êl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3478.htm">Strong's 3478: </a> </span><span class="str2">Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and He removed</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיְסִרֵ֖ם</span> <span class="translit">(way·si·rêm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5493.htm">Strong's 5493: </a> </span><span class="str2">To turn aside</span><br /><br /><span class="word">them from</span><br /><span class="heb">מֵעַ֣ל</span> <span class="translit">(mê·‘al)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> </span><span class="str2">Above, over, upon, against</span><br /><br /><span class="word">His presence.</span><br /><span class="heb">פָּנָ֑יו</span> <span class="translit">(pā·nāw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - common plural construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6440.htm">Strong's 6440: </a> </span><span class="str2">The face</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Only</span><br /><span class="heb">רַ֛ק</span> <span class="translit">(raq)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7535.htm">Strong's 7535: </a> </span><span class="str2">But, even, except, howbeit howsoever, at the least, nevertheless</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the tribe</span><br /><span class="heb">שֵׁ֥בֶט</span> <span class="translit">(šê·ḇeṭ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7626.htm">Strong's 7626: </a> </span><span class="str2">Rod, staff, club, scepter, tribe</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of Judah</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהוּדָ֖ה</span> <span class="translit">(yə·hū·ḏāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3063.htm">Strong's 3063: </a> </span><span class="str2">Judah -- 'praised', a son of Jacob, also the southern kingdom, also four Israelites</span><br /><br /><span class="word">remained,</span><br /><span class="heb">נִשְׁאַ֔ר</span> <span class="translit">(niš·’ar)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7604.htm">Strong's 7604: </a> </span><span class="str2">To swell up, be, redundant</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/2_kings/17-18.htm">2 Kings 17:18 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/2_kings/17-18.htm">2 Kings 17:18 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/2_kings/17-18.htm">2 Kings 17:18 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/2_kings/17-18.htm">2 Kings 17:18 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/2_kings/17-18.htm">2 Kings 17:18 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/2_kings/17-18.htm">2 Kings 17:18 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/2_kings/17-18.htm">2 Kings 17:18 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/2_kings/17-18.htm">2 Kings 17:18 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/2_kings/17-18.htm">2 Kings 17:18 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/2_kings/17-18.htm">2 Kings 17:18 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/2_kings/17-18.htm">OT History: 2 Kings 17:18 Therefore Yahweh was very angry with Israel (2Ki iiKi ii ki 2 kg 2kg) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/2_kings/17-17.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="2 Kings 17:17"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="2 Kings 17:17" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/2_kings/17-19.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="2 Kings 17:19"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="2 Kings 17:19" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>