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Send back your fellow Israelites you have taken as prisoners, for the LORD&#8217s fierce anger rests on you.&#8221<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/2_chronicles/28.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />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!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/2_chronicles/28.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />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.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/2_chronicles/28.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Now therefore, listen to me and return the captives you took from your kinsmen, for the fierce anger of the LORD is upon you.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/2_chronicles/28.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Now hear me therefore, and deliver the captives again, which ye have taken captive of your brethren: for the fierce wrath of the LORD <i>is</i> upon you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/2_chronicles/28.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Now hear me, therefore, and return the captives, whom you have taken captive from your brethren, for the fierce wrath of the LORD <i>is</i> upon you.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/2_chronicles/28.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />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.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/2_chronicles/28.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220Now therefore, listen to me and return the captives whom you captured from your brothers, for the burning anger of the LORD is against you.&#8221<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/2_chronicles/28.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“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.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/2_chronicles/28.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />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.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/2_chronicles/28.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />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.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/2_chronicles/28.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Listen to me and return the captives you took from your brothers, for the LORD’s burning anger is on you.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/2_chronicles/28.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Listen to me and return the captives you took from your brothers, for the LORD&#8217s burning anger is on you.&#8221 <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/2_chronicles/28.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/2_chronicles/28.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Send these prisoners back home--they are your own relatives. If you don't, the LORD will punish you in his anger. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/2_chronicles/28.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/2_chronicles/28.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Listen to me. Return these prisoners you have captured from your relatives, because the LORD is very angry with you."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/2_chronicles/28.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Listen to me! These prisoners are your brothers and sisters. Let them go, or the LORD will punish you in his anger." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/2_chronicles/28.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />So listen to me! Return the captives whom you've captured from your brothers, because the anger of the LORD is burning hot against you!"<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/2_chronicles/28.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Now therefore, listen to me and return the captives you took from your kinsmen, for the fierce anger of the LORD is upon you.?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/2_chronicles/28.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Now listen to me! Send back those you have seized from your brothers, for the LORD is very angry at you!"<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/2_chronicles/28.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Now hear me therefore, and send back the captives, that you have taken captive from your brothers; for the fierce wrath of the LORD is on you."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/2_chronicles/28.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/2_chronicles/28.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Now hear me therefore, and send back the captives that you have taken captive from your brothers, for the fierce wrath of Yahweh is on you.” <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/2_chronicles/28.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And now, hear me, and send back the captives whom you have taken captive of your brothers, for the heat of the anger of YHWH [is] on you.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/2_chronicles/28.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> 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.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/2_chronicles/28.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And now hear me and turn back the captivity that ye took captive from your brethren: for the burning of the anger of Jehovah is upon you.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/2_chronicles/28.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />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. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/2_chronicles/28.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />But listen to my counsel, and release the captives, whom you have brought from your brothers. For a great fury of the Lord is hanging over you.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/2_chronicles/28.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Now listen to me: send back the captives you have carried off from among your kin, for the burning anger of the LORD is upon you.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/2_chronicles/28.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />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.”<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/2_chronicles/28.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/2_chronicles/28.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Also now hear me, and return the captivity that you have captured from your brethren, lest you will raise up the anger of LORD JEHOVAH against you!”<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/2_chronicles/28.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />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.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/2_chronicles/28.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And now hearken to me, and restore the prisoners of your brethren whom ye have taken: for the fierce anger of the Lord <i>is</i> upon you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/2_chronicles/28-11.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/zGrb4955Tvs?start=7035" 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_chronicles/28.htm">Judah Defeated by Aram</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">10</span>And now you intend to reduce to slavery the men and women of Judah and Jerusalem. But are you not also guilty before the LORD your God? <span class="reftext">11</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/6258.htm" title="6258: wə·‘at·tāh (Conj-w:: Adv) -- Now. From eth; at this time, whether adverb, conjunction or expletive.">Now therefore,</a> <a href="/hebrew/8085.htm" title="8085: šə·mā·‘ū·nî (V-Qal-Imp-mp:: 1cs) -- To hear. A primitive root; to hear intelligently.">listen to me</a> <a href="/hebrew/7725.htm" title="7725: wə·hā·šî·ḇū (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-Imp-mp) -- A primitive root; to turn back transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively; generally to retreat; often adverbial, again.">and return</a> <a href="/hebrew/7633.htm" title="7633: haš·šiḇ·yāh (Art:: N-fs) -- Captivity, captives. Feminine of shbiy; exile.">the captives</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc."></a> <a href="/hebrew/7617.htm" title="7617: šə·ḇî·ṯem (V-Qal-Perf-2mp) -- To take captive. A primitive root; to transport into captivity.">you took</a> <a href="/hebrew/251.htm" title="251: mê·’ă·ḥê·ḵem (Prep-m:: N-mpc:: 2mp) -- A brother. A primitive word; a brother (like 'ab).">from your kinsmen,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">for</a> <a href="/hebrew/2740.htm" title="2740: ḥă·rō·wn (N-msc) -- (burning of) anger. Or charon; from charah; a burning of anger.">the fierce anger</a> <a href="/hebrew/639.htm" title="639: ’ap̄- (N-msc) -- A nostril, nose, face, anger. From 'anaph; properly, the nose or nostril; hence, the face, and occasionally a person; also ire."></a> <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.">of the LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘ă·lê·ḵem (Prep:: 2mp) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">is upon you.”</a> </span><span class="reftext">12</span>Then some of the leaders of the Ephraimites—Azariah son of Jehohanan, Berechiah son of Meshillemoth, Jehizkiah son of Shallum, and Amasa son of Hadlai—stood in opposition to those arriving from the war.…<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="/isaiah/1-16.htm">Isaiah 1:16-17</a></span><br />Wash and cleanse yourselves. Remove your evil deeds from My sight. Stop doing evil! / Learn to do right; seek justice and correct the oppressor. Defend the fatherless and plead the case of the widow.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/5-7.htm">Matthew 5:7</a></span><br />Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/6-36.htm">Luke 6:36</a></span><br />Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/james/2-13.htm">James 2:13</a></span><br />For judgment without mercy will be shown to anyone who has not been merciful. Mercy triumphs over judgment.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/21-3.htm">Proverbs 21:3</a></span><br />To do righteousness and justice is more desirable to the LORD than sacrifice.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/micah/6-8.htm">Micah 6:8</a></span><br />He has shown you, O man, what is good. And what does the LORD require of you but to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/58-6.htm">Isaiah 58:6-7</a></span><br />Isn’t this the fast that I have chosen: to break the chains of wickedness, to untie the cords of the yoke, to set the oppressed free and tear off every yoke? / Isn’t it to share your bread with the hungry, to bring the poor and homeless into your home, to clothe the naked when you see him, and not to turn away from your own flesh and blood?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/25-34.htm">Matthew 25:34-36</a></span><br />Then the King will say to those on His right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. / For I was hungry and you gave Me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave Me something to drink, I was a stranger and you took Me in, / I was naked and you clothed Me, I was sick and you looked after Me, I was in prison and you visited Me.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/galatians/6-1.htm">Galatians 6:1-2</a></span><br />Brothers, if someone is caught in a trespass, you who are spiritual should restore him with a spirit of gentleness. But watch yourself, or you also may be tempted. / Carry one another’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ephesians/4-32.htm">Ephesians 4:32</a></span><br />Be kind and tenderhearted to one another, forgiving each other just as in Christ God forgave you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/colossians/3-12.htm">Colossians 3:12-13</a></span><br />Therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, clothe yourselves with hearts of compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience. / Bear with one another and forgive any complaint you may have against someone else. Forgive as the Lord forgave you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_john/3-17.htm">1 John 3:17-18</a></span><br />If anyone with earthly possessions sees his brother in need, but withholds his compassion from him, how can the love of God abide in him? / Little children, let us love not in word and speech, but in action and truth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/15-7.htm">Deuteronomy 15:7-8</a></span><br />If there is a poor man among your brothers within any of the gates in the land that the LORD your God is giving you, then you are not to harden your heart or shut your hand from your poor brother. / Instead, you are to open your hand to him and freely loan him whatever he needs.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/zechariah/7-9.htm">Zechariah 7:9-10</a></span><br />“This is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Administer true justice. Show loving devotion and compassion to one another. / Do not oppress the widow or the fatherless, the foreigner or the poor. And do not plot evil in your hearts against one another.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/amos/5-14.htm">Amos 5:14-15</a></span><br />Seek good, not evil, so that you may live. And the LORD, the God of Hosts, will be with you, as you have claimed. / Hate evil and love good; establish justice in the gate. Perhaps the LORD, the God of Hosts, will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph.”</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Now hear me therefore, and deliver the captives again, which you have taken captive of your brothers: for the fierce wrath of the LORD is on you.</p><p class="hdg">deliver</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/58-6.htm">Isaiah 58:6</a></b></br> <i>Is</i> not this the fast that I have chosen? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke?</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/34-14.htm">Jeremiah 34:14,15</a></b></br> At the end of seven years let ye go every man his brother an Hebrew, which hath been sold unto thee; and when he hath served thee six years, thou shalt let him go free from thee: but your fathers hearkened not unto me, neither inclined their ear… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/hebrews/13-1.htm">Hebrews 13:1-3</a></b></br> Let brotherly love continue… </p><p class="hdg">the fierce</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezra/10-14.htm">Ezra 10:14</a></b></br> Let now our rulers of all the congregation stand, and let all them which have taken strange wives in our cities come at appointed times, and with them the elders of every city, and the judges thereof, until the fierce wrath of our God for this matter be turned from us.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/matthew/5-7.htm">Matthew 5:7</a></b></br> Blessed <i>are</i> the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/matthew/7-2.htm">Matthew 7:2</a></b></br> For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/2_chronicles/25-15.htm">Anger</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/28-8.htm">Captive</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/28-5.htm">Captives</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/25-23.htm">Captured</a> <a href="/2_samuel/2-27.htm">Countrymen</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/25-20.htm">Deliver</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/24-19.htm">Ear</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/18-26.htm">Fellow</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/25-10.htm">Fierce</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/25-20.htm">Hear</a> <a href="/2_kings/10-11.htm">Kinsfolk</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/26-17.htm">Lord's</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/6-36.htm">Prisoners</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/24-18.htm">Wrath</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/2_chronicles/28-25.htm">Anger</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/28-17.htm">Captive</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/28-13.htm">Captives</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/33-11.htm">Captured</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/35-6.htm">Countrymen</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/32-11.htm">Deliver</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/29-5.htm">Ear</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/31-15.htm">Fellow</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/28-13.htm">Fierce</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/29-5.htm">Hear</a> <a href="/job/19-14.htm">Kinsfolk</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/29-3.htm">Lord's</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/28-14.htm">Prisoners</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/28-13.htm">Wrath</a><div class="vheading2">2 Chronicles 28</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_chronicles/28-1.htm">Ahaz, reigning wickedly, is greatly afflicted by the Syrians.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">6. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_chronicles/28-6.htm">Judah, being captivated by the Israelites, is sent home by the counsel of Oded.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">16. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_chronicles/28-16.htm">Ahaz sending for aid to Assyria, is not helped thereby,</a></span><br><span class="reftext">22. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_chronicles/28-22.htm">In his distress he grows more idolatrous</a></span><br><span class="reftext">26. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_chronicles/28-26.htm">He dying, Hezekiah succeeds him</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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In the context of <a href="/2_chronicles/28.htm">2 Chronicles 28</a>, the speaker is Oded, a prophet, who is addressing the leaders of Israel. The use of "listen" underscores the urgency and divine authority behind the message. This echoes other biblical instances where prophets call for repentance and action, such as in <a href="/isaiah/1-10.htm">Isaiah 1:10</a> and <a href="/jeremiah/7-2.htm">Jeremiah 7:2</a>.<p><b>and return the captives you took from your kinsmen</b><br>The captives referred to are from Judah, taken by the Israelites during the reign of King Ahaz. This highlights the internal strife and division within the nation of Israel, as both Judah and Israel are descendants of Jacob, making them "kinsmen." The call to return the captives is a plea for mercy and justice, aligning with the Mosaic Law, which emphasizes the humane treatment of fellow Israelites (<a href="/leviticus/25-39.htm">Leviticus 25:39-46</a>). This act of returning captives is also a precursor to the New Testament teachings on forgiveness and reconciliation, as seen in <a href="/matthew/5-23.htm">Matthew 5:23-24</a>.<p><b>for the fierce anger of the LORD is upon you.</b><br>This phrase indicates divine displeasure and impending judgment due to the actions of the Israelites. The "fierce anger of the LORD" is a recurring theme in the Old Testament, often resulting from idolatry, injustice, or disobedience to God's commands. In this context, it serves as a warning that their actions have provoked God's wrath, similar to the warnings given to other nations and leaders throughout the scriptures, such as in <a href="/deuteronomy/9-8.htm">Deuteronomy 9:8</a> and <a href="/2_kings/17-18.htm">2 Kings 17:18</a>. The concept of God's anger is balanced by His mercy, as the call to return the captives offers a chance for repentance and restoration.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/a/ahaz.htm">Ahaz</a></b><br>King of Judah who led the nation into idolatry and suffered military defeat as a result.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/j/judah.htm">Judah</a></b><br>The southern kingdom of Israel, which was under the rule of King Ahaz during this time.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/i/israel.htm">Israel</a></b><br>The northern kingdom, which attacked Judah and took captives.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/p/prophet_oded.htm">Prophet Oded</a></b><br>A prophet who confronted the Israelites about their actions and urged them to return the captives.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/s/samaria.htm">Samaria</a></b><br>The capital of the northern kingdom of Israel, where the captives were taken.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_disobedience.htm">The Consequences of Disobedience</a></b><br>Disobedience to God leads to His anger and judgment, as seen in the defeat of Judah.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_prophets.htm">The Role of Prophets</a></b><br>Prophets are God's messengers who call His people back to righteousness and justice.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_mercy.htm">The Importance of Mercy</a></b><br>Showing mercy to others is a reflection of God's character and is required of His people.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/b/brotherhood_and_unity.htm">Brotherhood and Unity</a></b><br>The Israelites and Judahites were brothers, and their conflict highlights the need for unity among God's people.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/repentance_and_restoration.htm">Repentance and Restoration</a></b><br>True repentance involves not only feeling remorse but also taking action to correct wrongs.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_2_chronicles_28.htm">Top 10 Lessons from 2 Chronicles 28</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/are_2_chronicles_28_events_verifiable.htm">Are the large-scale military defeats and deportations in 2 Chronicles 28 verifiable through existing sources?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_mention_manasseh's_assyrian_captivity.htm">Why does 2 Chronicles 33:11 describe an Assyrian captivity of Manasseh when historical sources offer little to no evidence of such a specific deportation?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_to_reconcile_jeremiah's_70-year_prophecy.htm">How can Jeremiah's seventy-year prophecy in 2 Chronicles 36:21 be reconciled with varying historical sources about the length of the exile?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_to_reconcile_jer._25_11's_70_years.htm">How can Jeremiah 25:11's strict 70-year timeline for Babylonian captivity be reconciled with historical records showing different dates and durations?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/2_chronicles/28.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(11) <span class= "bld">Now hear me therefore.</span>--<span class= "ital">And now hearken to me</span> (<a href="/2_chronicles/13-4.htm" title="And Abijah stood up on mount Zemaraim, which is in mount Ephraim, and said, Hear me, you Jeroboam, and all Israel;">2Chronicles 13:4</a>; <a href="/2_chronicles/15-2.htm" title="And he went out to meet Asa, and said to him, Hear you me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin; The LORD is with you, while you be with him; and if you seek him, he will be found of you; but if you forsake him, he will forsake you.">2Chronicles 15:2</a>). The "and now" is illative, not temporal.<p><span class= "bld">Deliver . . . again.</span>--<span class= "ital">Cause to return, send back.</span><p><span class= "bld">Pierce wrath.</span>--<span class= "ital">Heat of anger, i.e.,</span> hot anger. <a href="/leviticus/25-39.htm" title="And if your brother that dwells by you be waxen poor, and be sold to you; you shall not compel him to serve as a bondservant:">Leviticus 25:39</a>, expressly forbids the permanent enslaving of Israelites by Israelites.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/2_chronicles/28.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 11.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">The fierce wrath</span>; <span class="accented">i.e.</span> not unannounced, for Oded means to say, "You are doing contrary to the Law and the Prophet Moses," as just quoted. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/2_chronicles/28-11.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">Now therefore,</span><br /><span class="heb">וְעַתָּ֣ה</span> <span class="translit">(wə·‘at·tāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6258.htm">Strong's 6258: </a> </span><span class="str2">At this time</span><br /><br /><span class="word">listen to me</span><br /><span class="heb">שְׁמָע֔וּנִי</span> <span class="translit">(šə·mā·‘ū·nî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8085.htm">Strong's 8085: </a> </span><span class="str2">To hear intelligently</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and return</span><br /><span class="heb">וְהָשִׁ֙יבוּ֙</span> <span class="translit">(wə·hā·šî·ḇū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7725.htm">Strong's 7725: </a> </span><span class="str2">To turn back, in, to retreat, again</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the captives</span><br /><span class="heb">הַשִּׁבְיָ֔ה</span> <span class="translit">(haš·šiḇ·yāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7633.htm">Strong's 7633: </a> </span><span class="str2">Captivity, captives</span><br /><br /><span class="word">you took</span><br /><span class="heb">שְׁבִיתֶ֖ם</span> <span class="translit">(šə·ḇî·ṯem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7617.htm">Strong's 7617: </a> </span><span class="str2">To transport into captivity</span><br /><br /><span class="word">from your kinsmen,</span><br /><span class="heb">מֵאֲחֵיכֶ֑ם</span> <span class="translit">(mê·’ă·ḥê·ḵem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_251.htm">Strong's 251: </a> </span><span class="str2">A brother, )</span><br /><br /><span class="word">for</span><br /><span class="heb">כִּ֛י</span> <span class="translit">(kî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> </span><span class="str2">A relative conjunction</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the fierce anger</span><br /><span class="heb">חֲר֥וֹן</span> <span class="translit">(ḥă·rō·wn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2740.htm">Strong's 2740: </a> </span><span class="str2">A burning of anger</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of the LORD</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהוָ֖ה</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3069.htm">Strong's 3069: </a> </span><span class="str2">YHWH</span><br /><br /><span class="word">is upon you.”</span><br /><span class="heb">עֲלֵיכֶֽם׃</span> <span class="translit">(‘ă·lê·ḵem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | second person masculine plural<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 /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/2_chronicles/28-11.htm">2 Chronicles 28:11 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/2_chronicles/28-11.htm">2 Chronicles 28:11 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/2_chronicles/28-11.htm">2 Chronicles 28:11 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/2_chronicles/28-11.htm">2 Chronicles 28:11 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/2_chronicles/28-11.htm">2 Chronicles 28:11 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/2_chronicles/28-11.htm">2 Chronicles 28:11 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/2_chronicles/28-11.htm">2 Chronicles 28:11 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/2_chronicles/28-11.htm">2 Chronicles 28:11 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/2_chronicles/28-11.htm">2 Chronicles 28:11 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/2_chronicles/28-11.htm">2 Chronicles 28:11 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/2_chronicles/28-11.htm">OT History: 2 Chronicles 28:11 Now hear me therefore and send back (2 Chron. 2Ch iiCh ii ch 2 chr 2chr) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/2_chronicles/28-10.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="2 Chronicles 28:10"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="2 Chronicles 28:10" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/2_chronicles/28-12.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="2 Chronicles 28:12"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="2 Chronicles 28:12" /></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>