2 Chronicles 36:14-20

36:14 All the leaders of the priests and people became more unfaithful and committed the same horrible sins practiced by the nations. 1  They defiled the Lord’s temple which he had consecrated in Jerusalem.

The Babylonians Destroy Jerusalem

36:15 The Lord God of their ancestors 2  continually warned them through his messengers, 3  for he felt compassion for his people and his dwelling place. 36:16 But they mocked God’s messengers, despised his warnings, 4  and ridiculed his prophets. 5  Finally the Lord got very angry at his people and there was no one who could prevent his judgment. 6  36:17 He brought against them the king of the Babylonians, who slaughtered 7  their young men in their temple. 8  He did not spare 9  young men or women, or even the old and aging. God 10  handed everyone over to him. 36:18 He carried away to Babylon all the items in God’s temple, whether large or small, as well as what was in the treasuries of the Lord’s temple and in the treasuries of the king and his officials. 36:19 They burned down the Lord’s temple and tore down the wall of Jerusalem. 11  They burned all its fortified buildings and destroyed all its valuable items. 36:20 He deported to Babylon all who escaped the sword. They served him and his sons until the Persian kingdom rose to power.

Joshua 23:16

23:16 If you violate the covenantal laws of the Lord your God which he commanded you to keep, 12  and follow, worship, and bow down to other gods, 13  the Lord will be very angry with you and you will disappear 14  quickly from the good land which he gave to you.”

Joshua 23:2

23:2 So Joshua summoned all Israel, including the elders, rulers, judges, and leaders, and told them: “I am very old.

Joshua 21:12

21:12 (Now the city’s fields and surrounding towns they had assigned to Caleb son of Jephunneh as his property.)

Joshua 23:1

Joshua Challenges Israel to be Faithful

23:1 A long time 15  passed after the Lord made Israel secure from all their enemies, 16  and Joshua was very old. 17 

Joshua 23:1

Joshua Challenges Israel to be Faithful

23:1 A long time 18  passed after the Lord made Israel secure from all their enemies, 19  and Joshua was very old. 20 

Isaiah 5:4-6

5:4 What more can I do for my vineyard

beyond what I have already done?

When I waited for it to produce edible grapes,

why did it produce sour ones instead?

5:5 Now I will inform you

what I am about to do to my vineyard:

I will remove its hedge and turn it into pasture, 21 

I will break its wall and allow animals to graze there. 22 

5:6 I will make it a wasteland;

no one will prune its vines or hoe its ground, 23 

and thorns and briers will grow there.

I will order the clouds

not to drop any rain on it.

Jeremiah 6:19

6:19 Hear this, you peoples of the earth: 24 

‘Take note! 25  I am about to bring disaster on these people.

It will come as punishment for their scheming. 26 

For they have paid no attention to what I have said, 27 

and they have rejected my law.

Jeremiah 19:3

19:3 Say, ‘Listen to what the Lord says, you kings of Judah and citizens of Jerusalem! 28  The Lord God of Israel who rules over all 29  says, “I will bring a disaster on this place 30  that will make the ears of everyone who hears about it ring! 31 

Jeremiah 19:15

19:15 “The Lord God of Israel who rules over all 32  says, ‘I will soon bring on this city and all the towns surrounding it 33  all the disaster I threatened to do to it. I will do so because they have stubbornly refused 34  to pay any attention to what I have said!’”

Jeremiah 35:17

35:17 So I, the Lord, the God who rules over all, the God of Israel, say: 35  “I will soon bring on Judah and all the citizens of Jerusalem all the disaster that I threatened to bring on them. I will do this because I spoke to them but they did not listen. I called out to them but they did not answer.”’”

Jeremiah 36:31

36:31 I will punish him and his descendants and the officials who serve him for the wicked things they have done. 36  I will bring on them, the citizens of Jerusalem, 37  and the people of Judah all the disaster that I threatened to do to them. I will punish them because I threatened them but they still paid no heed.”’” 38 

1 tn Heb “like the abominable practices of the nations.”

2 tn Heb “fathers.”

3 tn Heb “and the Lord God of their fathers sent against them by the hand of his messengers, getting up early and sending.”

3 tn Heb “his words.”

4 tn All three verbal forms (“mocked,” “despised,” and “ridiculed”) are active participles in the Hebrew text, indicating continual or repeated action. They made a habit of rejecting God’s prophetic messengers.

5 tn Heb “until the anger of the Lord went up against his people until there was no healer.”

4 tn Heb “killed with the sword.”

5 tn Heb “in the house of their sanctuary.”

6 tn Or “show compassion to.”

7 tn Heb “he”; the referent (God) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

5 map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.

6 tn Heb “when you violate the covenant of the Lord your God which he commanded you.”

7 tn Heb “and you walk and serve other gods and bow down to them.”

8 tn Or “perish.”

7 tn Heb “many days.”

8 tn Heb “the Lord had given rest to Israel from their enemies all around.”

9 tn Heb “was old, coming into the days.” This expression, referring to advancing in years, also occurs in the following verse.

8 tn Heb “many days.”

9 tn Heb “the Lord had given rest to Israel from their enemies all around.”

10 tn Heb “was old, coming into the days.” This expression, referring to advancing in years, also occurs in the following verse.

9 tn Heb “and it will become [a place for] grazing.” בָּעַר (ba’ar, “grazing”) is a homonym of the more often used verb “to burn.”

10 tn Heb “and it will become a trampled place” (NASB “trampled ground”).

10 tn Heb “it will not be pruned or hoed” (so NASB); ASV and NRSV both similar.

11 tn Heb “earth.”

12 tn Heb “Behold!”

13 tn Heb “disaster on these people, the fruit of their schemes.”

14 tn Heb “my word.”

12 map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.

13 tn Heb “Yahweh of armies, the God of Israel.”

14 sn Careful comparison of the use of this term throughout this passage and comparison with 7:31-33 which is parallel to several verses in this passage will show that the reference is to the Valley of Ben Hinnom which will become a Valley of Slaughter (see v. 6 and 7:32).

15 tn Heb “which everyone who hears it [or about it] his ears will ring.” This is proverbial for a tremendous disaster. See 1 Sam 3:11; 2 Kgs 21:12 for similar prophecies.

13 tn Heb “Yahweh of armies, the God of Israel.”

14 tn Heb “all its towns.”

15 tn Heb “They hardened [or made stiff] their neck so as not to.”

14 tn Heb “Therefore, thus says the Lord, the God of armies, the God of Israel.” For the title see 7:13 and the study note on 2:19. The first person address is again used in the translation because this whole section is a speech from the Lord (see vv. 12-13).

15 tn Heb “for their iniquity.”

16 map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.

17 tn Heb “all the disaster which I spoke against them and they did not listen [or obey].”