23:26 Yet the Lord’s great anger against Judah did not subside; he was still infuriated by all the things Manasseh had done. 1 23:27 The Lord announced, “I will also spurn Judah, 2 just as I spurned Israel. I will reject this city that I chose – both Jerusalem and the temple, about which I said, “I will live there.” 3
1 tn Heb “Yet the
2 tn Heb “Also Judah I will turn away from my face.”
3 tn Heb “My name will be there.”
4 tn Heb “Certainly according to the word of the
5 tn Heb “and also the blood of the innocent which he shed, and he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood, and the
6 tn The length of this sentence runs contrary to the normal policy followed in the translation of breaking up long sentences. However, there does not seem any way to break it up here without losing the connections.