24:2 The Lord sent against him Babylonian, Syrian, Moabite, and Ammonite raiding bands; he sent them to destroy Judah, as he had warned he would do through his servants the prophets. 1 24:3 Just as the Lord had announced, he rejected Judah because of all the sins which Manasseh had committed. 2 24:4 Because he killed innocent people and stained Jerusalem with their blood, the Lord was unwilling to forgive them. 3
1 tnHeb “he sent them against Judah to destroy it, according to the word of the Lord which he spoke by the hand of his servants the prophets.”
2 tnHeb “Certainly according to the word of the Lord this happened against Judah, to remove [them] from his face because of the sins of Manasseh according to all which he did.”
3 tnHeb “and also the blood of the innocent which he shed, and he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood, and the Lord was not willing to forgive.”