2 Chronicles 32:11

32:11 Hezekiah says, “The Lord our God will rescue us from the power ¹  of the king of Assyria.” But he is misleading you and you will die of hunger and thirst! ² 

2 Chronicles 32:15

32:15 Now don’t let Hezekiah deceive you or mislead you like this. Don’t believe him, for no god of any nation or kingdom has been able to rescue his people from my power or the power of my predecessors. So how ³  can your gods rescue ⁴  you from my power?’”

2 Chronicles 10:11

10:11 My father imposed heavy demands on you; I will make them even heavier. ⁵  My father punished you with ordinary whips; I will punish you with whips that really sting your flesh.’” ⁶ 

2 Chronicles 10:14

10:14 and followed the advice of the younger ones. He said, “My father imposed heavy demands on you; ⁷  I will make them even heavier. ⁸  My father punished you with ordinary whips; I will punish you with whips that really sting your flesh.” ⁹ 

2 Chronicles 34:23

34:23 and she said to them: “This is what the Lord God of Israel says: ‘Say this to the man who sent you to me:

2 Chronicles 34:26

34:26 Say this to the king of Judah, who sent you to seek an oracle from the Lord: “This is what the Lord God of Israel says concerning the words you have heard:

2 Chronicles 12:5

12:5 Shemaiah the prophet visited Rehoboam and the leaders of Judah who were assembled in Jerusalem because of Shishak. He said to them, “This is what the Lord says: ‘You have rejected me, so I have rejected you and will hand you over to Shishak.’” ¹⁰ 

2 Chronicles 15:2

15:2 He met ¹¹  Asa and told him, “Listen to me, Asa and all Judah and Benjamin! The Lord is with you when you are loyal to him. ¹²  If you seek him, he will respond to you, ¹³  but if you reject him, he will reject you.

2 Chronicles 24:20

24:20 God’s Spirit energized ¹⁴  Zechariah son of Jehoiada the priest. He stood up before the people and said to them, “This is what God says: ‘Why are you violating the commands of the Lord? You will not be prosperous! Because you have rejected the Lord, he has rejected you!’”

2 Chronicles 32:14

32:14 Who among all the gods of these nations whom my predecessors annihilated was able to rescue his people from my power? ¹⁵ 

[32:11]  ¹ tn Heb “hand.”

[32:11]  ² tn Heb “Is not Hezekiah misleading you to give you over to die by hunger and thirst, saying, ‘The Lord our God will rescue us from the hand of the king of Assyria’?’

[32:15]  ³ tn Heb “how much less.”

[32:15]  ⁴ tn The verb is plural, suggesting that the preceding אֱלֹהֵיכֶם (’elohekhem) be translated “your gods,” rather than “your God.”

[10:11]  ⁵ tn Heb “and now my father placed upon you a heavy yoke, but I will add to your yoke.”

[10:11]  ⁶ tn Heb “My father punished you with whips, but I [will punish you] with scorpions.” “Scorpions” might allude to some type of torture, but more likely it refers to a type of whip that inflicts an especially biting, painful wound.

[10:14]  ⁷ tc The Hebrew text reads, “I will make heavy your yoke,” but many medieval Hebrew mss and other ancient textual witnesses have, “my father made heavy your yoke.”

[10:14]  ⁸ tn Heb “but I will add to your yoke.”

[10:14]  ⁹ tn Heb “My father punished you with whips, but I [will punish you] with scorpions.” “Scorpions” might allude to some type of torture, but more likely it refers to a type of whip that inflicts an especially biting, painful wound.

[12:5]  ⁹ tn Heb “also I have rejected you into the hand of Shishak.”

[15:2]  ¹¹ tn Heb “went out before.”

[15:2]  ¹² tn Heb “when you are with him.”

[15:2]  ¹³ tn Heb “he will allow himself to be found by you.”

[24:20]  ¹³ tn Heb “clothed.”

[32:14]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “hand.”