2 Chronicles 36:15-16

The Babylonians Destroy Jerusalem

36:15 The Lord God of their ancestors ¹  continually warned them through his messengers, ²  for he felt compassion for his people and his dwelling place. 36:16 But they mocked God’s messengers, despised his warnings, ³  and ridiculed his prophets. ⁴  Finally the Lord got very angry at his people and there was no one who could prevent his judgment. ⁵ 

Jeremiah 6:11

6:11 I am as full of anger as you are, Lord, ⁶ 

I am tired of trying to hold it in.”

The Lord answered, ⁷ 

“Vent it, then, ⁸  on the children who play in the street

and on the young men who are gathered together.

Husbands and wives are to be included, ⁹ 

as well as the old and those who are advanced in years.

[36:15]  ¹ tn Heb “fathers.”

[36:15]  ² tn Heb “and the Lord God of their fathers sent against them by the hand of his messengers, getting up early and sending.”

[36:16]  ³ tn Heb “his words.”

[36:16]  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.

[36:16]  ⁵ tn Heb “until the anger of the Lord went up against his people until there was no healer.”

[6:11]  ⁶ tn Heb “I am full of the wrath of the Lord.”

[6:11]  ⁷ tn These words are not in the text but are implicit from the words that follow. They are supplied in the translation for clarity.

[6:11]  ⁸ tn Heb “Pour it out.”

[6:11]  ⁹ tn Heb “are to be captured.”