2 Kings 24:2-4

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 

[24:2]  ¹ tn Heb “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.”

[24:3]  ² tn Heb “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.”

[24:4]  ³ tn Heb “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.”