Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Therefore the LORD rejected all the people of Israel; he afflicted them and gave them into the hands of plunderers, until he thrust them from his presence. New Living Translation The LORD rejected all the descendants of Israel. He punished them by handing them over to their attackers until he had banished Israel from his presence. English Standard Version And the LORD rejected all the descendants of Israel and afflicted them and gave them into the hand of plunderers, until he had cast them out of his sight. Berean Standard Bible So the LORD rejected all the descendants of Israel. He afflicted them and delivered them into the hands of plunderers, until He had banished them from His presence. King James Bible And the LORD rejected all the seed of Israel, and afflicted them, and delivered them into the hand of spoilers, until he had cast them out of his sight. New King James Version And the LORD rejected all the descendants of Israel, afflicted them, and delivered them into the hand of plunderers, until He had cast them from His sight. New American Standard Bible So the LORD rejected all the descendants of Israel and afflicted them and handed them over to plunderers, until He had cast them out of His sight. NASB 1995 The LORD rejected all the descendants of Israel and afflicted them and gave them into the hand of plunderers, until He had cast them out of His sight. NASB 1977 And the LORD rejected all the descendants of Israel and afflicted them and gave them into the hand of plunderers, until He had cast them out of His sight. Legacy Standard Bible So Yahweh rejected all the seed of Israel and afflicted them and gave them into the hand of plunderers, until He had cast them from His presence. Amplified Bible So the LORD rejected all the descendants of Israel (Jacob) and [repeatedly] afflicted them and handed them over to plunderers, until He had cast them out of His sight. Christian Standard Bible So the LORD rejected all the descendants of Israel, punished them, and handed them over to plunderers until he had banished them from his presence. Holman Christian Standard Bible So the LORD rejected all the descendants of Israel, afflicted them, and handed them over to plunderers until He had banished them from His presence. American Standard Version And Jehovah rejected all the seed of Israel, and afflicted them, and delivered them into the hand of spoilers, until he had cast them out of his sight. Contemporary English Version So the LORD turned his back on everyone in Israel and let them be punished and defeated until no one was left. English Revised Version And the LORD rejected all the seed of Israel, and afflicted them, and delivered them into the hand of spoilers, until he had cast them out of his sight. GOD'S WORD® Translation So the LORD rejected all of Israel's descendants, made them suffer, handed them over to those who looted their property, and finally turned away from Israel. Good News Translation The LORD rejected all the Israelites, punishing them and handing them over to cruel enemies until at last he had banished them from his sight. International Standard Version so the LORD rejected all of the descendants of Israel, afflicted them, and handed them over to the control of plunderers until he had thrown them away from his presence. Majority Standard Bible So the LORD rejected all the descendants of Israel. He afflicted them and delivered them into the hands of plunderers, until He had banished them from His presence. NET Bible So the LORD rejected all of Israel's descendants; he humiliated them and handed them over to robbers, until he had thrown them from his presence. New Heart English Bible The LORD rejected all the descendants of Israel, and afflicted them, and delivered them into the hand of plunderers, until he had cast them out of his sight. Webster's Bible Translation And the LORD rejected all the seed of Israel, and afflicted them, and delivered them into the hand of spoilers, until he had cast them out of his sight. World English Bible Yahweh rejected all the offspring of Israel, afflicted them, and delivered them into the hands of raiders, until he had cast them out of his sight. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionAnd YHWH kicks against all the seed of Israel, and afflicts them, and gives them into the hand of spoilers, until He has cast them out of His presence, Young's Literal Translation And Jehovah kicketh against all the seed of Israel, and afflicteth them, and giveth them into the hand of spoilers, till that He hath cast them out of His presence, Smith's Literal Translation And Jehovah will reject in all the seed of Israel, and will afflict them, and he will give them into the hand of plunderers, till he cast them from his face. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleAnd the Lord cast off all the seed of Israel, and afflicted them and delivered them into the hand of spoilers, till he cast them away from his face: Catholic Public Domain Version And the Lord cast aside all of the offspring of Israel. And he afflicted them, and he delivered them into the hand of despoilers, until he drove them away from his face, New American Bible So the LORD rejected the entire people of Israel: he afflicted them and delivered them over to plunderers, finally casting them from his presence. New Revised Standard Version The LORD rejected all the descendants of Israel; he punished them and gave them into the hand of plunderers, until he had banished them from his presence. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleAnd the LORD rejected all the descendants of Israel and despised them, and delivered them into the hand of spoilers, until he had cast them out of his sight. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated And LORD JEHOVAH despised all the seed of Israel, and he despised them and delivered them into the hand of plunderers until he drove them out from before his face. OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917And the LORD rejected all the seed of Israel, and afflicted them, and delivered them into the hand of spoilers, until He had cast them out of His sight. Brenton Septuagint Translation And the Lord was angry with the whole seed of Israel, and troubled them, and gave them into the hand of them that spoiled them, until he cast them out of his presence. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Israel Exiled Because of Idolatry…19and even Judah did not keep the commandments of the LORD their God, but lived according to the customs Israel had introduced. 20So the LORD rejected all the descendants of Israel. He afflicted them and delivered them into the hands of plunderers, until He had banished them from His presence. 21When the LORD had torn Israel away from the house of David, they made Jeroboam son of Nebat king, and Jeroboam led Israel away from following the LORD and caused them to commit a great sin.… Cross References 2 Kings 18:11-12 The king of Assyria exiled the Israelites to Assyria and settled them in Halah, in Gozan by the Habor River, and in the cities of the Medes. / This happened because they did not listen to the voice of the LORD their God, but violated His covenant—all that Moses the servant of the LORD had commanded—and would neither listen nor obey. 2 Kings 23:27 For the LORD had said, “I will remove Judah from My sight, just as I removed Israel. I will reject this city Jerusalem, which I chose, and the temple of which I said, ‘My Name shall be there.’” 2 Kings 24:2-3 And the LORD sent Chaldean, Aramean, Moabite, and Ammonite raiders against Jehoiakim in order to destroy Judah, according to the word that the LORD had spoken through His servants the prophets. / Surely this happened to Judah at the LORD’s command, to remove them from His presence because of the sins of Manasseh and all that he had done, 2 Chronicles 36:16-17 But they mocked the messengers of God, despising His words and scoffing at His prophets, until the wrath of the LORD against His people was stirred up beyond remedy. / So He brought up against them the king of the Chaldeans, who put their young men to the sword in the sanctuary, sparing neither young men nor young women, neither elderly nor infirm. God gave them all into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar, Jeremiah 7:15 And I will cast you out of My presence, just as I have cast out all your brothers, all the descendants of Ephraim. Hosea 9:17 My God will reject them because they have not obeyed Him; and they shall be wanderers among the nations. Leviticus 26:33 But I will scatter you among the nations and will draw out a sword after you as your land becomes desolate and your cities are laid waste. Deuteronomy 28:63-64 Just as it pleased the LORD to make you prosper and multiply, so also it will please Him to annihilate you and destroy you. And you will be uprooted from the land you are entering to possess. / Then the LORD will scatter you among all the nations, from one end of the earth to the other, and there you will worship other gods, gods of wood and stone, which neither you nor your fathers have known. Psalm 78:59-62 On hearing it, God was furious and rejected Israel completely. / He abandoned the tabernacle of Shiloh, the tent He had pitched among men. / He delivered His strength to captivity, and His splendor to the hand of the adversary. ... Isaiah 42:24-25 Who gave Jacob up for spoil, and Israel to the plunderers? Was it not the LORD, against whom we have sinned? They were unwilling to walk in His ways, and they would not obey His law. / So He poured out on them His furious anger and the fierceness of battle. It enveloped them in flames, but they did not understand; it consumed them, but they did not take it to heart. Lamentations 2:5-7 The Lord is like an enemy; He has swallowed up Israel. He has swallowed up all her palaces and destroyed her strongholds. He has multiplied mourning and lamentation for the Daughter of Judah. / He has laid waste His tabernacle like a garden booth; He has destroyed His place of meeting. The LORD has made Zion forget her appointed feasts and Sabbaths. In His fierce anger He has despised both king and priest. / The Lord has rejected His altar; He has abandoned His sanctuary; He has delivered the walls of her palaces into the hand of the enemy. They have raised a shout in the house of the LORD as on the day of an appointed feast. Ezekiel 23:18 When Oholibah openly prostituted herself and exposed her nakedness, I turned away from her in disgust, just as I had turned away from her sister. Amos 5:27 Therefore I will send you into exile beyond Damascus,” says the LORD, whose name is the God of Hosts. Matthew 21:43 Therefore I tell you that the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people who will produce its fruit. Luke 21:24 They will fall by the edge of the sword and be led captive into all the nations. And Jerusalem will be trodden down by the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled. Treasury of Scripture And the LORD rejected all the seed of Israel, and afflicted them, and delivered them into the hand of spoilers, until he had cast them out of his sight. rejected 2 Kings 17:15 And they rejected his statutes, and his covenant that he made with their fathers, and his testimonies which he testified against them; and they followed vanity, and became vain, and went after the heathen that were round about them, concerning whom the LORD had charged them, that they should not do like them. 1 Samuel 15:23,26 For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the word of the LORD, he hath also rejected thee from being king… 1 Samuel 16:1 And the LORD said unto Samuel, How long wilt thou mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? fill thine horn with oil, and go, I will send thee to Jesse the Bethlehemite: for I have provided me a king among his sons. all the seed 1 Chronicles 16:13 O ye seed of Israel his servant, ye children of Jacob, his chosen ones. Nehemiah 9:2 And the seed of Israel separated themselves from all strangers, and stood and confessed their sins, and the iniquities of their fathers. Isaiah 45:25 In the LORD shall all the seed of Israel be justified, and shall glory. delivered 2 Kings 13:3,7 And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel, and he delivered them into the hand of Hazael king of Syria, and into the hand of Benhadad the son of Hazael, all their days… 2 Kings 15:18-20,29 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD: he departed not all his days from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin… 2 Kings 18:9 And it came to pass in the fourth year of king Hezekiah, which was the seventh year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, that Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up against Samaria, and besieged it. until he had cast 2 Kings 17:18 Therefore the LORD was very angry with Israel, and removed them out of his sight: there was none left but the tribe of Judah only. Deuteronomy 11:12 A land which the LORD thy God careth for: the eyes of the LORD thy God are always upon it, from the beginning of the year even unto the end of the year. Jonah 1:3,10 But Jonah rose up to flee unto Tarshish from the presence of the LORD, and went down to Joppa; and he found a ship going to Tarshish: so he paid the fare thereof, and went down into it, to go with them unto Tarshish from the presence of the LORD… Jump to Previous Afflicted Afflicteth Attackers Cast Delivered Descendants Hand Hands Israel Kicketh Offspring Plunderers Presence Rejected Seed Sight Spoilers Thrust TroubleJump to Next Afflicted Afflicteth Attackers Cast Delivered Descendants Hand Hands Israel Kicketh Offspring Plunderers Presence Rejected Seed Sight Spoilers Thrust Trouble2 Kings 17 1. Hoshea the Last King of Israel3. Being subdued by Shalmaneser, he conspires against him with So, king of Egypt 5. Samaria for sinning is led into captivity 24. The strange nations transplanted into Samaria make a mixture of religions. So the LORD rejected all the descendants of Israel. This phrase indicates a divine judgment against the Northern Kingdom of Israel. The rejection is a culmination of persistent idolatry and disobedience to God's covenant, as detailed in the preceding chapters. Historically, this refers to the period leading up to the Assyrian conquest in 722 BC. Theologically, it reflects the consequences of breaking the covenant established at Sinai (Exodus 19-24). The rejection is not merely a temporary punishment but a severing of the special relationship, echoing the warnings given by prophets like Hosea and Amos. He afflicted them and delivered them into the hands of plunderers, until He had banished them from His presence. Persons / Places / Events 1. The LORD (Yahweh)The covenant God of Israel, who is just and righteous in His dealings with His people. 2. Descendants of Israel Refers to the Northern Kingdom of Israel, consisting of the ten tribes that separated from Judah after Solomon's reign. 3. Plunderers Invading forces, particularly the Assyrians, who were used by God as instruments of judgment against Israel. 4. Banished from His Presence The exile of the Northern Kingdom, a significant event where the Israelites were removed from the Promised Land due to their persistent idolatry and disobedience. 5. Assyrian Exile The historical event in 722 BC when the Assyrians conquered the Northern Kingdom and deported many Israelites. Teaching Points The Seriousness of IdolatryIdolatry is a grave sin that leads to separation from God. We must guard our hearts against modern forms of idolatry, such as materialism or self-worship. The Consequences of Disobedience Persistent disobedience to God's commands results in His discipline. We should strive to live in obedience to God's Word to avoid spiritual and physical consequences. God's Righteous Judgment God's judgment is always just and righteous. Understanding His character helps us trust His decisions, even when they involve discipline. The Importance of Repentance Repentance is crucial in restoring our relationship with God. We should regularly examine our lives and turn away from sin. God's Faithfulness to His Covenant Despite Israel's unfaithfulness, God remains faithful to His covenant. This encourages us to rely on His promises and faithfulness in our lives.(20) And the Lord rejected all the seed of Israel.--Thenius prefers the reading of the LXX. "and rejected the Lord (as in the last clause of 2Kings 17:19), and the Lord, was angry with all the seed of Israel," &c. It thus becomes plain that the writer goes back to 2Kings 17:18, after the parenthesis relating to Judah. "Israel" is used in the narrow sense in those verses. Into the hand of spoilers--e.g., the Syrians (2Kings 10:32;) and the Assyrians (2Kings 15:19; 2Kings 15:29; 2Kings 17:3. The writer probably remembered Judges 2:14. . . . Verse 20. - And the Lord rejected all the seed of Israel. God is no respecter of persons. As he had rejected the ten tribes on account of certain transgressions, which have been enumerated (vers. 8-17), so, when Judah committed the self-same sins, and transgressed equally, Judah had equally to be rejected. "All the seed of Israel" is the entire nation - Israel in the widest sense, made up of Judah and of Israel in the narrow sense. So Keil, rightly. And afflicted them - by the hands of Sargon, and Sennacherib, and Esarhaddon (2 Chronicles 33:11), and Pharaoh-Nechoh, and others - and delivered them into the hands of spoilers. The "spoilers" intended are probably, first, the "bands of the Chaldees, and of the Syrians, and of the Moabites, and of the children of Ammon," who were let loose upon Judaea by Nebuchadnezzar when Jehoiakim rebelled against him (2 Kings 24:2), and secondly Nebuchadnezzar himself and Nebuzaradan, who completed the spoliation of the country, and plundered Jerusalem itself, to punish the revolts of Jehoiachid and Zedekiah (2 Kings 24:13-16 and 2 Kings 25:8-21), when all the treasures of the temple were carried off. Until he had cast them out of his sight; i.e. until he had punished Judah as he had previously punished Israel (ver. 18), which was what justice required.Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew So the LORDיְהוָ֜ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel rejected וַיִּמְאַ֨ס (way·yim·’as) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 3988: To spurn, to disappear all בְּכָל־ (bə·ḵāl) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every the descendants זֶ֤רַע (ze·ra‘) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 2233: Seed, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity of Israel. יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ (yiś·rā·’êl) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3478: Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc He afflicted them וַיְעַנֵּ֔ם (way·‘an·nêm) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine plural Strong's 6031: To be bowed down or afflicted and delivered them וַֽיִּתְּנֵ֖ם (way·yit·tə·nêm) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine plural Strong's 5414: To give, put, set into the hands בְּיַד־ (bə·yaḏ-) Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct Strong's 3027: A hand of plunderers, שֹׁסִ֑ים (šō·sîm) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural Strong's 8154: To spoil, plunder until אֲשֶׁ֥ר (’ă·šer) Pronoun - relative Strong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that He had banished them הִשְׁלִיכָ֖ם (hiš·lî·ḵām) Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine plural Strong's 7993: To throw out, down, away from His presence. מִפָּנָֽיו׃ (mip·pā·nāw) Preposition-m | Noun - common plural construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 6440: The face Links 2 Kings 17:20 NIV2 Kings 17:20 NLT 2 Kings 17:20 ESV 2 Kings 17:20 NASB 2 Kings 17:20 KJV 2 Kings 17:20 BibleApps.com 2 Kings 17:20 Biblia Paralela 2 Kings 17:20 Chinese Bible 2 Kings 17:20 French Bible 2 Kings 17:20 Catholic Bible OT History: 2 Kings 17:20 Yahweh rejected all the seed of Israel (2Ki iiKi ii ki 2 kg 2kg) |
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