2 Kings 21:12 BSB — MannaFest

2 Kings 21:12

this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Behold, I am bringing such calamity upon Jerusalem and Judah that the news will reverberate in the ears of all who hear it.

BSB

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ASV

therefore thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, Behold, I bring such evil upon Jerusalem and Judah, that whosoever heareth of it, both his ears shall tingle.

KJV

Therefore thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Behold, I am bringing such evil upon Jerusalem and Judah, that whosoever heareth of it, both his ears shall tingle.

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Commentary

1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Both his ears shall tingle - תצלנה titstsalnah; something expressive of the sound in what we call, from the same sensation, the tingling of the ears. This is the consequence of having the ears suddenly pierced with a loud and shrill noise; the ears seem to ring for some time after. The prophets spoke to them vehemently, so that the sound seemed to be continued even when they had left off speaking. This was a faithful and solemn testimony.

Voices on this verse

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Original language & word study

18 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
לָכֵ֗ן	la.Khen	<to> therefore	H3651 →
כֹּֽה־	koh-	thus	H3541 →
אָמַ֤ר	'a.Mar	he says	H559 →
יְהוָה֙	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
אֱלֹהֵ֣י	'e.lo.Hei	[the] God of	H430 →
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל	Yis.ra.'El	Israel	H3478 →
הִנְנִי֙	hi.Ni	here I	H2005 →
מֵבִ֣יא	me.Vi'	[am] about to bring	H935 →
רָעָ֔ה	ra.'Ah	calamity	H7451 →
עַל־	'al-	on	H5921 →
יְרוּשָׁלִַ֖ם	ye.ru.sha.Lim	Jerusalem	H3389 →
וִֽיהוּדָ֑ה	vi.hu.Dah	and Judah	H3063 →
אֲשֶׁר֙	'a.Sher	which	H834 →
כָּל־	kol-	every	H3605 →
שֹׁ֣מְעָ֔הּ	sho.me.'ah	[one who] hears of it	H8085 →
תִּצַּ֖לְנָה	ti.Tzal.nah	they will tingle	H6750 →
שְׁתֵּ֥י	she.Tei	[the] two	H8147 →
אָזְנָֽיו׃	'a.ze.Nav	ears his	H241 →

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Micah 3:12
Therefore, because of you, Zion will be plowed like a field, Jerusalem will become a heap of rubble, and the temple mount a wooded ridge.
leads to
- Jeremiah 26:18
  “Micah the Moreshite prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah and told all the people of Judah that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Zion will be plowed like a…
- Psalms 79:1
  The nations, O God, have invaded Your inheritance; they have defiled Your holy temple and reduced Jerusalem to rubble.
Through
1 Samuel 3:11
Then the LORD said to Samuel, “I am about to do something in Israel at which the ears of all who hear it will tingle.
leads to
- Habakkuk 1:5
  “Look at the nations and observe—be utterly astounded! For I am doing a work in your days that you would never believe even if someone told you.
- Acts 13:41
  ‘Look, you scoffers, wonder and perish! For I am doing a work in your days that you would never believe, even if someone told you.’”
- Jeremiah 19:3
  saying, ‘Hear the word of the LORD, O kings of Judah and residents of Jerusalem. This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: I am going to bring such disaster…
Through
Jeremiah 19:3
saying, ‘Hear the word of the LORD, O kings of Judah and residents of Jerusalem. This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: I am going to bring such disaster…
leads to
- 1 Samuel 3:11
  Then the LORD said to Samuel, “I am about to do something in Israel at which the ears of all who hear it will tingle.
- Jeremiah 17:20
  Say to them, ‘Hear the word of the LORD, O kings of Judah, all people of Judah and Jerusalem who enter through these gates.
Through
Daniel 9:12
You have carried out the words spoken against us and against our rulers by bringing upon us a great disaster. For under all of heaven, nothing has ever been done like what has been…
leads to
- Ezekiel 5:9
  Because of all your abominations, I will do to you what I have never done before and will never do again.

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06About 2 Kings

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

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About 2 Kings