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2 Kings 22:19

because your heart was tender and you humbled yourself before the LORD when you heard what I spoke against this place and against its people, that they would become a desolation and a curse, and because you have torn your clothes and wept before Me, I have heard you,’ declares the LORD.

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ASV

because thy heart was tender, and thou didst humble thyself before Jehovah, when thou heardest what I spake against this place, and against the inhabitants thereof, that they should become a desolation and a curse, and hast rent thy clothes, and wept before me; I also have heard thee, saith Jehovah.

KJV

Because thine heart was tender, and thou hast humbled thyself before the Lord, when thou heardest what I spake against this place, and against the inhabitants thereof, that they should become a desolation and a curse, and hast rent thy clothes, and wept before me; I also have heard thee, saith the Lord.

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
יַ֠עַןYa.'anbecauseH3282 →
רַךְ־rakh-it was softH7401 →
לְבָ֨בְךָ֜le.Va.ve.khaheart yourH3824 →
וַתִּכָּנַ֣ע׀va.ti.ka.Na'and you humbled yourselfH3665 →
מִפְּנֵ֣יmi.pe.Neifrom beforeH6440 →
יְהוָ֗הYah.wehYahwehH3068 →
בְּֽשָׁמְעֲךָ֡be.sha.me.'a.Khawhen hearing youH8085 →
אֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.Sher[that] whichH834 →
דִּבַּרְתִּי֩di.bar.TiI had spokenH1696 →
עַל־'al-onH5921 →
הַמָּק֨וֹםha.ma.Komthe placeH4725 →
הַזֶּ֜הha.Zeh<the> thisH2088 →
וְעַל־ve.'al-and onH5921 →
יֹשְׁבָ֗יוyo.she.Vavinhabitants itsH3427 →
לִהְי֤וֹתlih.Yotto becomeH1961 →
לְשַׁמָּה֙le.sha.Mah<into> a horrorH8047 →
וְלִקְלָלָ֔הve.lik.la.Lahand <into> a curseH7045 →
וַתִּקְרַע֙va.tik.Ra'and you toreH7167 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
בְּגָדֶ֔יךָbe.ga.Dei.khaclothes yourH899 →
וַתִּבְכֶּ֖הva.tiv.Kehand you weptH1058 →
לְפָנָ֑יle.fa.Nai<to> before meH6440 →
וְגַ֧םve.Gamand alsoH1571 →
אָנֹכִ֛י'a.no.KhiIH595 →
שָׁמַ֖עְתִּיsha.Ma'.tiI have heardH8085 →
נְאֻם־ne.'um-[the] utterance ofH5002 →
יְהוָֽה׃Yah.wehYahwehH3068 →

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Psalms 34:18The LORD is near to the brokenhearted; He saves the contrite in spirit.Psalms 51:17The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and a contrite heart, O God, You will not despise.1 Peter 5:6Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand, so that in due time He may exalt you.1 Kings 21:29“Have you seen how Ahab has humbled himself before Me? Because he has humbled himself before Me, I will not bring the calamity during his days, but I will bring it upon his house in the days of his son.”Galatians 3:13Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us. For it is written: “Cursed is everyone who is hung on a tree.”Isaiah 57:15For thus says the One who is high and lifted up, who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: “I dwell in a high and holy place, and with the oppressed and humble in spirit, to restore the spirit of the lowly and revive the heart of the contrite.Exodus 10:3So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and told him, “This is what the LORD, the God of the Hebrews, says: ‘How long will you refuse to humble yourself before Me? Let My people go, so that they may worship Me.1 Peter 5:5–6Young men, in the same way, submit yourselves to your elders. And all of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because, “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”Micah 6:8He has shown you, O man, what is good. And what does the LORD require of you but to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?1 Samuel 24:5Afterward, David’s conscience was stricken because he had cut off the corner of Saul’s robe.Jeremiah 44:22So the LORD could no longer endure the evil deeds and detestable acts you committed, and your land became a desolation, a horror, and an object of cursing, without inhabitant, as it is this day.James 4:6–10But He gives us more grace. This is why it says: “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”Luke 19:41As Jesus approached Jerusalem and saw the city, He wept over itIsaiah 66:5You who tremble at His word, hear the word of the LORD: “Your brothers who hate you and exclude you because of My name have said, ‘Let the LORD be glorified that we may see your joy!’ But they will be put to shame.”Joel 2:13So rend your hearts and not your garments, and return to the LORD your God. For He is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion. And He relents from sending disaster.2 Chronicles 33:12And in his distress, Manasseh sought the favor of the LORD his God and earnestly humbled himself before the God of his fathers.Isaiah 66:2Has not My hand made all these things? And so they came into being,” declares the LORD. “This is the one I will esteem: he who is humble and contrite in spirit, who trembles at My word.Jeremiah 26:6then I will make this house like Shiloh, and I will make this city an object of cursing among all the nations of the earth.’”

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