2 Chronicles 12:7
in 2 Chronicles 12When the LORD saw that they had humbled themselves, the word of the LORD came to Shemaiah, saying, “They have humbled themselves; I will not destroy them, but will soon grant them deliverance. My wrath will not be poured out on Jerusalem through Shishak.
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ASV
And when Jehovah saw that they humbled themselves, the word of Jehovah came to Shemaiah, saying, They have humbled themselves: I will not destroy them; but I will grant them some deliverance, and my wrath shall not be poured out upon Jerusalem by the hand of Shishak.
KJV
And when the Lord saw that they humbled themselves, the word of the Lord came to Shemaiah, saying, They have humbled themselves; therefore I will not destroy them, but I will grant them some deliverance; and my wrath shall not be poured out upon Jerusalem by the hand of Shishak.
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This verse in 2 Chronicles 12
Commentary
5 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
Compare the repentance of Ahab (marginal reference) and that of the Ninevites Jon 3:5-10 which produced similar revocations of divine decrees that had been pronounced by the mouth of a prophet. Some deliverance - Rather, “deliverance for a short space” (see the margin). Because of the repentance, the threat cf immediate destruction was withdrawn; but the menace was still left impending, that the people might be the more moved to contrition and amendment.
This site's exposition
I will grant them some deliverance
on 2 Chronicles 12:7-8
The humbling of verse 6 turns the word: the Lord sees it and answers through the same prophet, they have humbled themselves, therefore I will not destroy them, but I will grant them some deliverance. This is 7:14's promise, humbling and turning and relief, working as narrative inside one court scene rather than standing as a general principle. The mercy still carries a lesson: nevertheless they shall be his servants, that they may know my service, and the service of the kingdoms of the countries, judgment reduced from destruction to servitude so Judah learns the difference by living it.
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The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
Some deliverance - I will give some stop to the course of my wrath, which was ready to be poured forth upon them to their utter destruction. Those who acknowledge God is righteous in afflicting them, shall find him gracious.
And when the Lord saw that they humbled themselves,....
Note, Those that acknowledge God righteous in afflicting them shall find him gracious. Those that humble themselves before him shall find favour with him. So ready is the God of mercy to take the first occasion to show mercy.
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
They have humbled themselves; I shall not destroy them A similar instance is found below (14: 6): “The land is still before us for we have sought, etc. we have sought.” So is the custom of the Scriptures, that when it interrupts in the middle, it repeats the word.
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 3 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
23 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וּבִרְא֤וֹת | uvirot | and when saw | H7200 → | 1300 times |
| יְהוָה֙ | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| כִּ֣י | ki | that | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| נִכְנָ֔עוּ | nikhnau | they had humbled themselves | H3665 → | 36 times |
| הָיָה֩ | hayah | it came | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| דְבַר־ | devar- | [the] word of | H1697 → | 1440 times |
| יְהוָ֨ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| שְׁמַֽעְיָ֧ה׀ | shema'yah | Shemaiah | H8098 → | 41 times |
| לֵאמֹ֛ר | lemor | <to> saying | H559 → | 5305 times |
| נִכְנְע֖וּ | nikhneu | they have humbled themselves | H3665 → | 36 times |
| לֹ֣א | lo' | not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| אַשְׁחִיתֵ֑ם | ʾashchitem | I will destroy them | H7843 → | 146 times |
| וְנָתַתִּ֨י | venatati | and I will give | H5414 → | 2011 times |
| לָהֶ֤ם | lahem | to them | ||
| כִּמְעַט֙ | kimat | like a little | H4592 → | |
| לִפְלֵיטָ֔ה | lifleitah | <to> deliverance | H6413 → | 28 times |
| וְלֹא־ | velo'- | and not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| תִתַּ֧ךְ | titakh | it will pour forth | H5413 → | 21 times |
| חֲמָתִ֛י | chamati | rage my | H2534 → | 125 times |
| בִּירוּשָׁלִַ֖ם | birushalim | on Jerusalem | H3389 → | 643 times |
| בְּיַד־ | beyad- | by [the] hand of | H3027 → | 1618 times |
| שִׁישָֽׁק׃ | shishak | Shishak | H7895 → | 7 times |
וּבִרְא֤וֹתand when saw
uvirotH7200 →1300 times
יְהוָה֙Yahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
כִּ֣יthat
kiH3588 →4482 times
נִכְנָ֔עוּthey had humbled themselves
nikhnauH3665 →36 times
הָיָה֩it came
hayahH1961 →3559 times
דְבַר־[the] word of
devar-H1697 →1440 times
יְהוָ֨הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
אֶל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
שְׁמַֽעְיָ֧ה׀Shemaiah
shema'yahH8098 →41 times
לֵאמֹ֛ר<to> saying
lemorH559 →5305 times
נִכְנְע֖וּthey have humbled themselves
nikhneuH3665 →36 times
לֹ֣אnot
lo'H3808 →5168 times
אַשְׁחִיתֵ֑םI will destroy them
ʾashchitemH7843 →146 times
וְנָתַתִּ֨יand I will give
venatatiH5414 →2011 times
לָהֶ֤םto them
lahem
כִּמְעַט֙like a little
kimatH4592 →
לִפְלֵיטָ֔ה<to> deliverance
lifleitahH6413 →28 times
וְלֹא־and not
velo'-H3808 →5168 times
תִתַּ֧ךְit will pour forth
titakhH5413 →21 times
חֲמָתִ֛יrage my
chamatiH2534 →125 times
בִּירוּשָׁלִַ֖םon Jerusalem
birushalimH3389 →643 times
בְּיַד־by [the] hand of
beyad-H3027 →1618 times
שִׁישָֽׁק׃Shishak
shishakH7895 →7 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Psalms 79:6Pour out Your wrath on the nations that do not acknowledge You, on the kingdoms that refuse to call on Your name,
it leads to
- Jeremiah 10:25
Pour out Your wrath on the nations that do not acknowledge You, and on the families that do not call on Your name. For they have devoured Jacob; they have consumed him and finished…
- 2 Thessalonians 1:8
in blazing fire, inflicting vengeance on those who do not know God and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.
- Psalms 14:4
Will the workers of iniquity never learn? They devour my people like bread; they refuse to call upon the LORD.
- Jeremiah 10:25
Through
Isaiah 42:25So 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…
it leads to
- Hosea 7:9
Foreigners consume his strength, but he does not notice. Even his hair is streaked with gray, but he does not know.
- Isaiah 57:11
Whom have you dreaded and feared, so that you lied and failed to remember Me or take this to heart? Is it not because I have long been silent that you do not fear…
- Ezekiel 7:8–9
Very soon I will pour out My wrath upon you and vent My anger against you; I will judge you according to your ways and repay you for all your abominations.
- Malachi 2:2
If you do not listen, and if you do not take it to heart to honor My name,” says the LORD of Hosts, “I will send a curse among you, and I will curse…
- Hosea 7:9
Through
2 Chronicles 34:25because they have forsaken Me and burned incense to other gods, that they might provoke Me to anger with all the works of their hands. My wrath will be poured out upon this place…
it leads to
- Jeremiah 7:20
Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, My anger and My fury will be poured out on this place, on man and beast, on the trees of the field and the produce…
- Jeremiah 7:20
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This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Charles Spurgeon, The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit, Sermon No. 2306, Servitude Or Service, Which?; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.