2 Kings 21:14
in 2 Kings 21So I will forsake the remnant of My inheritance and deliver them into the hands of their enemies. And they will become plunder and spoil to all their enemies,
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ASV
And I will cast off the remnant of mine inheritance, and deliver them into the hand of their enemies; and they shall become a prey and a spoil to all their enemies;
KJV
And I will forsake the remnant of mine inheritance, and deliver them into the hand of their enemies; and they shall become a prey and a spoil to all their enemies;
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This verse in 2 Kings 21
Commentary
6 notes on this verseAnd I will forsake the remnant of mine inheritance,.... The whole land of Canaan was the Lord's inheritance; ten tribes in it were already removed, only Judah with Benjamin was left, and the Lord threatens to forsake that remnant: and deliver them into the hands of their enemies, and they shall become a prey and spoil to all their enemies; which was fulfilled in their captivity in Babylon.
This site's exposition
forsake the remnant of mine inheritance
on 2 Kings 21:14-15
The Lord promises to forsake the remnant of his inheritance, the phrase marking Judah as what is left after the ten tribes were already carried off, and to hand that remnant to enemies as prey and spoil. Verse 15 dates the provocation from the day their fathers came out of Egypt, tying Manasseh's sin to a pattern stretching back through the whole history the book has been narrating rather than treating him as an isolated case. The judgment answers a national record, not one reign alone.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers2 voices
A commentator
John ChrysostomHOMILIES ON THE GOSPEL OF MATTHEW 22.6 · Written in the 5th century.
proposed
For so Manasses had perpetrated innumerable pollutions, having both stretched out his hands against the saints, and brought abominations into the temple, and filled the city with murders, and wrought many other things beyond excuse; yet nevertheless after so long and so great wickedness, he washed away from himself all these things. How and in what manner? By repentance, and consideration. For there is not, yea, there is not any sin, that doth not yield and give way to the power of repentance, or rather to the grace of Christ. Since if we would but only change, we have Him to assist us. And if thou art desirous to become good, there is none to hinder us; or rather there is one to hinder us, the devil, yet hath he no power, so long as thou choosest what is best, and so attractest God to thine aid.
A commentator
Apostolic ConstitutionsCONSTITUTIONS OF THE HOLY APOSTLES 2.22 · Written before 380.
proposed
For it is written thus in the fourth book of Kings and the second book of Chronicles, or of Days: "Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign; he reigned fifty-five years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Hephzibah. He did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, following the abominable practices of the nations that the Lord drove out before the people of Israel.
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
): I will forsake the remnant of my inheritance. Justly are those that forsake God forsaken of him; nor does he ever leave any till they have first left him: but, when God has forsaken a people, their defence has departed, and they become a prey, an easy prey, to all their enemies. Sin is spoken of here as the alpha and omega of their miseries.
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The Nineteenth Century1 voice
I will forsake the remnant of mine inheritance - One part (the ten tribes) was already forsaken, and carried into captivity; the remnant (the tribe of Judah) was now about to be forsaken.
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
On the verses either side of this one
And the plumb line. That is the string to which the builders of a wall tie a lead weight to make the wall straight. 2 I.e., so that the following rows of bricks or stones will all be directly above one another.
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. 5 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
12 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְנָטַשְׁתִּ֗י | venatashti | and I will abandon | H5203 → | |
| אֵ֚ת | ʾet | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| שְׁאֵרִ֣ית | sheerit | [the] remnant of | H7611 → | 66 times |
| נַחֲלָתִ֔י | nachalati | inheritance my | H5159 → | |
| וּנְתַתִּ֖ים | unetatim | and I will give them | H5414 → | 2011 times |
| בְּיַ֣ד | beyad | in [the] hand of | H3027 → | 1618 times |
| אֹֽיְבֵיהֶ֑ם | ʾoyeveihem | enemies their | H341 → | 282 times |
| וְהָי֥וּ | vehayu | and they will become | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| לְבַ֛ז | levaz | <into> spoil | H957 → | |
| וְלִמְשִׁסָּ֖ה | velimshisah | and <into> plunder | H4933 → | |
| לְכָל־ | lekhol | to all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| אֹיְבֵיהֶֽם׃ | ʾoyeveihem | enemies their | H341 → | 282 times |
וְנָטַשְׁתִּ֗יand I will abandon
venatashtiH5203 →
אֵ֚ת<obj.>
ʾetH853 →10935 times
שְׁאֵרִ֣ית[the] remnant of
sheeritH7611 →66 times
נַחֲלָתִ֔יinheritance my
nachalatiH5159 →
וּנְתַתִּ֖יםand I will give them
unetatimH5414 →2011 times
בְּיַ֣דin [the] hand of
beyadH3027 →1618 times
אֹֽיְבֵיהֶ֑םenemies their
ʾoyeveihemH341 →282 times
וְהָי֥וּand they will become
vehayuH1961 →3559 times
לְבַ֛ז<into> spoil
levazH957 →
וְלִמְשִׁסָּ֖הand <into> plunder
velimshisahH4933 →
לְכָל־to all
lekholH3605 →5413 times
אֹיְבֵיהֶֽם׃enemies their
ʾoyeveihemH341 →282 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 37:28For the LORD loves justice and will not forsake His saints. They are preserved forever, but the offspring of the wicked will be cut off.
it leads to
- Proverbs 2:22
but the wicked will be cut off from the land, and the unfaithful will be uprooted.
- Psalms 11:7
For the LORD is righteous; He loves justice. The upright will see His face.
- Psalms 21:10
You will wipe their descendants from the earth, and their offspring from the sons of men.
- Isaiah 59:21
“As for Me, this is My covenant with them,” says the LORD. “My Spirit will not depart from you, and My words that I have put in your mouth will not depart from your…
- Isaiah 14:20–21
You will not join them in burial, since you have destroyed your land and slaughtered your own people. The offspring of the wicked will never again be mentioned.
- Proverbs 2:22
Through
2 Kings 19:4Perhaps the LORD your God will hear all the words of the Rabshakeh, whom his master the king of Assyria has sent to defy the living God, and He will rebuke him for the…
it leads to
- 2 Samuel 16:12
Perhaps the LORD will see my affliction and repay me with good for the cursing I receive today.”
- James 5:16–17
Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man has great power to prevail.
- 2 Samuel 16:12
Through
Jeremiah 23:33“Now when this people or a prophet or priest asks you, ‘What is the burden of the LORD?’ you are to say to them, ‘What burden? I will forsake you, declares the LORD.’
it leads to
- Malachi 1:1
This is the burden of the word of the LORD to Israel through Malachi:
- Malachi 1:1
About 2 Kings
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Apostolic Constitutions, CONSTITUTIONS OF THE HOLY APOSTLES 2.22; John Chrysostom, HOMILIES ON THE GOSPEL OF MATTHEW 22.6; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.