2 Kings 22:17
in 2 Kings 22because 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 kindled against this place and will not be quenched.’
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ASV
Because they have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto other gods, that they might provoke me to anger with all the work of their hands, therefore my wrath shall be kindled against this place, and it shall not be quenched.
KJV
Because they have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto other gods, that they might provoke me to anger with all the works of their hands; therefore my wrath shall be kindled against this place, and shall not be quenched.
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This verse in 2 Kings 22
Commentary
6 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
Have burned incense - In the marginal reference the corresponding phrase is: “have served other gods, and worshipped them.” Its alteration to “have bnrned incense” points to the fact that the favorite existing idolatry was burning incense on the housetops to Baal Jer 19:13; Jer 32:29 and to the host of heaven 2Ki 21:3.
This site's exposition
Tell the man that sent you
on 2 Kings 22:15-17
Huldah answers as a prophet and not as a courtier: tell the man that sent you, no royal title used for a king whose own priest stands in her house. Her oracle's first half is unconditional, evil is coming, all the words of the book which the king of Judah hath read, because the nation forsook the Lord and burned incense to other gods; the wrath is kindled against this place and shall not be quenched. Nothing Josiah does afterward reverses this half of the word; 23:26-27 states plainly that the Lord turned not from the fierceness of his great wrath even after the reform.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
Those that would not be bound by the precept shall be bound by the penalty." God will be found no less terrible to impenitent sinners than his word makes him to be. She let him know what mercy God had in store for him. (1.) Notice is taken of his great tenderness and concern for the glory of God and the welfare of his kingdom (
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The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
But at the same time the king was consoled with an assurance that this season of punishment and sorrow should not be during his lifetime, on account of the faith, penitence, and pious zeal for the divine glory and worship which, in his public capacity and with his royal influence, he had displayed.
My wrath shall be kindled - The decree is gone forth; Jerusalem shall be delivered into the hands of its enemies; the people will revolt more and more; towards them longsuffering is useless; the wrath of God is kindled, and shall not be quenched. This was a dreadful message.
The words behind it
17 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| תַּ֣חַת׀ | tachat | because | H8478 → | 505 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֣ר | ʾasher | that | H834 → | 5497 times |
| עֲזָב֗וּנִי | ʾazavuni | they have forsaken me | H5800 → | 215 times |
| וַֽיְקַטְּרוּ֙ | vaykateru | and they have made smoke | H6999 → | 116 times |
| לֵאלֹהִ֣ים | lelohim | to gods | H430 → | 2601 times |
| אֲחֵרִ֔ים | ʾacherim | other | H312 → | 166 times |
| לְמַ֙עַן֙ | lemaan | so as | H4616 → | 272 times |
| הַכְעִיסֵ֔נִי | hakhiseni | to provoke to anger me | H3707 → | 54 times |
| בְּכֹ֖ל | bekhol | by all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| מַעֲשֵׂ֣ה | maaseh | [the] work of | H4639 → | 236 times |
| יְדֵיהֶ֑ם | yedeihem | hands their | H3027 → | 1618 times |
| וְנִצְּתָ֧ה | venitzetah | and it will be kindled | H3341 → | |
| חֲמָתִ֛י | chamati | anger my | H2534 → | 125 times |
| בַּמָּק֥וֹם | bamakom | in the place | H4725 → | 401 times |
| הַזֶּ֖ה | hazeh | <the> this | H2088 → | 1180 times |
| וְלֹ֥א | velo' | and not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| תִכְבֶּֽה׃ | tikhbeh | it will be quenched | H3518 → |
תַּ֣חַת׀because
tachatH8478 →505 times
אֲשֶׁ֣רthat
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
עֲזָב֗וּנִיthey have forsaken me
ʾazavuniH5800 →215 times
וַֽיְקַטְּרוּ֙and they have made smoke
vaykateruH6999 →116 times
לֵאלֹהִ֣יםto gods
lelohimH430 →2601 times
אֲחֵרִ֔יםother
ʾacherimH312 →166 times
לְמַ֙עַן֙so as
lemaanH4616 →272 times
הַכְעִיסֵ֔נִיto provoke to anger me
hakhiseniH3707 →54 times
בְּכֹ֖לby all
bekholH3605 →5413 times
מַעֲשֵׂ֣ה[the] work of
maasehH4639 →236 times
יְדֵיהֶ֑םhands their
yedeihemH3027 →1618 times
וְנִצְּתָ֧הand it will be kindled
venitzetahH3341 →
חֲמָתִ֛יanger my
chamatiH2534 →125 times
בַּמָּק֥וֹםin the place
bamakomH4725 →401 times
הַזֶּ֖ה<the> this
hazehH2088 →1180 times
וְלֹ֥אand not
velo'H3808 →5168 times
תִכְבֶּֽה׃it will be quenched
tikhbehH3518 →
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
Exodus 32:34Now go, lead the people to the place I described. Behold, My angel shall go before you. But on the day I settle accounts, I will punish them for their sin.”
it leads to
- Exodus 23:20
Behold, I am sending an angel before you to protect you along the way and to bring you to the place I have prepared.
- Deuteronomy 32:35
Vengeance is Mine; I will repay. In due time their foot will slip; for their day of disaster is near, and their doom is coming quickly.”
- Exodus 23:20
Through
Jeremiah 7:20Therefore 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…
it leads to
- Jeremiah 42:18
For this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘Just as My anger and wrath were poured out on the residents of Jerusalem, so will My wrath be poured out…
- Lamentations 2:3–5
In fierce anger He has cut off every horn of Israel and withdrawn His right hand at the approach of the enemy. He has burned in Jacob like a flaming fire that consumes everything…
- Isaiah 42:25
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…
- Jeremiah 17:27
But if you do not listen to Me to keep the Sabbath day holy by not carrying a load while entering the gates of Jerusalem on the Sabbath day, then I will kindle an…
- Jeremiah 44:6
Therefore My wrath and anger poured out and burned in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem, so that they have become the desolate ruin they are today.
- Jeremiah 42:18
Through
2 Kings 21:22He abandoned the LORD, the God of his fathers, and did not walk in the way of the LORD.
it leads to
- 1 Kings 11:33
For they have forsaken Me to worship Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, Chemosh the god of the Moabites, and Milcom the god of the Ammonites. They have not walked in My ways, nor…
- 1 Kings 11:33
Where this verse is studied
About 2 Kings
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.