2 Chronicles 25:15

Translations

Modern

Therefore the anger of the LORD burned against Amaziah, and He sent him a prophet, who said, “Why have you sought this people’s gods, which could not deliver them from your hand?”

Traditional

Wherefore the anger of the Lord was kindled against Amaziah, and he sent unto him a prophet, which said unto him, Why hast thou sought after the gods of the people, which could not deliver their own people out of thine hand?

Literal

And the anger of YHWH burned against Amaziah, and He sent to him a prophet, and he said to him, “Why have you sought the gods of the people, which could not deliver their own people from your hand?”

Latin

Quam ob rem iratus Dominus contra Amasiam misit ad illum prophetam, qui diceret ei: Cur adorasti deos qui non liberaverunt populum suum de manu tua?

Original

Hebrew

English

Therefore the anger of the LORD burned against Amaziah, and He sent him a prophet, who said, “Why have you sought this people’s gods, which could not deliver them from your hand?”

Notes

2 Chronicles 25:14–15

Conquerors sometimes worshiped the gods of a defeated nation, mistakenly thinking those gods helped them win. Amaziah shared this belief; he did not accept that the Lord is the only true God (see Isaiah 40:18–28; 42:8; Jeremiah 10:1–16).

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People

Amaziah: King of Judah, son of Joash

Glossary

Amaziah Chronicles, Books of First and Second Genealogy Jeroboam

Topics

Idolatry: Folly of Kings: Who Reigned Over Judah: Amaziah The Edomites: The Jews Ensnared by the Idols of, and Punished

2 Chronicles 25:15

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