2 Chronicles 28:11

Modern

Now therefore, listen to me and return the captives you took from your kinsmen, for the fierce anger of the LORD is upon you.”

Traditional

Now hear me therefore, and deliver the captives again, which ye have taken captive of your brethren: for the fierce wrath of the Lord is upon you.

Literal

And now, hear me and return the captives whom you have taken captive from your brothers, for the heat of the anger of YHWH is upon you.”

Latin

Sed audite consilium meum, et reducite captivos quos adduxistis de fratribus vestris, quia magnus furor Domini imminet vobis.

Hebrew

English

Now therefore, listen to me and return the captives you took from your kinsmen, for the fierce anger of the LORD is upon you.”

The Chronicler shows a positive attitude toward the north by using the term kinsmen (literally brothers).
for the fierce anger of the LORD is upon you: Later, during Ahaz's reign, the kingdom of Israel would face destruction and exile in 722 BC (2 Kings 17:5–23).

Theme notes and profiles

James 2:13
For judgment without mercy will be shown to anyone who has not been merciful. Mercy triumphs over judgment.
2 Chronicles 28:8
Then the Israelites took 200,000 captives from their kinsmen—women, sons, and daughters. They also carried off a great deal of plunder and brought it to Samaria.
Hebrews 13:1–3
Continue in brotherly love.
Matthew 5:7
Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy.
Matthew 7:2
For with the same judgment you pronounce, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.
Isaiah 58:6
Isn’t this the fast that I have chosen: to break the chains of wickedness, to untie the cords of the yoke, to set the oppressed free and tear off every yoke?
Ezra 10:14
Let our leaders represent the whole assembly. Then let everyone in our towns who has married a foreign woman come at an appointed time, together with the elders and judges of each town, until the fierce anger of our God in this matter is turned away from us.”
Jeremiah 34:14–15
Every seventh year, each of you must free his Hebrew brother who has sold himself to you. He may serve you six years, but then you must let him go free. But your fathers did not listen or incline their ear.