2 Chronicles 30:8

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Summary

Now be ye not stiffnecked, as your fathers were, but yield yourselves unto the LORD, and enter into his sanctuary, which he hath sanctified for ever: and serve the LORD your God, that the fierceness of his wrath may turn away from you.

Be ye not stiffnecked

Yield yourselves

Enter into

Psalm 63:2

Psalm 68:24

Psalm 73:17

Which he hath

Psalm 132:13

Serve

Revelation 7:15

The fierceness

Bible References

Be ye not stiffnecked

He also rebelled against King Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him vow allegiance in the name of God. He was stubborn and obstinate, and refused to return to the Lord God of Israel.

Then the Lord said to Moses: "I have seen this people. Look what a stiff-necked people they are!

Therefore, cleanse your heart and stop being so stubborn!

But about Israel he says, "All day long I held out my hands to this disobedient and stubborn people!"

Yield yourselves

All the officers and warriors, as well as all of King David's sons, pledged their allegiance to King Solomon.

(They gave their word to send away their wives; their guilt offering was a ram from the flock for their guilt.)

They come with red cloth from Egypt, Ethiopia voluntarily offers tribute to God.

and do not present your members to sin as instruments to be used for unrighteousness, but present yourselves to God as those who are alive from the dead and your members to God as instruments to be used for righteousness.

Enter into

Yes, in the sanctuary I have seen you, and witnessed your power and splendor.

They see your processions, O God -- the processions of my God, my king, who marches along in holy splendor.

Then I entered the precincts of God's temple, and understood the destiny of the wicked.

Which he hath

Certainly the Lord has chosen Zion; he decided to make it his home.

Serve

You must revere the Lord your God, serve him, and take oaths using only his name.

If you have no desire to worship the Lord, choose today whom you will worship, whether it be the gods whom your ancestors worshiped beyond the Euphrates, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living. But I and my family will worship the Lord!"

Then Jesus said to him, "Go away, Satan! For it is written: 'You are to worship the Lord your God and serve only him.'"

If anyone wants to serve me, he must follow me, and where I am, my servant will be too. If anyone serves me, the Father will honor him.

But now, freed from sin and enslaved to God, you have your benefit leading to sanctification, and the end is eternal life.

Slaves, obey your earthly masters in every respect, not only when they are watching -- like those who are strictly people-pleasers -- but with a sincere heart, fearing the Lord.

For this reason they are before the throne of God, and they serve him day and night in his temple, and the one seated on the throne will shelter them.

The fierceness

Now listen to me! Send back those you have seized from your brothers, for the Lord is very angry at you!"

Now I intend to make a covenant with the Lord God of Israel, so that he may relent from his raging anger.

Yet the Lord's great anger against Judah did not subside; he was still infuriated by all the things Manasseh had done.

His raging anger lashed out against them, He sent fury, rage, and trouble as messengers who bring disaster.