2 Kings 21:9

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

But they hearkened not: and Manasseh seduced them to do more evil than did the nations whom the LORD destroyed before the children of Israel.

They hearkened

More evil

Ezekiel 16:47

General references

Exodus 32:21

Job 34:30

Bible References

They hearkened

But they kept ridiculing God’s messengers, despising His words, and scoffing at His prophets, until the Lord’s wrath was so stirred up against His people that there was no remedy.

Now, our God, what can we say in light of this? For we have abandoned the commands

But they were disobedient and rebelled against You.
They flung Your law behind their backs
and killed Your prophets
who warned them
in order to turn them back to You.
They committed terrible blasphemies.

I am Yahweh your God,
who brought you up from the land of Egypt.
Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it.

We have not listened to Your servants the prophets, who spoke in Your name to our kings, leaders, fathers, and all the people of the land.

“Jerusalem, Jerusalem! She who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her. How often I wanted to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were not willing!

If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not have sin.

Now they have no excuse for their sin.

So it is a sin for the person who knows to do what is good and doesn’t do it.

More evil

Didn’t you walk in their ways and do their detestable practices? It was only a short time before you behaved more corruptly than they did.

General references

Then Moses asked Aaron, “What did these people do to you that you have led them into such a grave sin?”

so that godless men should not rule
or ensnare the people.