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2 Kings 21:14 KJV
2 Kings · chapter 21 · verse 14
And I will forsake the remnant of mine inheritance, and deliver them into the hand of their enemies; and they shall become a prey and a spoil to all their enemies;2 Kings 21:14 · King James Version
2 Kings 21:14 in context
12Therefore thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Behold, I am bringing such evil upon Jerusalem and Judah, that whosoever heareth of it, both his ears shall tingle.
13And I will stretch over Jerusalem the line of Samaria, and the plummet of the house of Ahab: and I will wipe Jerusalem as a man wipeth a dish, wiping it, and turning it upside down.
14And I will forsake the remnant of mine inheritance, and deliver them into the hand of their enemies; and they shall become a prey and a spoil to all their enemies;
15Because they have done that which was evil in my sight, and have provoked me to anger, since the day their fathers came forth out of Egypt, even unto this day.
16Moreover Manasseh shed innocent blood very much, till he had filled Jerusalem from one end to another; beside his sin wherewith he made Judah to sin, in doing that which was evil in the sight of the LORD.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- inheritancenachălâhproperly, something inheritedH5159 →
- forsakenâṭashproperly, to poundH5203 →
- remnantshᵉʼêrîytha remainder or residual portionH7611 →
- delivernâthanto give, used with greatest latitude of applicationH5414 →
- enemiesʼôyêbhatingH341 →
- spoilmᵉshiççâhplunderH4933 →
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Here is the doom of Judah and Jerusalem read, and it is heavy doom. The prophets were sent, in the first place, to teach them the knowledge of God, to remind them of their duty and direct them in it.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 10-18