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2 Chronicles 29:8

Wherefore the wrath of the LORD was upon Judah and Jerusalem, and he hath delivered them to trouble, to astonishment, and to hissing, as ye see with your eyes.

Wherefore the wrath of the Lord was upon Judah and Jerusalem. This pious king had the discernment to ascribe all the national calamities that had befallen the kingdom to the true cause-namely, apostasy from God. The country had been laid waste by successive wars of invasion, and its resources drained-many families mourned members of their household still suffering the miseries of foreign captivity-all their former prosperity and glory had fled-and to what was this painful and humiliating state of affairs to be traced, but the manifest judgment of God upon the kingdom for its sins?

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See also 2 Chronicles 29:8 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

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  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

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  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    6. REFORMATION UNDER HEZEKIAH CHAPTER 29 Hezekiah and the Beginning of the Revival _ 1. The record of his reign (2 Chronicles 29:1)_ 2. The purification of the temple (2 Chronicles 29:3) 3. The re...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    WAS. came. TROUBLE. commotion. AS. according as....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _to trouble, to astonishment, and to hissing_ R.V. TO BE TOSSED TO AND FRO, TO BE AN ASTONISHMENT, AND AN HISSING. _to trouble_ Better as R.V. mg., TO BE A TERROR (or "cause of trembling"). The judge...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    14. THE REIGN OF HEZEKIAH (29-32) TEXT 2 Chronicles 29:1. Hezekiah began to reign when he was five and twenty years old; and he reigned nine and twenty years in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was A...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    29:8 vexation, (a-18) Or 'to be driven hither and thither.' See Jeremiah 15:4 ; Deuteronomy 28:25 ....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

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  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    THE WRATH ... WAS (_i.e., fell_) UPON JUDAH. — The phrase of 2 Chronicles 24:18. (Comp. 2 Chronicles 19:2; 2 Chronicles 19:10.) DELIVERED THEM TO TROUBLE ... — Rather, mad

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וַ יְהִי֙ קֶ֣צֶף יְהוָ֔ה עַל ־יְהוּדָ֖ה וִ

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    HEZEKIAH: THE RELIGIOUS VALUE OF MUSIC 2 Chronicles 29:1; 2 Chronicles 30:1; 2 Chronicles 31:1;...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    A REVIVAL OF RIGHTEOUSNESS 2 Chronicles 29:1 It was a blessing for Judah that Ahaz left as successor a son who inherited none of his father's traits. Hezekiah ranks as one of the best kings that occu...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

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  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

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  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

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  • John Darby's Synopsis

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  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    WHEREFORE THE WRATH OF THE LORD WAS UPON. JUDAH AND JERUSALEM,.... As appeared, by suffering the Syrians, and Israelites, and Edomites, and Philistines, to come upon them, and distress them, as the hi...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    Wherefore the wrath of the LORD was upon Judah and Jerusalem, and he hath delivered them to trouble, to astonishment, and to hissing, as ye see with your eyes. Ver. 8. _And he hath delivered them to...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _He hath delivered them to trouble to astonishment, and to hissing_ To such calamities as all that see and hear of them shall be astonished at, and hiss at those who, by their own sin and folly, have...

  • KJV Original Language Details

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  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

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  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    HEZEKIAH RESTORES THE WORSHIP OF JEHOVAH...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    TROUBLE: _ Heb._ commotion...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    1-19 When Hezekiah came to the crown, he applied at once to work reform. Those who begin with God, begin at the right end of their work, and it will prosper accordingly. Those that turn their backs u...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    TO ASTONISHMENT AND TO HISSING, i.e. to such calamities as all that see and hear of shall be astonished at, and hiss at those who by their own sin and folly have brought such miseries upon themselves....

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    2 Chronicles 29:8 wrath H7110 LORD H3068 Judah H3063 Jerusalem H3389 given H5414 (H8799) trouble H2189 (H8675

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Hezekiah's reign in Judah and the revival. Temple restored. CHARACTERS: God, Hezekiah. CONCLUSION: Those who begin with God begin at the right end of their work and will prosper accordingl...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Wherefore _. .. _ the Lord _. .. _ hath delivered them to be tossed to and fro, to be an astonishment, and an hissing, as ye see with your eyes._ THE RESULTS OF SINNING It is easier to see than to f...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

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  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    2 CHRONICLES 29:1 Hezekiah. The Chronicler devotes more attention to Hezekiah’s reign (715–687 B.C.) than to that of any other king since David and Solomon. 2 Kings 18:1 concentrates mainly on

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    2 CHRONICLES—NOTE ON 2 CHRONICLES 29:8 AN OBJECT OF HORROR, OF ASTONISHMENT, AND OF HISSING. See Jeremiah 29:18....

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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  • The Pulpit Commentaries

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  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

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  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Hissing — To such calamities as all that see and hear of, shall be astonished at, and hiss at those, who by their own sin and folly have brought such miseries upon themselves. When we are under the re...

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