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2 Kings 23:36-24:20
Chapter 23
36 Jehoiakim was 25 years old when he became king and reigned 11 years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Zebidah daughter of Pedaiah, from Rumah. 37 He did what was evil(bu) in the Lord 's sight just as his ancestors had done.
Chapter 24
Jehoiakim's Rebellion and Death
1 During(a) Jehoiakim's reign,(b) Nebuchadnezzar(c) king of Babylon(d) attacked.(e) Jehoiakim became his vassal for three years, and then he turned and rebelled against him. 2 The Lord sent Chaldean, Aramean,(f) Moabite,(g) and Ammonite raiders against Jehoiakim. He sent them against Judah to destroy it, according to the word of the Lord He had spoken through His servants the prophets.(h) 3 Indeed, this happened to Judah at the Lord 's command to remove them from His sight.(i) It was because of the sins of Manasseh, according to all he had done,(j) 4 and also because of all the innocent blood he had shed. He had filled Jerusalem with innocent blood,(k) and the Lord would not forgive.
5 The rest of the events of Jehoiakim's reign, along with all his accomplishments, are written in the Historical Record of Judah's Kings.(l) 6 Jehoiakim rested with his fathers, and his son Jehoiachin became king in his place.(m)
7 Now the king of Egypt did not march out of his land again,(n) for the king of Babylon took everything that belonged to the king of Egypt,(o) from the Brook of Egypt to the Euphrates River.(p)
Judah's King Jehoiachin
8 Jehoiachin was 18 years old when he became king and reigned three months in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Nehushta daughter of Elnathan, from Jerusalem.(q) 9 He did what was evil in the Lord 's sight as his father had done.
Deportations to Babylon
10 At that time(r) the servants of Nebuchadnezzar(s) king of Babylon marched up to Jerusalem, and the city came under siege. 11 Then King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon came to the city while his servants were besieging it. 12 Jehoiachin king of Judah, along with his mother, his servants, his commanders, and his officials, surrendered to the king of Babylon.(t)
So the king of Babylon took him captive in the eighth year of his reign. 13 He also carried off from there all the treasures of the Lord 's temple and the treasures of the king's palace, and he cut into pieces all the gold articles that Solomon king of Israel had made(u) for the Lord 's sanctuary, just as God had predicted.(v) 14 Then he deported all Jerusalem and all the commanders and all the fighting men,(w) 10,000 captives,(x) and all the craftsmen and metalsmiths.(y) Except for the poorest people of the land,(z) no one remained.
15 Nebuchadnezzar deported Jehoiachin to Babylon. Also, he took the king's mother, the king's wives, his officials, and the leading men of the land into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon.(aa) 16 The king of Babylon also brought captive into Babylon all 7,000 fighting men and 1,000 craftsmen and metalsmiths—all strong and fit for war. 17 Then the king of Babylon made Mattaniah, Jehoiachin's[a] uncle,[b] king in his place and changed his name to Zedekiah.(ab)
Judah's King Zedekiah
18 Zedekiah(ac) was 21 years old when he became king(ad) and reigned 11 years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Hamutal(ae) daughter of Jeremiah, from Libnah. 19 Zedekiah did what was evil in the Lord 's sight just as Jehoiakim had done.(af) 20 Because of the Lord 's anger,(ag) it came to the point in Jerusalem and Judah that He finally banished them from His presence.(ah) Then, Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.(ai)
Habakkuk 1
Chapter 1
1 The oracle that Habakkuk the prophet saw.(a)
Habakkuk's First Prayer
2 How long,(b)
Lord
, must I call for help(c)
and You do not listen
or cry out to You about violence
and You do not save?
3 Why do You force me to look at injustice?(d)
Why do You tolerate[a] wrongdoing?
Oppression and violence are right in front of me.
Strife is ongoing, and conflict escalates.
4 This is why the law is ineffective
and justice never emerges.
For the wicked restrict(e) the righteous;
therefore, justice(f) comes out perverted.
God's First Answer
5 Look at the nations[b](g) and observe(h)—
be utterly astounded!(i)
For something is taking place in your days
that you will not believe(j)
when you hear about it.(k)
6 Look! I am raising up(l) the Chaldeans,[c]
that bitter,(m) impetuous nation
that marches across the earth's open spaces
to seize territories not its own.
7 They are fierce(n) and terrifying;
their views of justice and sovereignty
stem from themselves.
8 Their horses are swifter(o) than leopards(p)
and more fierce[d] than wolves of the night.
Their horsemen charge ahead;
their horsemen come from distant lands.
They fly like an eagle, swooping to devour.(q)
9 All of them come to do violence;
their faces(r) are set in determination.[e]
They gather(s) prisoners like sand.(t)
10 They mock(u) kings,
and rulers are a joke to them.
They laugh(v) at every fortress
and build siege ramps to capture(w) it.
11 Then they sweep(x) by like the wind
and pass through.
They are guilty;[f] their strength is their god.
Habakkuk's Second Prayer
12 Are You not from eternity, Yahweh my God?
My Holy One,(y) You[g] will not die.
Lord
, You appointed them to execute judgment;
my Rock,(z) You destined them to punish us.
13 Your eyes(aa) are too pure(ab) to look on evil,
and You cannot tolerate wrongdoing.
So why do You tolerate those who are treacherous?(ac)
Why are You silent
while one[h] who is wicked swallows up
one[i] who is more righteous than himself?
14 You have made mankind
like the fish of the sea,(ad)
like marine creatures that have no ruler.
15 The Chaldeans pull them all up with a hook,
catch them in their dragnet,(ae)
and gather them in their fishing net;
that is why they are glad and rejoice.
16 That is why they sacrifice to their dragnet
and burn incense to their fishing net,
for by these things their portion is rich
and their food plentiful.(af)
17 Will they therefore empty their net[j]
and continually slaughter nations without mercy?
2 Corinthians 10
Chapter 10
Paul's Apostolic Authority
1 Now I, Paul, make a personal appeal to you by the gentleness and graciousness of Christ—I who am humble among you in person but bold toward you when absent. 2 I beg you that when I am present I will not need to be bold with the confidence by which I plan to challenge certain people who think we are behaving in an unspiritual way.[a](a) 3 For though we live in the body,[b] we do not wage war in an unspiritual way,[c] 4 since the weapons of our warfare(b) are not worldly,[d] but are powerful(c) through God for the demolition of strongholds. We demolish arguments 5 and every high-minded thing that is raised up against the knowledge(d) of God, taking every thought captive to obey Christ. 6 And we are ready to punish any disobedience, once your obedience has been confirmed.
7 Look at what is obvious.[e] If anyone is confident that he belongs to Christ,(e) he should remind himself of this: Just as he belongs to Christ, so do we. 8 For if I boast some more about our authority, which the Lord gave for building you up(f) and not for tearing you down, I am not ashamed. 9 I don't want to seem as though I am trying to terrify you with my letters. 10 For it is said, "His letters are weighty and powerful, but his physical presence is weak, and his public speaking is despicable." 11 Such a person should consider this: What we are in the words of our letters when absent, we will be in actions when present.
12 For we don't dare classify or compare ourselves with some who commend(g) themselves. But in measuring themselves by themselves and comparing themselves to themselves,(h) they lack understanding.(i) 13 We, however, will not boast beyond measure but according to the measure of the area of ministry that God has assigned(j) to us, which reaches even to you. 14 For we are not overextending ourselves, as if we had not reached you, since we have come to you with the gospel of Christ. 15 We are not bragging beyond measure about other people's labors. But we have the hope(k) that as your faith increases, our area of ministry will be greatly enlarged, 16 so that we may proclaim the good news to the regions beyond you,(l) not boasting about what has already been done in someone else's area of ministry.(m) 17 So the one who boasts must boast in the Lord. (n)[f] 18 For it is not the one commending himself who is approved, but the one the Lord commends.(o)
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