2 Kings 17:20 “So the LORD rejected all the descendants of Israel. He afflicted them…”

2 Kings 17:20

So the LORD rejected all the descendants of Israel. He afflicted them and delivered them into the hands of plunderers, until He had banished them from His presence.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And the LORD rejected all the seed of Israel, and afflicted them, and delivered them into the hand of spoilers, until he had cast them out of his sight.

World English Bible

The LORD rejected all the offspring of Israel, afflicted them, and delivered them into the hands of raiders, until he had cast them out of his sight.

American Standard Version

And Jehovah rejected all the seed of Israel, and afflicted them, and delivered them into the hand of spoilers, until he had cast them out of his sight.

Geneva Bible 1599

Therefore the Lord cast off all the seede of Israel, and afflicted them, and deliuered them into the handes of spoylers, vntill he had cast them out of his sight.

Darby Translation

And Jehovah rejected all the seed of Israel; and afflicted them, and delivered them into the hand of spoilers, until he had cast them out of his sight.

Young's Literal Translation

And Jehovah kicketh against all the seed of Israel, and afflicteth them, and giveth them into the hand of spoilers, till that He hath cast them out of His presence,

Bible in Basic English

So the Lord would have nothing to do with all the offspring of Israel, and sent trouble on them, and gave them up into the hands of their attackers, till he had sent them away from before his face.)

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Cross references

“rejected”

Jeremiah 6:30 2 Kings 17:15 1 Samuel 15:23 1 Samuel 15:26 1 Samuel 16:1 Romans 11:1

Jeremiah 6:30 · BSB

They are called rejected silver, because the LORD has rejected them.”

2 Kings 17:15 · BSB

They rejected His statutes and the covenant He had made with their fathers, as well as the decrees He had given them. They pursued worthless idols and became worthless themselves, going after the surrounding nations that…

1 Samuel 15:23 · BSB

For rebellion is like the sin of divination, and arrogance is like the wickedness of idolatry. Because you have rejected the word of the LORD, He has rejected you as king.”

1 Samuel 15:26 · BSB

“I will not return with you,” Samuel replied. “For you have rejected the word of the LORD, and He has rejected you as king over Israel.”

1 Samuel 16:1 · BSB

Now the LORD said to Samuel, “How long are you going to mourn for Saul, since I have rejected him as king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil and go. I am sending you to Jesse of Bethlehem, for I have selected from his…

Romans 11:1 · BSB

I ask then, did God reject His people? Certainly not! I am an Israelite myself, a descendant of Abraham, from the tribe of Benjamin.

“all the seed”

1 Chronicles 16:13 Nehemiah 9:2 Isaiah 45:25 Jeremiah 33:24–26 Jeremiah 46:28 Jeremiah 31:36

1 Chronicles 16:13 · BSB

O offspring of His servant Israel, O sons of Jacob, His chosen ones.

Nehemiah 9:2 · BSB

Those of Israelite descent separated themselves from all the foreigners, and they stood and confessed their sins and the iniquities of their fathers.

Isaiah 45:25 · BSB

In the LORD all descendants of Israel will be justified and will exult.

Jeremiah 33:24–26 · BSB

“Have you not noticed what these people are saying: ‘The LORD has rejected the two families He had chosen’? So they despise My people and no longer regard them as a nation.

Jeremiah 46:28 · BSB

And you, My servant Jacob, do not be afraid, declares the LORD, for I am with you. Though I will completely destroy all the nations to which I have banished you, I will not completely destroy you. Yet I will discipline y…

Jeremiah 31:36 · BSB

“Only if this fixed order departed from My presence, declares the LORD, would Israel’s descendants ever cease to be a nation before Me.”

“delivered”

2 Kings 15:29 2 Kings 13:3 2 Kings 13:7 2 Kings 15:18–20 2 Kings 18:9 2 Chronicles 28:5

2 Kings 15:29 · BSB

In the days of Pekah king of Israel, Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria came and captured Ijon, Abel-beth-maacah, Janoah, Kedesh, Hazor, Gilead, and Galilee, including all the land of Naphtali, and he took the people as cap…

2 Kings 13:3 · BSB

So the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He delivered them continually into the hands of Hazael king of Aram and his son Ben-hadad.

2 Kings 13:7 · BSB

Jehoahaz had no army left, except fifty horsemen, ten chariots, and ten thousand foot soldiers, because the king of Aram had destroyed them and made them like the dust at threshing.

2 Kings 15:18–20 · BSB

And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, and throughout his reign he did not turn away from the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit.

2 Kings 18:9 · BSB

In the fourth year of Hezekiah’s reign, which was the seventh year of the reign of Hoshea son of Elah over Israel, Shalmaneser king of Assyria marched against Samaria and besieged it.

2 Chronicles 28:5 · BSB

So the LORD his God delivered Ahaz into the hand of the king of Aram, who attacked him and took many captives to Damascus. Ahaz was also delivered into the hand of the king of Israel, who struck him with great force.

“until he had cast”

2 Kings 17:18 Deuteronomy 11:12 Jonah 1:3 Jonah 1:10 Matthew 25:41 2 Thessalonians 1:9

2 Kings 17:18 · BSB

So the LORD was very angry with Israel, and He removed them from His presence. Only the tribe of Judah remained,

Deuteronomy 11:12 · BSB

It is a land for which the LORD your God cares; the eyes of the LORD your God are always on it, from the beginning to the end of the year.

Jonah 1:3 · BSB

Jonah, however, got up to flee to Tarshish, away from the presence of the LORD. He went down to Joppa and found a ship bound for Tarshish. So he paid the fare and went aboard to sail for Tarshish, away from the presence…

Jonah 1:10 · BSB

Then the men were even more afraid and said to him, “What have you done?” The men knew that he was fleeing from the presence of the LORD, because he had told them.

Matthew 25:41 · BSB

Then He will say to those on His left, ‘Depart from Me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.

2 Thessalonians 1:9 · BSB

They will suffer the penalty of eternal destruction, separated from the presence of the Lord and the glory of His might,

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

19and even Judah did not keep the commandments of the LORD their God, but lived according to the customs Israel had introduced.

21When the LORD had torn Israel away from the house of David, they made Jeroboam son of Nebat king, and Jeroboam led Israel away from following the LORD and caused them to commit a great sin.

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