2 Kings 17:15

Contextual Overview

⁷This disaster happened because the people of Israel sinned against the Lord their God who had brought them out of the land of Egypt from the power of Pharaoh king of Egypt and because they worshiped other gods. ⁷ It was so, because the children of Yisra'el had sinned against the LORD their God, who brought them up out of the land of Mitzrayim from under the hand of Par`oh king of Mitzrayim, and had feared other gods, ⁷ For so it was, that the children of Israel had sinned against the Lord their God, which had brought them up out of the land of Egypt, from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and had feared other gods, ⁷ And this occurred because the people of Israel had sinned against the Lord their God, who had brought them up out of the land of Egypt from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and had feared other gods ⁷ All these things happened because the Israelites had sinned against the Lord their God. He had brought them out of Egypt and had rescued them from the power of the king of Egypt, but the Israelites had honored other gods. ⁷ This happened because the Israelites sinned against the Lord their God, who brought them up from the land of Egypt and freed them from the power of Pharaoh king of Egypt. They worshiped other gods; ⁷Now this came about because the Israelites had sinned against the LORD their God, who had brought them up from the land of Egypt, from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and they had feared [and worshiped] other gods ⁷ Now this came about because the sons of Israel had sinned against the LORD their God, who had brought them up from the land of Egypt, from under the hand of Pharaoh, king of Egypt; and they had feared other gods. ⁷ It was so, because the children of Israel had sinned against Yahweh their God, who brought them up out of the land of Egypt from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and had feared other gods, ⁷ For when the children of Israel sinned against the Lorde their God, which had brought them out of the land of Egypt, fro vnder ye hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt, & feared other gods,

Bible Verse Review
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they rejected: Jeremiah 8:9

his covenant: Exodus 24:6-8, Deuteronomy 29:10-15, Deuteronomy 29:25, Deuteronomy 29:26, Jeremiah 31:32

testimonies: Deuteronomy 6:17, Deuteronomy 6:18, 2 Chronicles 36:15, 2 Chronicles 36:16, Nehemiah 9:26, Nehemiah 9:29, Nehemiah 9:30, Jeremiah 44:4, Jeremiah 44:23

vanity: Deuteronomy 32:21, Deuteronomy 32:31, 1 Samuel 12:21, 1 Kings 16:13, Psalms 115:8, Jeremiah 10:8, Jeremiah 10:15, John 2:8

became vain: Jeremiah 2:5, Romans 1:21-23, 1 Corinthians 8:4

concerning whom: 2 Kings 17:8, 2 Kings 17:11, 2 Kings 17:12, Deuteronomy 12:30, Deuteronomy 12:31, 2 Chronicles 33:2, 2 Chronicles 33:9

Reciprocal: Leviticus 26:15 - despise 1 Samuel 15:23 - thou hast rejected 2 Kings 17:20 - rejected 2 Kings 17:35 - With whom Nehemiah 9:34 - thy testimonies Psalms 78:10 - General Isaiah 5:24 - cast away Jeremiah 23:16 - they make Jeremiah 44:8 - ye provoke Ezekiel 16:44 - As is Hosea 6:7 - transgressed Hosea 8:12 - but Amos 3:13 - and testify Jonah 2:8 - General Hebrews 8:9 - they continued

Cross-References

Genesis 17:5
Neither will your name any more be called Avram, but your name will be Avraham; for the father of a multitude of nations have I made you.

Genesis 17:5
Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; for a father of many nations have I made thee.

Genesis 17:5
Your name shall no longer be called Abram, but your name shall be Abraham, for I will make you the father of a multitude of nations.

Genesis 17:5
I am changing your name from Abram to Abraham because I am making you a father of many nations.

Genesis 17:5
No longer will your name be Abram. Instead, your name will be Abraham because I will make you the father of a multitude of nations.

Genesis 17:5
"No longer shall your name be Abram (exalted father), But your name shall be Abraham (father of a multitude); For I will make you the father of many nations.

Genesis 17:5
"No longer shall you be named Abram, But your name shall be Abraham; For I have made you the father of a multitude of nations.

Genesis 17:5
Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shalbe Abraham: for a father of many nations haue I made thee.

Genesis 17:5
And no longer shall your name be called Abram,But your name shall be Abraham;For I have made you the father of a multitude of nations.

Genesis 17:5
Your name will no longer be Avram [exalted father], but your name will be Avraham [father of many], because I have made you the father of many nations.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And they rejected his statutes, and his covenant that he made with their fathers,.... At Sinai and Horeb, see Exodus 24:8,

and his testimonies which he testified against them; calling heaven and earth to witness what he would do to them if they broke his laws, Deuteronomy 4:26, and which were so many testifications of his mind and will what they should do, or otherwise what should be done to them; Ben Gersom also interprets this of the feasts of the passover and tabernacles, which were witnesses of Israel's coming out of Egypt, and of the sanctification and redemption of the firstborn, a testimony of the slaying the firstborn in Egypt:

and they followed vanity; idols, which are vain things for help, can neither hear, see, speak, c.

and became vain as sottish and stupid as the idols they worshipped; which is the usual fruit and effect of idolatry, see Romans 1:21

and went after the heathen that were round about them: imitated them in their idolatrous practices, as the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, c. concerning

whom the Lord had charged them, that they should not do like them of this charge see Deuteronomy 6:13.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

As idols are “vanity” and “nothingness,” mere weakness and impotence, so idolators are “vain” and impotent. Their energies have been wasted, their time misspent; they have missed the real object of their existence; their whole life has been a mistake; and the result is utter powerlessness. Literally, the word rendered “vanity” seems to mean “breath” or “vapor” - a familiar image for nonentity. It occurs frequently in the prophets, and especially in Jeremiah (e. g. Jeremiah 2:5; Jeremiah 8:19; Jeremiah 14:22, etc.).