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2 Chronicles 29:10
Now it is in my heart to make a covenant with the LORD, the God of Israel, so that His fierce anger will turn away from us.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Hezekiah addresses the temple officials and Levites at the start of his religious reforms. He speaks to them after reviewing the national consequences of ancestral disobedience.
The words — The Hebrew לִכְרֹת בְּרִית (likh.Rot be.Rit) literally means "to make a covenant," denoting a formal binding agreement. The adverb עַתָּה ('a.Tah) anchors the declaration in immediate action, translating to "now."
The thread — This covenant-making motif appears in Ezra 10:3 during the post-exilic purification of foreign marriages and in 2 Chronicles 23:16 when Jehoiada binds the king and people to Yahweh. Jeremiah 50:5 similarly depicts a future return to Zion where the people join themselves to the LORD in an everlasting covenant.
Why it lands — The text states that covenant commitment is the mechanism to turn away divine anger and restore proper worship. It requires the reader to prioritize immediate obedience over institutional neglect.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Now it is in mine heart to make a covenant with the Lord God of Israel, that his fierce wrath may turn away from us.
Cross-references
- Jeremiah 50:5 They will ask the way to Zion and turn their faces toward it. They will come and join themselves to the LORD in an everlasting covenant that will never be forgotten.
- 2 Chronicles 23:16 Then Jehoiada made a covenant between himself and the king and the people that they would be the LORD’s people.
- Ezra 10:3 So now let us make a covenant before our God to send away all the foreign wives and their children, according to the counsel of my lord and of those who tremble at the command of our God. Let it be done according to the Law.
- 2 Kings 23:3 So the king stood by the pillar and made a covenant before the LORD to follow the LORD and to keep His commandments, decrees, and statutes with all his heart and all his soul, and to carry out the words of the covenant that were written in this book. And all the people entered into the covenant.
- 2 Kings 23:26 Nevertheless, the LORD did not turn away from the fury of His burning anger, which was kindled against Judah because of all that Manasseh had done to provoke Him to anger.
- 2 Chronicles 6:7 Now it was in the heart of my father David to build a house for the Name of the LORD, the God of Israel.
- 2 Chronicles 15:12 Then they entered into a covenant to seek the LORD, the God of their fathers, with all their heart and soul.
- 2 Chronicles 34:30 And he went up to the house of the LORD with all the people of Judah and Jerusalem, as well as the priests and the Levites—all the people great and small—and in their hearing he read all the words of the Book of the Covenant that had been found in the house of the LORD.
- Nehemiah 9:38 In view of all this, we make a binding agreement, putting it in writing and sealing it with the names of our leaders, Levites, and priests.”
- Jeremiah 34:15 Recently you repented and did what pleased Me; each of you proclaimed freedom for his neighbor. You made a covenant before Me in the house that bears My Name.