Bible Strands
2 Chronicles 33:8
I will never again cause the feet of the Israelites to leave the land that I assigned to your fathers, if only they are careful to do all that I have commanded them through Moses—all the laws, statutes, and judgments.”
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — God speaks as the sovereign owner issuing a conditional declaration regarding the Israelites' permanent residence in the land given to their ancestors. The statement functions as a standing divine assurance and warning rather than a direct address to King Manasseh, whose actions frame the surrounding verses.
The words — וְלֹא אוֹסִיף (we-lo' osif) and לְהָסִיר (lehasir) combine the negative particle לֹא with the verb "I will repeat/add" and the infinitive "to remove" to form the phrase "I will no longer remove." This syntactic package anchors the promise that displaced Israelites will not again be driven from the assigned ground.
The thread — The conditional guarantee of permanent land tenure aligns with God’s pledge to plant Israel securely in 2 Samuel 7:10. The requirement to observe the laws, statutes, and judgments delivered through Moses mirrors the obedience mandates detailed in Leviticus 8:36 and 10:11.
Why it lands — The text demands continuous adherence to the Mosaic covenant as the exclusive condition for retaining the ancestral inheritance. It places the burden of national stability on the people's fidelity to divine statutes rather than on temple rituals or royal policy.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Neither will I any more remove the foot of Israel from out of the land which I have appointed for your fathers; so that they will take heed to do all that I have commanded them, according to the whole law and the statutes and the ordinances by the hand of Moses.
Cross-references
- 2 Samuel 7:10 And I will provide a place for My people Israel and will plant them so that they may dwell in a place of their own and be disturbed no more. No longer will the sons of wickedness oppress them as they did at the beginning
- Leviticus 8:36 So Aaron and his sons did everything the LORD had commanded through Moses.
- Leviticus 10:11 so that you may teach the Israelites all the statutes that the LORD has given them through Moses.”
- Deuteronomy 4:40 Keep His statutes and commandments, which I am giving you today, so that you and your children after you may prosper, and that you may live long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you for all time.
- Deuteronomy 5:1 Then Moses summoned all Israel and said to them: Hear, O Israel, the statutes and ordinances that I declare in your hearing this day. Learn them and observe them carefully.
- Deuteronomy 5:31 But you stand here with Me, that I may speak to you all the commandments and statutes and ordinances you are to teach them to follow in the land that I am giving them to possess.”
- Deuteronomy 8:1 You must carefully follow every commandment I am giving you today, so that you may live and multiply, and enter and possess the land that the LORD swore to give your fathers.
- Deuteronomy 27:26 ‘Cursed is he who does not put the words of this law into practice.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’
- Deuteronomy 30:15 See, I have set before you today life and prosperity, as well as death and disaster.
- 1 Chronicles 17:9 And I will provide a place for My people Israel and will plant them so that they may dwell in a place of their own and be disturbed no more. No longer will the sons of wickedness oppress them as they did at the beginning