2 Chronicles 34:24

that this is what the LORD says: I am about to bring calamity on this place and on its people, according to all the curses written in the book that has been read in the presence of the king of Judah,

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — Huldah delivers the LORD’s message to the royal officials sent by King Josiah, immediately after the Book of the Law was discovered and read to the king.

The words — The phrase כֹּה אָמַר יְהוָה (koh amar Yahweh) literally renders “thus says the LORD,” a prophetic marker of divine authority. The construction הִנֵּנִי מֵבִיא (hinne ni mevi) translates “behold, I am about to bring,” stressing imminent divine action.

The thread — This declaration activates the covenant curses outlined in Deuteronomy 28:15. It parallels the documented national rebellion in 2 Chronicles 36:14 and aligns with the conditional warning in Joshua 23:16 regarding covenant violation and foreign worship.

Why it lands — The text states that calamity will fall on Jerusalem and Judah precisely according to the written curses. It requires the reader to acknowledge that covenant disobedience triggers those stated judgments, demanding recognition of the law’s authority rather than reliance on ritual or political maneuvering.

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The Hebrew words

King James Version

Thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will bring evil upon this place, and upon the inhabitants thereof, even all the curses that are written in the book which they have read before the king of Judah:

Cross-references

2 Chronicles 36:14 Furthermore, all the leaders of the priests and the people multiplied their unfaithful deeds, following all the abominations of the nations, and they defiled the house of the LORD, which He had consecrated in Jerusalem.
Deuteronomy 28:15 If, however, you do not obey the LORD your God by carefully following all His commandments and statutes I am giving you today, all these curses will come upon you and overtake you:
Joshua 23:16 If you transgress the covenant of the LORD your God, which He commanded you, and go and serve other gods and bow down to them, then the anger of the LORD will burn against you, and you will quickly perish from this good land He has given you.”
2 Kings 21:12 this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Behold, I am bringing such calamity upon Jerusalem and Judah that the news will reverberate in the ears of all who hear it.
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.
Isaiah 5:4 What more could have been done for My vineyard than I have done for it? Why, when I expected sweet grapes, did it bring forth sour fruit?
Jeremiah 6:19 Hear, O earth! I am bringing disaster on this people, the fruit of their own schemes, because they have paid no attention to My word and have rejected My instruction.
Jeremiah 19:3 saying, ‘Hear the word of the LORD, O kings of Judah and residents of Jerusalem. This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: I am going to bring such disaster on this place that the ears of all who hear of it will ring,
Jeremiah 19:15 “This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘Behold, I am about to bring on this city and on all the villages around it every disaster I have pronounced against them, because they have stiffened their necks so as not to heed My words.’”
Jeremiah 35:17 Therefore this is what the LORD God of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘Behold, I will bring to Judah and to all the residents of Jerusalem all the disaster I have pronounced against them, because I have spoken to them but they have not obeyed, and I have called to them but they have not answered.’”