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2 Kings 20:17
The time will surely come when everything in your palace and all that your fathers have stored up until this day will be carried off to Babylon. Nothing will be left, says the LORD.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Isaiah delivers this prophecy to King Hezekiah regarding the future fate of his royal treasury and palace. This declaration occurs immediately after Hezekiah's prayer for healing and his boastful display of his kingdom's wealth to Babylonian envoys.
The words — The Hebrew phrase יָמִים בָּאִים (yāmîm bā’îm) translates literally to "days are coming," establishing an inevitable future timeline. The verb נִשָּׂא (nissā’) in the form וְנִשָּׂא (wə-nissā’) means "it will be carried off," specifying the forced removal of the palace contents.
The thread — The prophecy's fulfillment appears in 2 Kings 24:13, where Nebuchadnezzar carries off the temple and royal treasures, and 2 Chronicles 36:10, which records the removal of valuable articles to Babylon. Jeremiah 27:21 further references the remaining articles in the house of the LORD that will also be taken.
Why it lands — The text demands recognition that human wealth and security cannot withstand divine judgment. It requires a reader to accept that stored possessions and dynastic legacy are subject to God's sovereign timeline.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Behold, the days come, that all that is in thine house, and that which thy fathers have laid up in store unto this day, shall be carried into Babylon: nothing shall be left, saith the Lord.
Cross-references
- 2 Kings 24:13 As the LORD had declared, Nebuchadnezzar also carried off all the treasures from the house of the LORD and the royal palace, and he cut into pieces all the gold articles that Solomon king of Israel had made in the temple of the LORD.
- 2 Chronicles 36:10 In the spring, King Nebuchadnezzar summoned Jehoiachin and brought him to Babylon, along with the articles of value from the house of the LORD. And he made Jehoiachin’s relative Zedekiah king over Judah and Jerusalem.
- Jeremiah 27:21 Yes, this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says about the articles that remain in the house of the LORD, in the palace of the king of Judah, and in Jerusalem:
- Jeremiah 52:17 Moreover, the Chaldeans broke up the bronze pillars and stands and the bronze Sea in the house of the LORD, and they carried all the bronze to Babylon.
- 2 Kings 25:13 Moreover, the Chaldeans broke up the bronze pillars and stands and the bronze Sea in the house of the LORD, and they carried the bronze to Babylon.
- Leviticus 26:19 I will break down your stubborn pride and make your sky like iron and your land like bronze,
- 2 Chronicles 36:18 who carried off everything to Babylon—all the articles of the house of God, both large and small, and the treasures of the house of the LORD and of the king and his officials.