Bible Strands
2 Kings 21:14
So I will forsake the remnant of My inheritance and deliver them into the hands of their enemies. And they will become plunder and spoil to all their enemies,
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Yahweh pronounces the abandonment of Judah immediately after declaring the measuring line of judgment over Jerusalem in 2 Kings 21:13, preceding the explanation of their continuous provocation in 2 Kings 21:15.
The words — נָטַשְׁתִּי (na.tash.Ti) means "I will abandon," and שְׁאֵרִית (she.'e.Rit) means "remnant," specifying that the withdrawal of protection applies to the surviving population rather than total immediate eradication.
The thread — The motif of divine withdrawal and surrender to enemies appears in Psalms 89:38 and Jeremiah 23:33, where covenant violation triggers the transfer of custody from God to hostile forces.
Why it lands — The verse requires acknowledging that persistent provocation removes divine guardianship, making the community liable to the plunder and spoil of their adversaries.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And I will forsake the remnant of mine inheritance, and deliver them into the hand of their enemies; and they shall become a prey and a spoil to all their enemies;
Cross-references
- Jeremiah 23:33 “Now when this people or a prophet or priest asks you, ‘What is the burden of the LORD?’ you are to say to them, ‘What burden? I will forsake you, declares the LORD.’
- 2 Kings 19:4 Perhaps the LORD your God will hear all the words of the Rabshakeh, whom his master the king of Assyria has sent to defy the living God, and He will rebuke him for the words that the LORD your God has heard. Therefore lift up a prayer for the remnant that still survives.”
- Psalms 89:38 Now, however, You have spurned and rejected him; You are enraged by Your anointed one.
- Leviticus 26:17 And I will set My face against you, so that you will be defeated by your enemies. Those who hate you will rule over you, and you will flee when no one pursues you.
- Leviticus 26:36 As for those of you who survive, I will send a faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies, so that even the sound of a windblown leaf will put them to flight. And they will flee as one flees the sword, and fall when no one pursues them.
- Deuteronomy 4:26 I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you this day that you will quickly perish from the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess. You will not live long upon it, but will be utterly destroyed.
- Deuteronomy 28:25 The LORD will cause you to be defeated before your enemies. You will march out against them in one direction but flee from them in seven. You will be an object of horror to all the kingdoms of the earth.
- Deuteronomy 28:31 Your ox will be slaughtered before your eyes, but you will not eat any of it. Your donkey will be taken away and not returned to you. Your flock will be given to your enemies, and no one will save you.
- Deuteronomy 28:48 you will serve your enemies the LORD will send against you in famine, thirst, nakedness, and destitution. He will place an iron yoke on your neck until He has destroyed you.
- Deuteronomy 31:17 On that day My anger will burn against them, and I will abandon them and hide My face from them, so that they will be consumed, and many troubles and afflictions will befall them. On that day they will say, ‘Have not these disasters come upon us because our God is no longer with us?’