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2 Kings 21:8
I will never again cause the feet of the Israelites to wander from the land that I gave to their fathers, if only they are careful to do all I have commanded them—the whole Law that My servant Moses commanded them.”
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The LORD declares a conditional promise regarding Israel's permanent settlement in the ancestral land, issued in the narrative context of Manasseh's temple desecration.
The words — The Hebrew phrase וְלֹא אֹסִיף לְהָנִיד (ve./Lo' 'o.Sif le./ha.Nid) pairs the negative particle וְלֹא with the verb אֹסִיף and infinitive לְהָנִיד, literally rendering "and not will I again make wander."
The thread — The land guarantee aligns with the permanent settlement promise in 2 Samuel 7:10, while the obedience requirement mirrors the statute-keeping condition in Leviticus 26:3.
Why it lands — The verse grounds Israel's continued possession of the land on strict adherence to the Mosaic Law, a standard the surrounding narrative immediately demonstrates they will breach.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Neither will I make the feet of Israel move any more out of the land which I gave their fathers; only if they will observe to do according to all that I have commanded them, and according to all the law that my servant Moses commanded them.
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 26:3 If you follow My statutes and carefully keep My commandments,
- Deuteronomy 5:28 And the LORD heard the words you spoke to me, and He said to me, “I have heard the words that these people have spoken to you. They have done well in all that they have spoken.
- Deuteronomy 28:1 “Now if you faithfully obey the voice of the LORD your God and are careful to follow all His commandments I am giving you today, the LORD your God will set you high above all the nations of the earth.
- Joshua 23:11 Therefore watch yourselves carefully, that you love the LORD your God.
- 2 Kings 18:11 The king of Assyria exiled the Israelites to Assyria and settled them in Halah, in Gozan by the Habor River, and in the cities of the Medes.
- 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
- 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.”
- Psalms 37:3 Trust in the LORD and do good; dwell in the land and cultivate faithfulness.
- Psalms 81:11 But My people would not listen to Me, and Israel would not obey Me.