PDF 2 Kings

12-2KI.usfm

@@ -916,7 +916,7 @@
 \v 38 Jotham lay down with his ancestors and was buried with his ancestors in the city of David, his ancestor. Then Ahaz, his son, became king in his place.
 
 \s5
-\c 16
+<u>\c 16
 \p
 \v 1 In the seventeenth year of Pekah son of Remaliah, Ahaz son of Jotham king of Judah, began to reign.
 \v 2 Ahaz was twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. He did not do what was right in the eyes of Yahweh his God, as David his ancestor had done.
@@ -992,13 +992,13 @@
 \v 15 They rejected his statutes and the covenant that he had made with their ancestors, and the covenant decrees that he had given to them. They followed useless practices and they themselves became useless. They followed the pagan nations who were around them, those that Yahweh had commanded them not to imitate.
 
 \s5
-\v 16 They ignored all the commandments of Yahweh their God. They made cast metal figures of two calves to worship. They made an Asherah pole, and they worshiped all the stars of the heavens and Baal.
+\v 16 They ignored all the commandments of Yahweh their God. They made cast metal figures of two calves to worship. They made an Asherah pole, and they worshiped all the host of the heavens and Baal.
 \v 17 They made their sons and daughters pass through the fire, they used divination and enchantments, they sold themselves to do that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, and they provoked him to anger.
 \v 18 Therefore Yahweh was very angry with Israel and removed them out of his sight. There was no one left but the tribe of Judah alone.
 
 \s5
 \p
-\v 19 Even Judah did not keep the commandments of Yahweh their God, and they followed the practices that Israel had done.
+\v 19 Even Judah did not keep the commandments of Yahweh their God, and they followed the customs that Israel had practiced.
 \v 20 So Yahweh rejected all the descendants of Israel; he afflicted them and gave them into the hand of those who would take the possession as spoil, until he had cast them out of his sight.
 
 \s5
@@ -1032,7 +1032,7 @@
 \v 35 When Yahweh made a covenant with them, he commanded them, "You will not fear other gods, nor bow yourselves to them, nor worship them, nor sacrifice to them.
 
 \s5
-\v 36 But Yahweh, who brought you up from the land of Egypt with great power and with an outstretched arm, it is to him you will bow down, and it is to him that you will offer sacrifices.
+\v 36 But Yahweh, who brought you up from the land of Egypt with great power and with an outstretched arm, it is him you will honor, it is to him you will bow down, and it is to him that you will sacrifice.
 \v 37 The statutes and the decrees, the law and the commandments that he wrote for you, you will keep them forever. So you must not fear other gods,
 \v 38 and the covenant that I have made with you, you will not forget; neither will you honor other gods.
 
@@ -1080,8 +1080,8 @@
 \s5
 \p
 \v 19 So the chief commander said to them to tell Hezekiah what the great king, the king of Assyria, said: "What is the source of your confidence?
-\v 20 You speak only useless words, saying there are allies and strength for war. In whom are you trusting, that you should rebel against me?
-\v 21 Look, you trust in the walking stick of this bruised reed of Egypt, but if a man leans on it, it will stick into his hand and pierce it. That is what Pharaoh king of Egypt is to anyone who trusts in him.
+\v 20 You speak only useless words, saying you have counsel and strength for war. In whom are you trusting, that you should rebel against me?
+\v 21 Look, you trust in Egypt, this walking stick of crushed reed; if a man leans on it, it will stick into his hand and pierce it. That is what Pharaoh king of Egypt is to anyone who trusts in him.
 
 \s5
 \v 22 But if you say to me, 'We are trusting in Yahweh our God,' is not he the one whose high places and altars Hezekiah has taken away, and has said to Judah and to Jerusalem, 'You must worship before this altar in Jerusalem'?
@@ -1160,11 +1160,11 @@
 \v 20 Then Isaiah son of Amoz sent a message to Hezekiah, saying, "Yahweh, the God of Israel says, 'Because you have prayed to me concerning Sennacherib king of Assyria, I have heard you.
 \v 21 This is the word that Yahweh has spoken about him:
 \q "The virgin daughter of Zion
-\q2 despises you and laughs you to scorn.
+\q2 despises you and mocks you.
 \q The daughter of Jerusalem
 \q2 shakes her head at you.
 \q
-\v 22 Whom have you defied and insulted?
+\v 22 Whom have you defied and reviled?
 \q2 Against whom have you exalted your voice
 \q and lifted up your eyes in pride?
 \q2 Against the Holy One of Israel!
@@ -1258,7 +1258,7 @@
 \p
 \v 1 In those days Hezekiah was sick to the point of dying. So Isaiah son of Amoz, the prophet came to him, and said to him, "Yahweh says, 'Set your house in order; for you will die, and not live.'"
 \v 2 Then Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to Yahweh, saying,
-\v 3 "Please, Yahweh, call to mind how I have faithfully walked before you with my whole heart, and how I have done what was good in your sight." Then Hezekiah wept loudly.
+\v 3 "Please, Yahweh, I beg you, call to mind how I have faithfully walked before you with my whole heart, and how I have done what was good in your sight." Then Hezekiah wept loudly.
 
 \s5
 \v 4 Before Isaiah had gone out into the middle courtyard, the word of Yahweh came to him, saying,
@@ -1302,11 +1302,11 @@
 \p
 \v 1 Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign; he reigned fifty-five years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Hephzibah.
 \v 2 He did what was evil in the sight of Yahweh, like the disgusting things of the nations whom Yahweh had driven out before the people of Israel.
-\v 3 For he rebuilt the high places that Hezekiah his father had destroyed, and he built altars for Baal, made an Asherah pole, as Ahab king of Israel had done, and he bowed down to all the stars of heaven and worshiped them.
+\v 3 For he rebuilt the high places that Hezekiah his father had destroyed, and he built altars for Baal, made an Asherah pole, as Ahab king of Israel had done, and he bowed down to all the host of heaven and worshiped them.
 
 \s5
 \v 4 Manasseh built altars in the house of Yahweh, although Yahweh had commanded, "It is in Jerusalem that my name will be forever."
-\v 5 He built altars for all the stars of heaven in the two courtyards of the house of Yahweh.
+\v 5 He built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courtyards of the house of Yahweh.
 \v 6 He caused his son to pass through the fire, he performed sorcery and divination and consulted with sorcerers and spiritists. He did much evil in the sight of Yahweh, provoking him to anger.
 
 \s5
@@ -1369,7 +1369,7 @@
 \v 10 Then Shaphan the scribe said to the king, "Hilkiah the priest has given me a book." Then Shaphan read it to the king.
 
 \s5
-\v 11 It came about that when the king had heard the words of the law, he tore his clothes.
+\v 11 It came about that when the king had heard the words of the book of the law, he tore his clothes.
 \v 12 The king commanded Hilkiah the priest, Ahikam son of Shaphan, Akbor son of Micaiah, Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah, his own servant, saying,
 \v 13 "Go and consult with Yahweh for me, and for the people and for all Judah, because of the words of this book that has been found. For great is the anger of Yahweh that has been kindled against us because our ancestors have not listened to the words of this book so as to obey all that was written concerning us."