2 Kings 21 · Verse 14

2 Kings 21:14

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;
2 Kings 21:14, King James Version

2 Kings 21:14 in other translations

BSBSo 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,
WEBI will cast off the remnant of my inheritance and deliver them into the hands of their enemies. They will become a prey and a plunder to all their enemies,
ASVAnd I will cast off 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;
YLT‘And I have left the remnant of Mine inheritance, and given them into the hand of their enemies, and they have been for a prey and for a spoil to all their enemies,
DARBYAnd 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;
BBEAnd I will put away from me the rest of my heritage, and give them up into the hands of their haters, who will take their property and their goods for themselves;
WebsterAnd I will forsake the remnant of my inheritance, and deliver them into the hand of their enemies; and they shall become a prey and a spoil to all their enemies;

What does 2 Kings 21:14 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Kings 21:10-17

10-17. And the Lord spake by his servants the prophets--These were Hosea, Joel, Nahum, Habakkuk, and Isaiah. Their counsels, admonitions, and prophetic warnings, were put on record in the national chronicles (2Ch 33:18) and now form part of the sacred canon.

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 14 I will forsake the remnant of mine inheritance - One part (the ten tribes) was already forsaken, and carried into captivity; the remnant (the tribe of Judah) was now about to be forsaken.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 2 Kings 21:10-18

Here is the doom of Judah and Jerusalem. The words used represent the city emptied and utterly desolate, yet not destroyed thereby, but cleansed, and to be kept for the future dwelling of the Jews: forsaken, yet not finally, and only as to outward privileges, for individual believers were preserved in that visitation. The Lord will cast off any professing people who dishonour him by their crimes, but never will…

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2 Kings 21:14 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְנָטַשְׁתִּ֗יve.na.tash.Tiand I will abandonH5203
אֵ֚ת'et<obj.>H853
שְׁאֵרִ֣יתshe.'e.Rit[the] remnant ofH7611
נַחֲלָתִ֔יna.cha.la.Tiinheritance myH5159
וּנְתַתִּ֖יםu.ne.ta.Timand I will give themH5414
בְּיַ֣דbe.Yadin [the] hand ofH3027
אֹֽיְבֵיהֶ֑ם'o.ye.vei.Hemenemies theirH341
וְהָי֥וּve.ha.Yuand they will becomeH1961
לְבַ֛זle.Vaz<into> spoilH957
וְלִמְשִׁסָּ֖הve.lim.shi.Sahand <into> plunderH4933
לְכָל\־le.kholto allH3605
אֹיְבֵיהֶֽם\׃'o.ye.vei.Hemenemies theirH341

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for 2 Kings 21:14

  • Jeremiah 23:33

    And when this people, or the prophet, or a priest, shall ask thee, saying, What is the burden of the Lord? thou shalt then say unto them, What burden? I will even forsake you, saith the Lord.

  • 2 Kings 19:4

    It may be the Lord thy God will hear all the words of Rab–shakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master hath sent to reproach the living God; and will reprove the words which the Lord thy God hath heard: wherefore lift up thy prayer for the remnant that are left.

  • Psalms 89:38-45

    But thou hast cast off and abhorred, thou hast been wroth with thine anointed. Thou hast made void the covenant of thy servant: thou hast profaned his crown by casting it to the ground. Thou hast broken down all his hedges; thou hast brought his strong holds to ruin. All that pass by the way spoil him: he is a reproach to his neighbours. …

  • Judges 2:14-15

    And the anger of the Lord was hot against Israel, and he delivered them into the hands of spoilers that spoiled them, and he sold them into the hands of their enemies round about, so that they could not any longer stand before their enemies. Whithersoever they went out, the hand of the Lord was against them for evil, as the Lord had said, and as the Lord had sworn unto them: and they were greatly distressed.

  • Leviticus 26:17

    And I will set my face against you, and ye shall be slain before your enemies: they that hate you shall reign over you; and ye shall flee when none pursueth you.

  • Psalms 37:28

    For the Lord loveth judgment, and forsaketh not his saints; they are preserved for ever: but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off.

  • Deuteronomy 31:17

    Then my anger shall be kindled against them in that day, and I will forsake them, and I will hide my face from them, and they shall be devoured, and many evils and troubles shall befall them; so that they will say in that day, Are not these evils come upon us, because our God is not among us?

  • Lamentations 1:10

    The adversary hath spread out his hand upon all her pleasant things: for she hath seen that the heathen entered into her sanctuary, whom thou didst command that they should not enter into thy congregation.

  • Deuteronomy 28:48

    Therefore shalt thou serve thine enemies which the Lord shall send against thee, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in want of all things: and he shall put a yoke of iron upon thy neck, until he have destroyed thee.

  • Jeremiah 12:7

    I have forsaken mine house, I have left mine heritage; I have given the dearly beloved of my soul into the hand of her enemies.

  • 2 Chronicles 36:16-17

    But they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and misused his prophets, until the wrath of the Lord arose against his people, till there was no remedy. Therefore he brought upon them the king of the Chaldees, who slew their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary, and had no compassion upon young man or maiden, old man, or him that stooped for age: he gave them all into his hand.

  • Deuteronomy 28:31-33

    Thine ox shall be slain before thine eyes, and thou shalt not eat thereof: thine ass shall be violently taken away from before thy face, and shall not be restored to thee: thy sheep shall be given unto thine enemies, and thou shalt have none to rescue them. Thy sons and thy daughters shall be given unto another people, and thine eyes shall look, and fail with longing for them all the day long: and there shall be no might in thine hand. The fruit of thy land, and all thy labours, shall a nation which thou knowest not eat up; and thou shalt be only oppressed and crushed alway:

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
And I will.
De 31:17; 2Ch 15:2; Ps 37:28; 89:38-45; Jer 12:7; 23:33; La 5:20
Am 5:2
the remnant.
19:4,30,31; 24:2; 2Ch 36:16,17; Jer 23:33
deliver.
Le 26:17,36-38; De 4:26,27; 28:25,31-33,48; Jud 2:14,15
Ne 9:27-37; Ps 71:1-7; 106:40-43; Isa 10:6; La 1:5,10

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • 2 Kings 21:13

    And I will stretch over Jerusalem the line of Samaria, and the plummet of the house of Ahab: and I will wipe Jerusalem as a man wipeth a dish, wiping it, and turning it upside down.

  • 2 Kings 21:14

    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;

  • 2 Kings 21:15

    Because they have done that which was evil in my sight, and have provoked me to anger, since the day their fathers came forth out of Egypt, even unto this day.

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2 Kings 21:14 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y desampararé las reliquias de mi heredad, y entregarlas he en manos de sus enemigos; y serán para saco y para robo á todos sus adversarios;
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et j’abandonnerai le reste de mon héritage, et je les livrerai en la main de leurs ennemis; et ils seront le butin et la proie de tous leurs ennemis,
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und ich werde den Überrest meines Erbteils verstoßen und sie in die Hand ihrer Feinde geben, und sie werden allen ihren Feinden zum Raub und zur Plünderung werden;
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Dimittam vero reliquias hæreditatis meæ, et tradam eas in manus inimicorum ejus, eruntque in vastitatem, et in rapinam cunctis adversariis suis: