Moreover all the chief of the priests, and the people, transgressed very much after all the abominations of the heathen; and polluted the house of the LORD which he had hallowed in Jerusalem.
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Interpretation
The ruin of Judah and Jerusalem came on by degrees. The methods God takes to call back sinners by his word, by ministers, by conscience, by providences, are all instances of his compassion toward them, and his unwillingness that any should perish.
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This thought runs through 2 Chronicles 36:14-18.
Glossary
- Jerusalem Place
- Biblical settlement. Modern identification: Jerusalem.