2 Kings 17:20 耶和华就厌弃以色列全族，使他们受苦，把他们交在抢夺他们的人手中，以致赶出他们离开自己面前，

17:20 MSG

逐节对照

新标点和合本 - 耶和华就厌弃以色列全族，使他们受苦，把他们交在抢夺他们的人手中，以致赶出他们离开自己面前，
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 耶和华就厌弃以色列所有的后裔，使他们受苦，把他们交在抢夺他们的人手中，直到他把他们从自己面前赶出去。
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 耶和华就厌弃以色列所有的后裔，使他们受苦，把他们交在抢夺他们的人手中，直到他把他们从自己面前赶出去。
当代译本 - 于是，耶和华弃绝了以色列全族，使他们饱尝痛苦，任人宰割，直至把他们从自己眼前赶走。
圣经新译本 - 耶和华就厌弃以色列人的后裔，使他们受苦，把他们交在抢掠他们的人的手中，直到把他们从自己的面前完全丢弃。
中文标准译本 - 于是耶和华厌弃了以色列的所有后裔，苦待他们，把他们交在抢掠者的手中，最终把他们从自己面前赶走了。
现代标点和合本 - 耶和华就厌弃以色列全族，使他们受苦，把他们交在抢夺他们的人手中，以致赶出他们离开自己面前，
和合本（拼音版） - 耶和华就厌弃以色列全族，使他们受苦，把他们交在抢夺他们的人手中，以致赶出他们离开自己面前。
New International Version - Therefore the Lord rejected all the people of Israel; he afflicted them and gave them into the hands of plunderers, until he thrust them from his presence.
New International Reader's Version - So the Lord turned his back on all the people of Israel. He made them suffer. He handed them over to people who stole everything they had. And finally he threw them out of his land.
English Standard Version - And the Lord rejected all the descendants of Israel and afflicted them and gave them into the hand of plunderers, until he had cast them out of his sight.
New Living Translation - The Lord rejected all the descendants of Israel. He punished them by handing them over to their attackers until he had banished Israel from his presence.
Christian Standard Bible - So the Lord rejected all the descendants of Israel, punished them, and handed them over to plunderers until he had banished them from his presence.
New American Standard Bible - So the Lord rejected all the descendants of Israel and afflicted them and handed them over to plunderers, until He had cast them out of His sight.
New King James Version - And the Lord rejected all the descendants of Israel, afflicted them, and delivered them into the hand of plunderers, until He had cast them from His sight.
Amplified Bible - So the Lord rejected all the descendants of Israel (Jacob) and [repeatedly] afflicted them and handed them over to plunderers, until He had cast them out of His sight.
American Standard Version - And Jehovah rejected all the seed of Israel, and afflicted them, and delivered them into the hand of spoilers, until he had cast them out of his sight.
King James Version - And the Lord rejected all the seed of Israel, and afflicted them, and delivered them into the hand of spoilers, until he had cast them out of his sight.
New English Translation - So the Lord rejected all of Israel’s descendants; he humiliated them and handed them over to robbers, until he had thrown them from his presence.
World English Bible - Yahweh rejected all the offspring of Israel, afflicted them, and delivered them into the hands of raiders, until he had cast them out of his sight.
新標點和合本 - 耶和華就厭棄以色列全族，使他們受苦，把他們交在搶奪他們的人手中，以致趕出他們離開自己面前，
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 耶和華就厭棄以色列所有的後裔，使他們受苦，把他們交在搶奪他們的人手中，直到他把他們從自己面前趕出去。
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 耶和華就厭棄以色列所有的後裔，使他們受苦，把他們交在搶奪他們的人手中，直到他把他們從自己面前趕出去。
當代譯本 - 於是，耶和華棄絕了以色列全族，使他們飽嘗痛苦，任人宰割，直至把他們從自己眼前趕走。
聖經新譯本 - 耶和華就厭棄以色列人的後裔，使他們受苦，把他們交在搶掠他們的人的手中，直到把他們從自己的面前完全丟棄。
呂振中譯本 - 永恆主就棄絕以色列的眾後裔，使他們受苦，把他們交在搶掠他們、的人手中，直到將他們丟掉離開自己面前。
中文標準譯本 - 於是耶和華厭棄了以色列的所有後裔，苦待他們，把他們交在搶掠者的手中，最終把他們從自己面前趕走了。
現代標點和合本 - 耶和華就厭棄以色列全族，使他們受苦，把他們交在搶奪他們的人手中，以致趕出他們離開自己面前，
文理和合譯本 - 耶和華棄以色列全族、而困苦之、付於虜者之手、擯於其前、
文理委辦譯本 - 耶和華棄以色列族苗裔、降以禍災、為人所虜、驅於其前、
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 於是主棄以色列全族、降以災禍、付於敵手而被擄、終逐之離於其前、
Nueva Versión Internacional - Por eso el Señor rechazó a todos los israelitas: los afligió y los entregó en manos de invasores, y acabó por arrojarlos de su presencia.
현대인의 성경 - 그러므로 여호와께서는 유다와 이스라엘 백성을 모두 버리시고 그들을 벌하셔서 잔인한 원수들의 손에 넘겨 결국 그들을 그 땅에서 추방해 버렸다.
Новый Русский Перевод - Поэтому Господь отверг всех потомков Израиля. Он наказывал их и отдавал в руки грабителей, пока не прогнал их от Себя.
Восточный перевод - Поэтому Вечный отверг всех потомков Исраила. Он наказывал их и отдавал в руки грабителей, пока наконец не прогнал их от Cебя.
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Поэтому Вечный отверг всех потомков Исраила. Он наказывал их и отдавал в руки грабителей, пока наконец не прогнал их от Cебя.
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Поэтому Вечный отверг всех потомков Исроила. Он наказывал их и отдавал в руки грабителей, пока наконец не прогнал их от Cебя.
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Voilà pourquoi l’Eternel a rejeté tous les descendants d’Israël et les a humiliés, il les a livrés au pouvoir des pillards et il a fini par les chasser loin de lui.
リビングバイブル - そこで主は、ヤコブのすべての子孫を見限り、侵略者の手に渡し、ついに投げ捨てたのです。
Nova Versão Internacional - Por isso o Senhor rejeitou todo o povo de Israel; ele o afligiu e o entregou nas mãos de saqueadores, até expulsá-lo da sua presença.
Hoffnung für alle - Da verstieß der Herr das ganze Volk. Er ließ zu, dass feindliche Heere in das Land einfielen und es ausplünderten. So bestrafte er sein Volk und wandte sich von ihm ab.
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Vì thế, Chúa Hằng Hữu từ bỏ tất cả con cháu Gia-cốp, trừng phạt họ, và để cho kẻ thù bóc lột họ. Cuối cùng Ngài đuổi họ đi nơi khác.
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - ฉะนั้นองค์พระผู้เป็นเจ้าทรงละทิ้งชนชาติอิสราเอลทั้งหมด พระองค์ทรงลงโทษเขาและมอบเขาไว้ในมือของผู้ปล้นชิง ตราบจนทรงขจัดเขาออกไปให้พ้นพระพักตร์
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - พระผู้เป็นเจ้าปฏิเสธบรรดาผู้สืบเชื้อสายของอิสราเอล และให้พวกเขารับทุกข์ทรมาน และมอบไว้ในมือของเหล่านักปล้นสะดม จนกระทั่งพระองค์ได้ขับไล่พวกเขาไปให้พ้นหน้าพระองค์

交叉引用

2 Kings 18:9 - In the fourth year of Hezekiah and the seventh year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, Shalmaneser king of Assyria attacked Samaria. He threw a siege around it and after three years captured it. It was in the sixth year of Hezekiah and the ninth year of Hoshea that Samaria fell to Assyria. The king of Assyria took Israel into exile and relocated them in Halah, in Gozan on the Habor River, and in towns of the Medes.
1 Samuel 16:1 - God addressed Samuel: “So, how long are you going to mope over Saul? You know I’ve rejected him as king over Israel. Fill your flask with anointing oil and get going. I’m sending you to Jesse of Bethlehem. I’ve spotted the very king I want among his sons.”
Matthew 25:41 - “Then he will turn to the ‘goats,’ the ones on his left, and say, ‘Get out, worthless goats! You’re good for nothing but the fires of hell. And why? Because— I was hungry and you gave me no meal, I was thirsty and you gave me no drink, I was homeless and you gave me no bed, I was shivering and you gave me no clothes, Sick and in prison, and you never visited.’
Jonah 1:10 - At that, the men were frightened, really frightened, and said, “What on earth have you done!” As Jonah talked, the sailors realized that he was running away from God.
2 Chronicles 28:5 - God, fed up, handed him over to the king of Aram, who beat him badly and took many prisoners to Damascus. God also let the king of Israel loose on him and that resulted in a terrible slaughter: Pekah son of Remaliah killed 120,000 in one day, all of them first-class soldiers, and all because they had deserted God, the God of their ancestors. Furthermore, Zicri, an Ephraimite hero, killed the king’s son Maaseiah, Azrikam the palace steward, and Elkanah, second in command to the king. And that wasn’t the end of it—the Israelites captured 200,000 men, women, and children, besides huge cartloads of plunder that they took to Samaria.
Jonah 1:3 - But Jonah got up and went the other direction to Tarshish, running away from God. He went down to the port of Joppa and found a ship headed for Tarshish. He paid the fare and went on board, joining those going to Tarshish—as far away from God as he could get.
2 Kings 13:7 - Nothing was left of Jehoahaz’s army after Hazael’s oppression except for fifty cavalry, ten chariots, and ten thousand infantry. The king of Aram had decimated the rest, leaving behind him mostly chaff.
1 Samuel 15:26 - But Samuel refused: “No, I can’t come alongside you in this. You rejected God’s command. Now God has rejected you as king over Israel.”
Jeremiah 31:36 - “If this ordered cosmos ever fell to pieces, fell into chaos before me”—God’s Decree— “Then and only then might Israel fall apart and disappear as a nation before me.” * * *
Jeremiah 31:37 - God’s Message: “If the skies could be measured with a yardstick and the earth explored to its core, Then and only then would I turn my back on Israel, disgusted with all they’ve done.” God’s Decree. * * *
2 Kings 17:18 - God was so thoroughly angry that he got rid of them, got them out of the country for good until only one tribe was left—Judah. (Judah, actually, wasn’t much better, for Judah also failed to keep God’s commands, falling into the same way of life that Israel had adopted.) God rejected everyone connected with Israel, made life hard for them, and permitted anyone with a mind to exploit them to do so. And then this final No as he threw them out of his sight.
2 Kings 15:19 - Then Tiglath-Pileser III king of Assyria showed up and attacked the country. But Menahem made a deal with him: He bought his support by handing over about thirty-seven tons of silver. He raised the money by making every landowner in Israel pay fifty shekels to the king of Assyria. That satisfied the king of Assyria, and he left the country.
Jeremiah 33:25 - “Well, here’s God’s response: ‘If my covenant with day and night wasn’t in working order, if sky and earth weren’t functioning the way I set them going, then, but only then, you might think I had disowned the descendants of Jacob and of my servant David, and that I wouldn’t set up any of David’s descendants over the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. But as it is, I will give them back everything they’ve lost. The last word is, I will have mercy on them.’”
Romans 11:1 - Does this mean, then, that God is so fed up with Israel that he’ll have nothing more to do with them? Hardly. Remember that I, the one writing these things, am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham out of the tribe of Benjamin. You can’t get much more Semitic than that! So we’re not talking about repudiation. God has been too long involved with Israel, has too much invested, to simply wash his hands of them.
Romans 11:2 - Do you remember that time Elijah was agonizing over this same Israel and cried out in prayer? God, they murdered your prophets, They trashed your altars; I’m the only one left and now they’re after me! And do you remember God’s answer? I still have seven thousand who haven’t quit, Seven thousand who are loyal to the finish. It’s the same today. There’s a fiercely loyal minority still—not many, perhaps, but probably more than you think. They’re holding on, not because of what they think they’re going to get out of it, but because they’re convinced of God’s grace and purpose in choosing them. If they were only thinking of their own immediate self-interest, they would have left long ago.
2 Kings 15:29 - During the reign of Pekah king of Israel, Tiglath-Pileser III king of Assyria invaded the country. He captured Ijon, Abel Beth Maacah, Janoah, Kedesh, Hazor, Gilead, Galilee—the whole country of Naphtali—and took everyone captive to Assyria.

逐节对照

交叉引用

新标点和合本 - 耶和华就厌弃以色列全族，使他们受苦，把他们交在抢夺他们的人手中，以致赶出他们离开自己面前，
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 耶和华就厌弃以色列所有的后裔，使他们受苦，把他们交在抢夺他们的人手中，直到他把他们从自己面前赶出去。
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 耶和华就厌弃以色列所有的后裔，使他们受苦，把他们交在抢夺他们的人手中，直到他把他们从自己面前赶出去。
当代译本 - 于是，耶和华弃绝了以色列全族，使他们饱尝痛苦，任人宰割，直至把他们从自己眼前赶走。
圣经新译本 - 耶和华就厌弃以色列人的后裔，使他们受苦，把他们交在抢掠他们的人的手中，直到把他们从自己的面前完全丢弃。
中文标准译本 - 于是耶和华厌弃了以色列的所有后裔，苦待他们，把他们交在抢掠者的手中，最终把他们从自己面前赶走了。
现代标点和合本 - 耶和华就厌弃以色列全族，使他们受苦，把他们交在抢夺他们的人手中，以致赶出他们离开自己面前，
和合本（拼音版） - 耶和华就厌弃以色列全族，使他们受苦，把他们交在抢夺他们的人手中，以致赶出他们离开自己面前。
New International Version - Therefore the Lord rejected all the people of Israel; he afflicted them and gave them into the hands of plunderers, until he thrust them from his presence.
New International Reader's Version - So the Lord turned his back on all the people of Israel. He made them suffer. He handed them over to people who stole everything they had. And finally he threw them out of his land.
English Standard Version - And the Lord rejected all the descendants of Israel and afflicted them and gave them into the hand of plunderers, until he had cast them out of his sight.
New Living Translation - The Lord rejected all the descendants of Israel. He punished them by handing them over to their attackers until he had banished Israel from his presence.
Christian Standard Bible - So the Lord rejected all the descendants of Israel, punished them, and handed them over to plunderers until he had banished them from his presence.
New American Standard Bible - So the Lord rejected all the descendants of Israel and afflicted them and handed them over to plunderers, until He had cast them out of His sight.
New King James Version - And the Lord rejected all the descendants of Israel, afflicted them, and delivered them into the hand of plunderers, until He had cast them from His sight.
Amplified Bible - So the Lord rejected all the descendants of Israel (Jacob) and [repeatedly] afflicted them and handed them over to plunderers, until He had cast them out of His sight.
American Standard Version - And Jehovah rejected all the seed of Israel, and afflicted them, and delivered them into the hand of spoilers, until he had cast them out of his sight.
King James Version - And the Lord rejected all the seed of Israel, and afflicted them, and delivered them into the hand of spoilers, until he had cast them out of his sight.
New English Translation - So the Lord rejected all of Israel’s descendants; he humiliated them and handed them over to robbers, until he had thrown them from his presence.
World English Bible - Yahweh rejected all the offspring of Israel, afflicted them, and delivered them into the hands of raiders, until he had cast them out of his sight.
新標點和合本 - 耶和華就厭棄以色列全族，使他們受苦，把他們交在搶奪他們的人手中，以致趕出他們離開自己面前，
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 耶和華就厭棄以色列所有的後裔，使他們受苦，把他們交在搶奪他們的人手中，直到他把他們從自己面前趕出去。
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 耶和華就厭棄以色列所有的後裔，使他們受苦，把他們交在搶奪他們的人手中，直到他把他們從自己面前趕出去。
當代譯本 - 於是，耶和華棄絕了以色列全族，使他們飽嘗痛苦，任人宰割，直至把他們從自己眼前趕走。
聖經新譯本 - 耶和華就厭棄以色列人的後裔，使他們受苦，把他們交在搶掠他們的人的手中，直到把他們從自己的面前完全丟棄。
呂振中譯本 - 永恆主就棄絕以色列的眾後裔，使他們受苦，把他們交在搶掠他們、的人手中，直到將他們丟掉離開自己面前。
中文標準譯本 - 於是耶和華厭棄了以色列的所有後裔，苦待他們，把他們交在搶掠者的手中，最終把他們從自己面前趕走了。
現代標點和合本 - 耶和華就厭棄以色列全族，使他們受苦，把他們交在搶奪他們的人手中，以致趕出他們離開自己面前，
文理和合譯本 - 耶和華棄以色列全族、而困苦之、付於虜者之手、擯於其前、
文理委辦譯本 - 耶和華棄以色列族苗裔、降以禍災、為人所虜、驅於其前、
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 於是主棄以色列全族、降以災禍、付於敵手而被擄、終逐之離於其前、
Nueva Versión Internacional - Por eso el Señor rechazó a todos los israelitas: los afligió y los entregó en manos de invasores, y acabó por arrojarlos de su presencia.
현대인의 성경 - 그러므로 여호와께서는 유다와 이스라엘 백성을 모두 버리시고 그들을 벌하셔서 잔인한 원수들의 손에 넘겨 결국 그들을 그 땅에서 추방해 버렸다.
Новый Русский Перевод - Поэтому Господь отверг всех потомков Израиля. Он наказывал их и отдавал в руки грабителей, пока не прогнал их от Себя.
Восточный перевод - Поэтому Вечный отверг всех потомков Исраила. Он наказывал их и отдавал в руки грабителей, пока наконец не прогнал их от Cебя.
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Поэтому Вечный отверг всех потомков Исраила. Он наказывал их и отдавал в руки грабителей, пока наконец не прогнал их от Cебя.
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Поэтому Вечный отверг всех потомков Исроила. Он наказывал их и отдавал в руки грабителей, пока наконец не прогнал их от Cебя.
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Voilà pourquoi l’Eternel a rejeté tous les descendants d’Israël et les a humiliés, il les a livrés au pouvoir des pillards et il a fini par les chasser loin de lui.
リビングバイブル - そこで主は、ヤコブのすべての子孫を見限り、侵略者の手に渡し、ついに投げ捨てたのです。
Nova Versão Internacional - Por isso o Senhor rejeitou todo o povo de Israel; ele o afligiu e o entregou nas mãos de saqueadores, até expulsá-lo da sua presença.
Hoffnung für alle - Da verstieß der Herr das ganze Volk. Er ließ zu, dass feindliche Heere in das Land einfielen und es ausplünderten. So bestrafte er sein Volk und wandte sich von ihm ab.
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Vì thế, Chúa Hằng Hữu từ bỏ tất cả con cháu Gia-cốp, trừng phạt họ, và để cho kẻ thù bóc lột họ. Cuối cùng Ngài đuổi họ đi nơi khác.
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - ฉะนั้นองค์พระผู้เป็นเจ้าทรงละทิ้งชนชาติอิสราเอลทั้งหมด พระองค์ทรงลงโทษเขาและมอบเขาไว้ในมือของผู้ปล้นชิง ตราบจนทรงขจัดเขาออกไปให้พ้นพระพักตร์
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - พระผู้เป็นเจ้าปฏิเสธบรรดาผู้สืบเชื้อสายของอิสราเอล และให้พวกเขารับทุกข์ทรมาน และมอบไว้ในมือของเหล่านักปล้นสะดม จนกระทั่งพระองค์ได้ขับไล่พวกเขาไปให้พ้นหน้าพระองค์

2 Kings 18:9 - In the fourth year of Hezekiah and the seventh year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, Shalmaneser king of Assyria attacked Samaria. He threw a siege around it and after three years captured it. It was in the sixth year of Hezekiah and the ninth year of Hoshea that Samaria fell to Assyria. The king of Assyria took Israel into exile and relocated them in Halah, in Gozan on the Habor River, and in towns of the Medes.
1 Samuel 16:1 - God addressed Samuel: “So, how long are you going to mope over Saul? You know I’ve rejected him as king over Israel. Fill your flask with anointing oil and get going. I’m sending you to Jesse of Bethlehem. I’ve spotted the very king I want among his sons.”
Matthew 25:41 - “Then he will turn to the ‘goats,’ the ones on his left, and say, ‘Get out, worthless goats! You’re good for nothing but the fires of hell. And why? Because— I was hungry and you gave me no meal, I was thirsty and you gave me no drink, I was homeless and you gave me no bed, I was shivering and you gave me no clothes, Sick and in prison, and you never visited.’
Jonah 1:10 - At that, the men were frightened, really frightened, and said, “What on earth have you done!” As Jonah talked, the sailors realized that he was running away from God.
2 Chronicles 28:5 - God, fed up, handed him over to the king of Aram, who beat him badly and took many prisoners to Damascus. God also let the king of Israel loose on him and that resulted in a terrible slaughter: Pekah son of Remaliah killed 120,000 in one day, all of them first-class soldiers, and all because they had deserted God, the God of their ancestors. Furthermore, Zicri, an Ephraimite hero, killed the king’s son Maaseiah, Azrikam the palace steward, and Elkanah, second in command to the king. And that wasn’t the end of it—the Israelites captured 200,000 men, women, and children, besides huge cartloads of plunder that they took to Samaria.
Jonah 1:3 - But Jonah got up and went the other direction to Tarshish, running away from God. He went down to the port of Joppa and found a ship headed for Tarshish. He paid the fare and went on board, joining those going to Tarshish—as far away from God as he could get.
2 Kings 13:7 - Nothing was left of Jehoahaz’s army after Hazael’s oppression except for fifty cavalry, ten chariots, and ten thousand infantry. The king of Aram had decimated the rest, leaving behind him mostly chaff.
1 Samuel 15:26 - But Samuel refused: “No, I can’t come alongside you in this. You rejected God’s command. Now God has rejected you as king over Israel.”
Jeremiah 31:36 - “If this ordered cosmos ever fell to pieces, fell into chaos before me”—God’s Decree— “Then and only then might Israel fall apart and disappear as a nation before me.” * * *
Jeremiah 31:37 - God’s Message: “If the skies could be measured with a yardstick and the earth explored to its core, Then and only then would I turn my back on Israel, disgusted with all they’ve done.” God’s Decree. * * *
2 Kings 17:18 - God was so thoroughly angry that he got rid of them, got them out of the country for good until only one tribe was left—Judah. (Judah, actually, wasn’t much better, for Judah also failed to keep God’s commands, falling into the same way of life that Israel had adopted.) God rejected everyone connected with Israel, made life hard for them, and permitted anyone with a mind to exploit them to do so. And then this final No as he threw them out of his sight.
2 Kings 15:19 - Then Tiglath-Pileser III king of Assyria showed up and attacked the country. But Menahem made a deal with him: He bought his support by handing over about thirty-seven tons of silver. He raised the money by making every landowner in Israel pay fifty shekels to the king of Assyria. That satisfied the king of Assyria, and he left the country.
Jeremiah 33:25 - “Well, here’s God’s response: ‘If my covenant with day and night wasn’t in working order, if sky and earth weren’t functioning the way I set them going, then, but only then, you might think I had disowned the descendants of Jacob and of my servant David, and that I wouldn’t set up any of David’s descendants over the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. But as it is, I will give them back everything they’ve lost. The last word is, I will have mercy on them.’”
Romans 11:1 - Does this mean, then, that God is so fed up with Israel that he’ll have nothing more to do with them? Hardly. Remember that I, the one writing these things, am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham out of the tribe of Benjamin. You can’t get much more Semitic than that! So we’re not talking about repudiation. God has been too long involved with Israel, has too much invested, to simply wash his hands of them.
Romans 11:2 - Do you remember that time Elijah was agonizing over this same Israel and cried out in prayer? God, they murdered your prophets, They trashed your altars; I’m the only one left and now they’re after me! And do you remember God’s answer? I still have seven thousand who haven’t quit, Seven thousand who are loyal to the finish. It’s the same today. There’s a fiercely loyal minority still—not many, perhaps, but probably more than you think. They’re holding on, not because of what they think they’re going to get out of it, but because they’re convinced of God’s grace and purpose in choosing them. If they were only thinking of their own immediate self-interest, they would have left long ago.
2 Kings 15:29 - During the reign of Pekah king of Israel, Tiglath-Pileser III king of Assyria invaded the country. He captured Ijon, Abel Beth Maacah, Janoah, Kedesh, Hazor, Gilead, Galilee—the whole country of Naphtali—and took everyone captive to Assyria.