2 Chronicles 25:19

You have said, Behold, I have struck Edom; and your heart has lifted you up to boast; now, abide in your house, why do you stir yourself up in evil, that you have fallen, you and Judah with you?”

Literal Standard Version

In The King James Version

Thou sayest, Lo, thou hast smitten the Edomites; and thine heart lifteth thee up to boast: abide now at home; why shouldest thou meddle to thine hurt, that thou shouldest fall, even thou, and Judah with thee?

In Context

18“Come, we look one another in the face.” And Joash king of Israel sends to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, “The thorn that [is] in Lebanon has sent to the cedar that [is] in Lebanon, saying, Give your daughter to my son for a wife; and a beast of the field that [is] in Lebanon passes by and treads down the thorn.

20And Amaziah has not listened, for it [is] from God in order to give them into [their] hand, because they have sought the gods of Edom;

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 8:14and your heart has been high, and you have forgotten your God YHWH who is bringing you out of the land of Egypt, out of a house of servants;

2 Chronicles 32:25and Hezekiah has not returned according to the deed [done] to him, for his heart has been lofty, and there is wrath on him and on Judah and Jerusalem;

Proverbs 13:10A vain man causes debate through pride, || And wisdom [is] with the counseled.

Proverbs 18:6The lips of a fool enter into strife, || And his mouth calls for stripes.

Proverbs 26:17Laying hold on the ears of a dog, || [Is] a passer-by making himself wrath for strife [that is] not his own.

Jeremiah 9:23Thus said YHWH: “Do not let the wise boast himself in his wisdom, || Nor let the mighty boast himself in his might, || Do not let the rich boast himself in his riches,

Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 25:18-28

The Death of Amaziah. ( b. c. 825.) 17 Then Amaziah king of Judah took advice, and sent to Joash, the son of Jehoahaz, the son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, Come, let us see one another in the face. 18 And Joash king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, The thistle that was in Lebanon sent to the cedar that was in Lebanon, saying, Give thy daughter to my son to wife: and there passed by a wild beast that was in Lebanon, and trode down the thistle. 19 Thou sayest, Lo, thou hast smitten the Edomites;… Read the whole commentary →

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