For our fathers were unfaithful and did what is evil in the sight of the Lord our God. They abandoned Him, turned their faces away from the Lord’s tabernacle, and turned their backs on Him.[a](A) They also closed the doors of the portico, extinguished the lamps, did not burn incense, and did not offer burnt offerings in the holy place of the God of Israel. Therefore, the wrath of the Lord was on Judah and Jerusalem, and He made them an object of terror, horror, and mockery,[b](B) as you see with your own eyes.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 29:6 Lit and they gave the back of the neck
  2. 2 Chronicles 29:8 Lit hissing

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