² The Lord sent Babylonian,^[a](A) Aramean,^(B) Moabite and Ammonite raiders^(C) against him to destroy^(D) Judah, in accordance with the word of the Lord proclaimed by his servants the prophets.^{(E) 3} Surely these things happened to Judah according to the Lord’s command,^(F) in order to remove them from his presence^(G) because of the sins of Manasseh^(H) and all he had done, ⁴ including the shedding of innocent blood.^(I) For he had filled Jerusalem with innocent blood, and the Lord was not willing to forgive.^(J)