2 Chronicles 25:16 New English Translation
16 While he was speaking, Amaziah[a] said to him, “Did we appoint you to be a royal counselor? Stop prophesying or else you will be killed!”[b] So the prophet stopped, but added, “I know that God has decided[c] to destroy you, because you have done this thing and refused to listen to my advice.”
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- 2 Chronicles 25:16 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Amaziah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
- 2 Chronicles 25:16 tn Heb “Stop yourself! Why should they strike you down?”
- 2 Chronicles 25:16 tn The verb יָעַץ (yaʿats, “has decided”) is from the same root as יוֹעֵץ (yoʿets, “counselor”) in v. 16 and עֵצָה (ʿetsah, “advice”) later in v. 16. The wordplay highlights the appropriate nature of the divine punishment. Amaziah rejected the counsel of God’s prophet; now he would be the victim of God’s “counsel.”
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