2 Chronicles 12:8

KJV1611 – Modern English

Nevertheless they shall be his servants, that they may know my service and the service of the kingdoms of the countries.

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  • Deut 28:47-48 : 47 Because you did not serve the LORD your God with joyfulness, and with gladness of heart, for the abundance of all things; 48 Therefore you shall serve your enemies which the LORD shall send against you, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in want of all things: and he shall put a yoke of iron upon your neck, until he has destroyed you.
  • Isa 26:13 : 13 O LORD our God, other lords beside You have had dominion over us, but by You only will we make mention of Your name.
  • Jer 10:24 : 24 O LORD, correct me, but with justice; not in your anger, lest you bring me to nothing.
  • Hos 8:10 : 10 Yes, though they have hired among the nations, now I will gather them, and they shall sorrow a little for the burden of the king of princes.
  • Judg 3:1 : 1 Now these are the nations which the LORD left, to test Israel by them, as many of Israel as had not known all the wars of Canaan;
  • Neh 9:36 : 36 Here we are, servants today! And the land that You gave to our forefathers to eat its fruit and its bounty, here we are, servants in it.

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    5Then Shemaiah the prophet came to Rehoboam and the princes of Judah, who were gathered at Jerusalem because of Shishak, and said to them, Thus says the LORD, You have forsaken me, and therefore I also have left you in the hand of Shishak.

    6Whereupon the princes of Israel and the king humbled themselves, and they said, The LORD is righteous.

    7And when the LORD saw that they humbled themselves, the word of the LORD came to Shemaiah, saying, They have humbled themselves; therefore I will not destroy them, but I will grant them some deliverance; and my wrath shall not be poured out upon Jerusalem by the hand of Shishak.

  • 1 Kgs 12:7
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    7And they spoke to him, saying, If you will be a servant to this people today, and serve them, and answer them, and speak good words to them, then they will be your servants forever.

  • Isa 60:12
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    12For the nation and kingdom that will not serve you shall perish, yes, those nations shall be utterly wasted.

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    16And he will take your male servants, and your female servants, and your finest young men, and your donkeys, and put them to his work.

    17He will take a tenth of your sheep: and you shall be his servants.

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    14For many nations and great kings shall enslave them also: and I will repay them according to their deeds, and according to the works of their own hands.

  • Jer 27:6-8
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    6And now I have given all these lands into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, my servant; and the beasts of the field I have given him also to serve him.

    7And all nations shall serve him, and his son, and his grandson, until the very time of his land comes: and then many nations and great kings shall enslave him.

    8And it shall come to pass, that the nation and kingdom which will not serve the same Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, and that will not put their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, that nation I will punish, says the LORD, with the sword, and with famine, and with pestilence, until I have consumed them by his hand.

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    8But of their children, who were left after them in the land, whom the children of Israel did not consume, them did Solomon make to pay tribute to this day.

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  • Jer 30:8-9
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    8For it shall come to pass in that day, says the LORD of hosts, that I will break his yoke from off your neck, and will burst your bonds, and foreigners shall no more enslave him.

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    9So Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem and took away the treasures of the house of the LORD and the treasures of the king's house; he took all; he carried away also the shields of gold which Solomon had made.

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    8Happy are your men, happy are these your servants, who stand continually before you, and hear your wisdom.

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    8According to all the works which they have done since the day that I brought them up out of Egypt even to this day, by forsaking me and serving other gods, so they are doing to you also.

    9Now therefore listen to their voice: however, you shall solemnly warn them, and show them the manner of the king who shall reign over them.

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    7And they spoke to him, saying, If you are kind to this people, and please them, and speak good words to them, they will be your servants forever.

  • Jer 28:14
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    14For thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; I have put a yoke of iron upon the neck of all these nations, that they may serve Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon; and they shall serve him: and I have given him the beasts of the field also.

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    21Their children who were left after them in the land, whom the children of Israel were not able to utterly destroy, upon those Solomon levied a tribute of servitude to this day.

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    11But the nations that bring their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him, those I will let remain still in their own land, says the LORD; and they shall till it, and dwell therein.

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  • Neh 9:35-36
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    35For they have not served You in their kingdom, or in the vast and fertile land that You gave them, nor did they turn from their wicked works.

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    14And he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your olive groves, even the best of them, and give them to his servants.

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