Verse 22
2 Chronicles 7:22
Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition
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And they shall answer: Because they forsook the Lord the God (Elohim) of their fathers, who brought them out of the land of Egypt, and laid hold on strange gods, and adored them, and worshipped them: therefore all these evils are come upon them.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וְ/אָמְר֗וּ עַל֩ אֲשֶׁ֨ר עָֽזְב֜וּ אֶת יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֵ֣י אֲבֹתֵי/הֶ֗ם אֲשֶׁ֣ר הוֹצִיאָ/ם֮ מֵ/אֶ֣רֶץ מִצְרַיִם֒ וַֽ/יַּחֲזִ֨יקוּ֙ בֵּ/אלֹהִ֣ים אֲחֵרִ֔ים וַ/יִּשְׁתַּחֲו֥וּ לָ/הֶ֖ם וַ/יַּֽעַבְד֑וּ/ם עַל כֵּן֙ הֵבִ֣יא עֲלֵי/הֶ֔ם אֵ֥ת כָּל הָ/רָעָ֖ה הַ/זֹּֽאת
English Translation
And they said regarding that they had forsaken the LORD, the God of their fathers, who brought them out of the land of Egypt, and they held fast to other gods and bowed down to them, and they served them; therefore, He brought upon them all this evil.
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