2 Chronicles 15:4

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

Because of their distress, they turned back to the LORD God of Israel. They sought him and he responded to them.

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  • 2 Chr 15:15 : 15 All Judah was happy about the oath, because they made the vow with their whole heart. They willingly sought the LORD and he responded to them. He made them secure on every side.
  • Isa 55:6 : 6 Seek the LORD while he makes himself available; call to him while he is nearby!
  • Isa 65:1-2 : 1 The Lord Will Distinguish Between Sinners and the Godly“I made myself available to those who did not ask for me; I appeared to those who did not look for me. I said,‘Here I am! Here I am!’ to a nation that did not invoke my name. 2 I spread out my hands all day long to my rebellious people, who lived in a way that is morally unacceptable, and who did what they desired.
  • Deut 4:29-30 : 29 But if you seek the LORD your God from there, you will find him, if, indeed, you seek him with all your heart and soul. 30 In your distress when all these things happen to you in the latter days, if you return to the LORD your God and obey him
  • Judg 3:9-9 : 9 When the Israelites cried out for help to the LORD, he raised up a deliverer for the Israelites who rescued them. His name was Othniel son of Kenaz, Caleb’s younger brother. 10 The LORD’s Spirit empowered him and he led Israel. When he went to do battle, the LORD handed over to him King Cushan-Rishathaim of Armon and he overpowered him.
  • Judg 10:10-16 : 10 The Israelites cried out for help to the LORD:“We have sinned against you. We abandoned our God and worshiped the Baals.” 11 The LORD said to the Israelites,“Did I not deliver you from Egypt, the Amorites, the Ammonites, the Philistines, 12 the Sidonians, Amalek, and Midian when they oppressed you? You cried out for help to me, and I delivered you from their power. 13 But since you abandoned me and worshiped other gods, I will not deliver you again. 14 Go and cry for help to the gods you have chosen! Let them deliver you from trouble!” 15 But the Israelites said to the LORD,“We have sinned. You do to us as you see fit, but deliver us today!” 16 They threw away the foreign gods they owned and worshiped the LORD. Finally the LORD grew tired of seeing Israel suffer so much.
  • Ps 106:44 : 44 Yet he took notice of their distress, when he heard their cry for help.
  • Hos 6:1 : 1 Superficial Repentance Breeds False Assurance of God’s Forgiveness“Come on! Let’s return to the LORD! He himself has torn us to pieces, but he will heal us! He has injured us, but he will bandage our wounds!
  • Hos 14:1-3 : 1 Prophetic Call to Genuine Repentance Return, O Israel, to the LORD your God, for your sin has been your downfall! 2 Return to the LORD and repent! Say to him:“Completely forgive our iniquity; accept our penitential prayer, that we may offer the praise of our lips as sacrificial bulls. 3 Assyria cannot save us; we will not ride warhorses. We will never again say,‘Our gods’ to what our own hands have made. For only you will show compassion to Orphan Israel!”
  • Rom 10:20 : 20 And Isaiah is even bold enough to say,“I was found by those who did not seek me; I became well known to those who did not ask for me.”

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    2He met Asa and told him,“Listen to me, Asa and all Judah and Benjamin! The LORD is with you when you are loyal to him. If you seek him, he will respond to you, but if you reject him, he will reject you.

    3For a long time Israel had no true God, or priest to instruct them, or law.

  • Deut 4:29-30
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    29But if you seek the LORD your God from there, you will find him, if, indeed, you seek him with all your heart and soul.

    30In your distress when all these things happen to you in the latter days, if you return to the LORD your God and obey him

  • Jer 29:13-14
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    13When you seek me in prayer and worship, you will find me available to you. If you seek me with all your heart and soul,

    14I will make myself available to you,’ says the LORD.‘Then I will reverse your plight and will regather you from all the nations and all the places where I have exiled you,’ says the LORD.‘I will bring you back to the place from which I exiled you.’

  • Ps 78:34
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    34When he struck them down, they sought his favor; they turned back and longed for God.

  • 2 Chr 15:15
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    15All Judah was happy about the oath, because they made the vow with their whole heart. They willingly sought the LORD and he responded to them. He made them secure on every side.

  • Isa 55:6
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    6Seek the LORD while he makes himself available; call to him while he is nearby!

  • Hos 3:5
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    5Afterward, the Israelites will turn and seek the LORD their God and their Davidic king. Then they will submit to the LORD in fear and receive his blessings in the future.

  • Hos 5:6
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    6The Futility of Sacrificial Ritual without Moral Obedience Although they bring their flocks and herds to seek the favor of the LORD, They will not find him– he has withdrawn himself from them!

  • Ps 107:6
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    6They cried out to the LORD in their distress; he delivered them from their troubles.

  • Judg 10:16
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    16They threw away the foreign gods they owned and worshiped the LORD. Finally the LORD grew tired of seeing Israel suffer so much.

  • Ps 107:13
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    13They cried out to the LORD in their distress; he delivered them from their troubles.

  • Amos 5:4
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    4The LORD says this to the family of Israel:“Seek me so you can live!

  • Jer 50:4
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    4“When that time comes,” says the LORD,“the people of Israel and Judah will return to the land together. They will come back with tears of repentance as they seek the LORD their God.

  • Ps 107:19
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    19They cried out to the LORD in their distress; he delivered them from their troubles.

  • 2 Chr 15:5
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    5In those days no one could travel safely, for total chaos had overtaken all the people of the surrounding lands.

  • Neh 9:27-28
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    27Therefore you delivered them into the hand of their adversaries, who oppressed them. But in the time of their distress they called to you, and you heard from heaven. In your abundant compassion you provided them with deliverers to rescue them from their adversaries.

    28“Then, when they were at rest again, they went back to doing evil before you. Then you abandoned them to their enemies, and they gained dominion over them. When they again cried out to you, in your compassion you heard from heaven and rescued them time and again.

  • Jer 3:21
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    21“A noise is heard on the hilltops. It is the sound of the people of Israel crying and pleading to their gods. Indeed they have followed sinful ways; they have forgotten to be true to the LORD their God.

  • Judg 20:27
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    27The Israelites asked the LORD(for the ark of God’s covenant was there in those days;

  • Ps 107:28
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    28They cried out to the LORD in their distress; he delivered them from their troubles.

  • Jer 31:2
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    2Israel Will Be Restored and Join Judah in Worship The LORD says,“The people of Israel who survived death at the hands of the enemy will find favor in the wilderness as they journey to find rest for themselves.

  • Judg 2:18
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    18When the LORD raised up leaders for them, the LORD was with each leader and delivered the people from their enemies while the leader remained alive. The LORD felt sorry for them when they cried out in agony because of what their harsh oppressors did to them.

  • Isa 26:16
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    16O LORD, in distress they looked for you; they uttered incantations because of your discipline.

  • Hos 14:1
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    1Prophetic Call to Genuine Repentance Return, O Israel, to the LORD your God, for your sin has been your downfall!

  • Ps 106:44
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    44Yet he took notice of their distress, when he heard their cry for help.

  • 2 Chr 33:12
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    12In his pain Manasseh asked the LORD his God for mercy and truly humbled himself before the God of his ancestors.

  • 2 Kgs 13:4-5
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    4Jehoahaz asked for the LORD’s mercy and the LORD responded favorably, for he saw that Israel was oppressed by the king of Syria.

    5The LORD provided a deliverer for Israel and they were freed from Syria’s power. The Israelites once more lived in security.

  • 2 Kgs 14:26
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    26The LORD saw Israel’s intense suffering; everyone was weak and incapacitated and Israel had no deliverer.

  • Judg 2:15
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    15Whenever they went out to fight, the LORD did them harm, just as he had warned and solemnly vowed he would do. They suffered greatly.

  • 2 Chr 15:12
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    12They solemnly agreed to seek the LORD God of their ancestors with their whole heart and being.

  • 2 Chr 17:4
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    4but instead sought the God of his ancestors and obeyed his commands, unlike the Israelites.

  • 2 Chr 30:9
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    9For if you return to the LORD, your brothers and sons will be shown mercy by their captors and return to this land. The LORD your God is merciful and compassionate; he will not reject you if you return to him.”

  • Isa 65:1
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    1The Lord Will Distinguish Between Sinners and the Godly“I made myself available to those who did not ask for me; I appeared to those who did not look for me. I said,‘Here I am! Here I am!’ to a nation that did not invoke my name.

  • 2 Chr 13:18
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    18That day the Israelites were defeated; the men of Judah prevailed because they relied on the LORD God of their ancestors.

  • 2 Chr 20:4
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    4The people of Judah assembled to ask for the LORD’s help; they came from all the cities of Judah to ask for the LORD’s help.

  • Zeph 1:6
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    6and those who turn their backs on the LORD and do not want the LORD’s help or guidance.”

  • 2 Chr 30:6
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    6Messengers delivered the letters from the king and his officials throughout Israel and Judah. This royal edict read:“O Israelites, return to the LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, so he may return to you who have been spared from the kings of Assyria.

  • 2 Chr 14:4
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    4He ordered Judah to seek the LORD God of their ancestors and to observe his law and commands.

  • Judg 8:34
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    34The Israelites did not remain true to the LORD their God, who had delivered them from all the enemies who lived around them.

  • 2 Chr 19:3
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    3Nevertheless you have done some good things; you removed the Asherah poles from the land and you were determined to follow God.”

  • Isa 31:6
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    6You Israelites! Return to the one against whom you have so blatantly rebelled!

  • Jer 51:5
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    5“For Israel and Judah will not be forsaken by their God, the LORD of Heaven’s Armies. For the land of Babylonia is full of guilt against the Holy One of Israel.

  • Judg 10:14
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    14Go and cry for help to the gods you have chosen! Let them deliver you from trouble!”

  • 2 Kgs 17:7
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    25God saw the Israelites, and God understood.

  • Isa 45:15
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    15Yes, you are a God who keeps hidden, O God of Israel, deliverer!