ESV Reformation Study Bible – 2 Kgs 21:14
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2 Kgs 21:14

21:14 I will forsake. The time for patience and forbearance is over. Jerusalem and Judah will not be defeated by a superior people or a superior god. On the contrary, God is abandoning what is left of the original twelve tribes (the “remnant”) to their enemies as punishment (Is. 1:5). The exile to Babylon of 586 b.c. is in view (25:1–17).