- Because:
- "And it came to pass,¹ [that] in the fifthª yearª of kingª Rehoboamª Shishakª kingª of Egyptª came upª° against¹ Jerusalem,ª because¹ they had transgressedª° against the LORD,ª" {2Ch 12:2} + "And he went outª° to meetª Asa,ª and saidª° unto him, Hearª° ye me, Asa,ª and all¹ Judahª and Benjamin;ª The LORDª [is] with¹ you, while ye be¹ with¹ him; and if¹ ye seekª° him, he will be foundª° of you; but if¹ ye forsakeª° him, he will forsakeª° you." {2Ch 15:2} + "For he builtª° againª°¹ the high placesª which¹ Hezekiahª his fatherª had broken down,ª° and he reared upª° altarsª for Baalim,ª and madeª° groves,ª and worshippedª° all¹ the hostª of heaven,ª and servedª° them. ... So Manassehª made²°¹ Judahª and the inhabitantsª° of Jerusalemª to err,ª° [and] to doª° worseª than¹ the heathen,ª whom¹ the LORDª had destroyedª° beforeª¹ the childrenª of Israel.ª" {2Ch 33:3-9} + "Surely¹ at¹ the commandmentª of the LORDª came¹ [this] upon Judah,ª to removeª° [them] out of¹¹ his sight,ª for the sinsª of Manasseh,ª according to all¹ that¹ he did;ª° ... And also¹ for the innocentª bloodª that¹ he shed:ª° for he filledª°¹ Jerusalemª with innocentª blood;ª which the LORDª wouldª° not¹ pardon.ª°" {2Kg 24:3-4} + "Their landª also is fullª° of idols;ª they worshipª° the workª of their own hands,ª that which¹ their own fingersª have made:ª° ... And the mean manª boweth down,ª° and the great manª humblethª° himself: therefore forgiveª° them not.¹" {Isa 2:8-9} + "Then saidª° the LORDª unto¹ me, Though¹ Mosesª and Samuelª stoodª° beforeª me, [yet] my mindª [could] not¹ [be] toward¹ this¹ people:ª cast¹ [them] out²° of¹¹ my sight,ª and let them go forth.ª° ... And I will causeª° them to be removedª°² into all¹ kingdomsª of the earth,ª because² of¹ Manassehª the sonª of Hezekiahª kingª of Judah,ª for¹ [that] which¹ he didª° in Jerusalem.ª" {Jer 15:1-4}
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