2 Chronicles 30:7Don't be like your fathers, and like your brothers, who trespassed against Yahweh, the God of their fathers, so that he gave them up to desolation, as you see.
The setting
Jerusalem, 715 BC. King Hezekiah sends messengers throughout Israel calling people to Passover after decades of abandoning God. Modern Jerusalem, Israel.
The emotion here: urgent desperation to warn people
The original word
ma'al (מָעֲלוּ) — to act treacherously, break faith, commit sacrilege
Why it matters
This was the first Passover celebrated in Jerusalem in over 200 years
Read with care
What most readers miss in 2 Chronicles 30:7
The 'desolation' they could see was the northern kingdom's recent destruction by Assyria
Common misconceptionPeople think this is about individual sin, but Hezekiah was specifically warning Judah not to repeat the northern kingdom's idolatry that led to their exile just years before.
The thread continues
Verses that echo 2 Chronicles 30:7
Bible Genome reading
2 Chronicles 30:7 — Bible Genome reading
Emotional genome
2 Chronicles 30:7 comes from the book of 2 Chronicles, written during the Divided Kingdom period. These words are attributed to Hezekiah. The dominant emotion in this verse is grieving, with a comfort power of 20% and a tone that is lamenting. It belongs to the narrative genre of biblical literature. Key themes include warning, consequences. Notable phrases: don't be like your fathers; gave them up to desolation. This verse contains a command.
Emotionally similar
Verses that meet the same grieving
“By the sweat of your face will you eat bread until you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken. For you are dust, and to dust you…”
— Genesis 3:19
“Jesus wept.”
— John 11:35
“My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from helping me, and from the words of my groaning?”
— Psalms 22:1
“They divide my garments among them. They cast lots for my clothing.”
— Psalms 22:18
“for all have sinned, and fall short of the glory of God;”
— Romans 3:23
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