after that So R.V., R.V. marg. - because that". The purpose of the passage is to account for the destruction of the Temple and the captivity of God's people. The conjunction is not temporal, but causal: -for this reason, namely, that &c." The rendering of the R.V. margin is preferable.

provoked … unto wrath The word used here for -provoke" is found in the Hebrew books with this meaning only in Job 12:6. Elsewhere to -shake", -disquiet", 1 Samuel 28:15; Isaiah 13:13; Isaiah 23:11; Jeremiah 50:34.

the God of heaven See on Ezra 1:2. A general description of Israel's provocation of their God is given in 2 Chronicles 36:14-21.

Nebuchadnezzar Cf. on Ezra 1:7: the Chaldean, i.e. the Babylonian.

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