and also for the innocent blood which he shed, for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood; and the LORD would not forgive.Manasseh, a previous king of Judah, had flagrantly ignored God's commands, and had practiced all the abominable customs of the false gods. God had had enough, and had finally condemned Judah for that previous king's misdeeds. Apparenly, Manasseh had also killed a lot of people. I don't recall if this was some kind of purge or punishment, or if they were killed for sacrifices to the false gods.
God had finally had enough, and was destroying Judah. I find it interesting that it says here that God would not forgive. He had before, if not forgiven, at least not acted upon Judah's transgressions. From what had been said before, I didn't think God had forgiven them, but he didn't immediately condemn them either. Had God previously forgiven them for at least some of their sins?
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