2Ch 30:8 | NET2full | STEP | Now , don’t be stubborn like your fathers . Submit to the Lord and come to his sanctuary which he has permanently consecrated . Serve the Lord your God so that he might relent from his raging anger .

2 Chronicles 30:8

8 Now, don’t be stubborn ^{▼▼tn Heb “don’t stiffen your neck” (a Hebrew idiom for being stubborn).} like your fathers. Submit ^{▼▼tn Heb “give a hand.” On the meaning of the idiom here, see HALOT 387 s.v. I יָד 2.} to the Lord and come to his sanctuary which he has permanently consecrated. Serve the Lord your God so that he might relent from his raging anger. ^{▼▼tn Heb “so that the rage of his anger might turn from you.” The jussive with vav conjunctive indicates purpose/result after the preceding imperative.}