2 Chronicles 15:5 (DRB)

Passage

At that time there shall be no peace to him that goeth out and cometh in, but terrors on every side among all the inhabitants of the earth.

Nearby Context

2 Chronicles 15:3 And many days shall pass in Israel, without the true God, and without a priest a teacher, and without the law.

2 Chronicles 15:4 And when in their distress they shall return to the Lord the God of Israel, and shall seek him, they shall find him.

2 Chronicles 15:5 At that time there shall be no peace to him that goeth out and cometh in, but terrors on every side among all the inhabitants of the earth.

2 Chronicles 15:6 For nation shall fight against nation, and city against city, for the Lord will trouble them with all distress.

2 Chronicles 15:7 Do you therefore take courage, and let not your hands be weakened: for there shall be a reward for your work.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "time", "shall", "peace", "goeth", "cometh", "terrors", "side", and "inhabitants". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "time" and "shall", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 4's "And when in their distress they shall..." into verse 6's "For nation shall fight against nation and...", so "time" and "shall" belong inside that flow. In 2 Chronicles context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "time" and "shall" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.