2 Chronicles 15:3 (GNV)

Passage

Nowe for a long season Israel hath bene without the true God, and without Priest to teach and without Lawe.

Nearby Context

2 Chronicles 15:1 Then the Spirite of God came vpon Azariah the sonne of Obed.

2 Chronicles 15:2 And he went out to meete Asa, and said vnto him, O Asa, and all Iudah, and Beniamin, heare ye me. The Lord is with you, while ye be with him: and if ye seeke him, he wil be founde of you, but if ye forsake him, he will forsake you.

2 Chronicles 15:3 Nowe for a long season Israel hath bene without the true God, and without Priest to teach and without Lawe.

2 Chronicles 15:4 But whosoeuer returned in his affliction to the Lord God of Israel, and sought him, he was founde of them.

2 Chronicles 15:5 And in that time there was no peace to him, that did goe out and goe in: but great troubles were to all the inhabitants of the earth.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "nowe", "long", "season", "israel", "hath", "bene", "without", and "true". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "nowe" and "long", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 2's "And he went out to meete Asa..." into verse 4's "But whosoeuer returned in his affliction to...", so "nowe" and "long" 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 "nowe" and "long" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.