2 Chronicles 15:5 (GNV)

Passage

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.

Nearby Context

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.

2 Chronicles 15:6 For nation was destroyed of nation, and citie of citie: for God troubled them with all aduersitie.

2 Chronicles 15:7 Be ye strong therefore, and let not your handes be weake: for your worke shall haue a rewarde.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "time", "peace", "great", "troubles", "inhabitants", and "earth". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "time" and "peace", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 4's "But whosoeuer returned in his affliction to..." into verse 6's "For nation was destroyed of nation and...", so "time" and "peace" 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 "peace" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.