John Gill Commentary 2 Chronicles 30:8

"Now be ye not stiffnecked, as your fathers were; but yield yourselves unto Jehovah, and enter into his sanctuary, which he hath sanctified for ever, and serve Jehovah your God, that his fierce anger may turn away from you." — 2 Chronicles 30:8 (ASV)

Now be you not stiffnecked, as your fathers were,
&c.] Obstinate and refractory, like heifers unaccustomed to the yoke, which draw back from it, and will not submit to it:

but yield yourselves unto the Lord ;
be subject unto him, or "give the hand" ^F17 to him, as a token of subjection and homage, or of entering into covenant with him, promising for the future to serve and obey him:

and enter into his sanctuary, which he has sanctified for ever ;
set apart for worship and service, until the Messiah should come:

and serve the Lord your God ;
there, in the temple, according to his prescribed will:

that the fierceness of his wrath may turn away from you ;
which had already broke out, in suffering the Assyrians to invade their land, and distress them.

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FOOTNOTES:

• F17: (dy wnt) "date manum", Pagninus, Montanus