² “I lifted you up from the dust^(A) and appointed you ruler^(B) over my people Israel, but you followed the ways of Jeroboam and caused^(C) my people Israel to sin and to arouse my anger by their sins.

¹⁹ because of the sins he had committed, doing evil in the eyes of the Lord and following the ways of Jeroboam and committing the same sin Jeroboam had caused Israel to commit.

²⁶ He followed completely the ways of Jeroboam son of Nebat, committing the same sin Jeroboam had caused^(A) Israel to commit, so that they aroused the anger of the Lord, the God of Israel, by their worthless idols.^(B)