1 Kings 14:7-16

English Standard Version

⁷ Go, tell Jeroboam, ‘Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: ^(A)“Because I exalted you from among the people and made you leader over my people Israel ⁸ and ^(B)tore the kingdom away from the house of David and gave it to you, and yet you have not been ^(C)like my servant David, who kept my commandments and followed me with all his heart, doing only that which was right in my eyes, ⁹ but you have done evil above all who were before you and have gone and ^(D)made for yourself other gods and ^(E)metal images, provoking me to anger, and ^(F)have cast me behind your back, ¹⁰ therefore behold, I will bring harm upon the house of Jeroboam and ^(G)will cut off from Jeroboam every male, ^(H)both bond and free in Israel, and ^(I)will burn up the house of Jeroboam, as a man burns up dung until it is all gone. ^11 (J)Anyone belonging to Jeroboam who dies in the city the dogs shall eat, and anyone who dies in the open country the birds of the heavens shall eat, for the Lord has spoken it.”’ ¹² Arise therefore, go to your house. ^(K)When your feet enter the city, the child shall die. ¹³ And all Israel shall mourn for him and bury him, for he only of Jeroboam shall come to the grave, because in him ^(L)there is found something pleasing to the Lord, the God of Israel, in the house of Jeroboam. ^14 (M)Moreover, the Lord will raise up for himself a king over Israel who shall cut off the house of Jeroboam today. And henceforth, ¹⁵ the Lord will strike Israel as a reed is shaken in the water, and ^(N)root up Israel out of ^(O)this good land that he gave to their fathers and scatter them ^(P)beyond the Euphrates,^[a] because they have made their ^(Q)Asherim, provoking the Lord to anger. ¹⁶ And he will give Israel up because of the sins of Jeroboam, which he sinned and made Israel to sin.”