Study Desk

"Go, say to Jeroboam, 'This is what the LORD, the God of Israel says: "^(C1)Because I exalted you from among the people and made you leader over My people Israel,

and ^(C1)tore the kingdom away from the house of David and gave it to you—^(C2)yet you have not been like My servant David, who kept My commandments and followed Me with all his heart, ^(C3)to do only that which was right in My sight;

you also have done more evil than all who were before you, and ^(C1)you have gone and made for yourself other gods and ^(C2)cast metal images to provoke Me to anger, and have ^(C3)thrown Me behind your back—

therefore behold, I am bringing disaster on the house of Jeroboam, and ^(C1)I will eliminate from Jeroboam ^(F1)every male person, ^(C2)both ^(F2)bond and free in Israel, and I ^(C3)will make a clean sweep of the house of Jeroboam, just as one sweeps away dung until it is all gone.

"^(C1)Anyone belonging to Jeroboam who dies in the city, the dogs will eat. And anyone who dies in the field, the birds of the sky will eat; for the LORD has spoken it."'