1 Kings 14:9–16

⁹You behaved more wickedly than all who were before you.^ab In order to anger me, you have proceeded to make for yourself other gods and cast images,^ac but you have flung me behind your back.^{ad 10}Because of all this, I am about to bring disaster on the house of Jeroboam:

I will wipe out all of Jeroboam’s males,^B

both slave and free,^C in Israel;

I will sweep away the house of Jeroboam

as one sweeps away dung until it is all gone!^a

¹¹Anyone who belongs to Jeroboam and dies in the city,

the dogs will eat,

and anyone who dies in the field,

the birds^D will eat,^b

for the Lord has spoken!’

¹²“As for you, get up and go to your house. When your feet enter the city, the boy will die.^{c 13}All Israel will mourn for him and bury him. He alone out of Jeroboam’s house will be given a proper burial because out of the house of Jeroboam something favorable to the Lord God of Israel was found in him.^{d 14}The Lord will raise up for himself a king over Israel, who will wipe out the house of Jeroboam.^e This is the day, yes,^E even today! ¹⁵For the Lord will strike Israel so that they will^F shake as a reed shakes in water. He will uproot Israel from this good soil that he gave to their ancestors.^f He will scatter them beyond the Euphrates^g because they made their Asherah poles, angering the Lord.^{h 16}He will give up Israel because of Jeroboam’s sins that he committed and caused Israel to commit.”ⁱ