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10 Therefore, listen to this! I myself will bring disaster on the house of Jeroboam. I will exterminate everyone in Israel connected to Jeroboam, all those who urinate against the wall,[a] both bound and free.[b] I will burn up the house of Jeroboam as completely as manure is burned. 11 The dogs will eat those who belong to Jeroboam who die in the city, and the birds of the air will eat those who die in the country, because the Lord has spoken.

12 As for you, go home. As soon as your feet enter the city, the boy will die.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 14:10 This seems to be a crude term used only when making threats of a violent death.
  2. 1 Kings 14:10 It is uncertain which categories of people these terms refer to.