15 “For the Lord will strike Israel, just as a reed sways in the water; and (A)He will uproot Israel from (B)this good land which He gave to their fathers, and (C)will scatter them beyond the Euphrates River, (D)because they have made their [a]Asherim, provoking the Lord to anger. 16 He will give up Israel (E)because of the sins of Jeroboam, which he [b]committed and with which he misled Israel into sin.”

17 Then Jeroboam’s wife arose and departed, and came to (F)Tirzah. (G)As she was entering the threshold of the house, the child died.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 14:15 I.e., wooden symbols of a female deity (Asherah)
  2. 1 Kings 14:16 Lit sinned

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