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Go and tell Jeroboam that this is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says.”

The Lord’s Message for Jeroboam

I raised you up from among the people, and I appointed you leader over my people Israel. I tore the kingdom from the house of David and gave it to you. But you have not been like my servant David, who kept my commands and followed me with all his heart by doing only what was right in my eyes. You have done more evil than all those who came before you, and you have made for yourself other gods and images of cast metal, provoking me to anger. You threw me behind your back.

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