15 the Lord will strike Israel as a reed is shaken in the water, and (A)root up Israel out of (B)this good land that he gave to their fathers and scatter them (C)beyond the Euphrates,[a] because they have made their (D)Asherim, provoking the Lord to anger.

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  1. 1 Kings 14:15 Hebrew the River

15 And the Lord will strike Israel, so that it will be like a reed swaying in the water. He will uproot(A) Israel from this good land that he gave to their ancestors and scatter them beyond the Euphrates River, because they aroused(B) the Lord’s anger by making Asherah(C) poles.[a]

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  1. 1 Kings 14:15 That is, wooden symbols of the goddess Asherah; here and elsewhere in 1 Kings

20 (A)then I will pluck you[a] up from my land that I have given you, and this house that I have consecrated for my name, I will cast out of my sight, and I will make it (B)a proverb and a byword among all peoples.

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  1. 2 Chronicles 7:20 Hebrew them; twice in this verse

20 then I will uproot(A) Israel from my land,(B) which I have given them, and will reject this temple I have consecrated for my Name. I will make it a byword and an object of ridicule(C) among all peoples.

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14 Thus says the Lord concerning all (A)my evil neighbors (B)who touch the heritage that (C)I have given my people Israel to inherit: “Behold, I will pluck them up from their land, and I will pluck up the house of Judah from among them.

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14 This is what the Lord says: “As for all my wicked neighbors who seize the inheritance(A) I gave my people Israel, I will uproot(B) them from their lands and I will uproot(C) the people of Judah from among them.

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