Leeser(i)
7 Go, say to Jerobo’am, Thus hath said the Lord the God of Israel, Forasmuch as I exalted thee from the midst of the people, and made thee prince over my people Israel,
8 And I rent the kingdom away from the house of David, and gave it unto thee; whereas thou hast not been like my servant David, who kept my commandments, and who followed after me with all his heart, to do only what is right in my eyes;
9 And thou hast done more evil than all that were before thee; and thou art gone and hast made unto thyself other gods, and molten images, to provoke me to anger, and me hast thou cast behind thy back:
10 Therefore, behold, will I bring evil upon the house of Jerobo’am, and will cut off from Jerobo’am every male, also the guarded and fortified in Israel; and I will sweep out after the house of Jerobo’am as one sweepeth away the dung till there be nothing left of it.
11 Him that dieth of Jerobo’am in the city shall the dogs eat; and him that dieth in the field shall the fowls of the heavens eat; for the Lord hath spoken it.
12 But thou, arise now, go to thy own house: when thy feet enter into the city, the child shall die.
13 And all Israel shall mourn for him, and bury him; for this one alone shall come of Jerobo’am’s family to the grave; because there hath been found in him some good thing toward the Lord the God of Israel in the house of Jerobo’am.
14 And the Lord will raise up unto himself a king over Israel, who shall cut off the house of Jerobo’am what is here this day, and what will be after this.
15 And the Lord will smite Israel, as the reed is shaken in the water, and he will pull up Israel out of this good land, which he gave to their fathers, and will scatter them on the other side of the river; because they have made their groves, provoking the Lord to anger.
16 And he will give Israel up for the sake of the sins of Jerobo’am, who did sin, and who induced Israel to sin.