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1 Kings 14:15

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For the LORD shall smite Israel, as a reed is shaken in the water, and he shall root up Israel out of this good land, which he gave to their fathers, and shall scatter them beyond the river, because they have made their groves, provoking the LORD to anger.

For the LORD {H3068} shall smite {H5221} Israel {H3478}, as a reed {H7070} is shaken {H5110} in the water {H4325}, and he shall root up {H5428} Israel {H3478} out of this good {H2896} land {H127}, which he gave {H5414} to their fathers {H1}, and shall scatter {H2219} them beyond {H5676} the river {H5104}, because they have made {H6213} their groves {H842}, provoking the LORD {H3068} to anger {H3707}.

ADONAI will strike Isra'el until it shakes like a reed in the water; he will uproot Isra'el from this good land, which he gave to their ancestors, and scatter them beyond the [Euphrates] River; because they made sacred poles for themselves, thus making ADONAI angry.

For the LORD will strike Israel as a reed is shaken in the water. He will uproot Israel from this good land that He gave their fathers, and He will scatter them beyond the Euphrates, because they have made their Asherah poles, provoking the LORD to anger.

For Jehovah will smite Israel, as a reed is shaken in the water; and he will root up Israel out of this good land which he gave to their fathers, and will scatter them beyond the River, because they have made their Asherim, provoking Jehovah to anger.

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Cross-References

  • Joshua 23:15 (5 votes)

    Therefore it shall come to pass, [that] as all good things are come upon you, which the LORD your God promised you; so shall the LORD bring upon you all evil things, until he have destroyed you from off this good land which the LORD your God hath given you.

  • Joshua 23:16 (5 votes)

    When ye have transgressed the covenant of the LORD your God, which he commanded you, and have gone and served other gods, and bowed yourselves to them; then shall the anger of the LORD be kindled against you, and ye shall perish quickly from off the good land which he hath given unto you.

  • Psalms 52:5 (5 votes)

    God shall likewise destroy thee for ever, he shall take thee away, and pluck thee out of [thy] dwelling place, and root thee out of the land of the living. Selah.

  • 2 Kings 15:29 (4 votes)

    In the days of Pekah king of Israel came Tiglathpileser king of Assyria, and took Ijon, and Abelbethmaachah, and Janoah, and Kedesh, and Hazor, and Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali, and carried them captive to Assyria.

  • Exodus 34:13 (3 votes)

    But ye shall destroy their altars, break their images, and cut down their groves:

  • Exodus 34:14 (3 votes)

    For thou shalt worship no other god: for the LORD, whose name [is] Jealous, [is] a jealous God:

  • Proverbs 2:22 (3 votes)

    But the wicked shall be cut off from the earth, and the transgressors shall be rooted out of it.