1 KINGS 14:9 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 0
“But hast done evil above all that were before thee: for thou hast gone and made thee other gods, and molten images, to provoke me to anger, and hast cast me behind thy back:”
Therefore behold, I will bring evil upon the house of Jeroboam and will cut off from Jeroboam every male, both bond and free in Israel, and will burn up the house of Jeroboam, as a man burns up dung until it is all gone — The judgment is sweeping and comprehensive. The phrase יַשְׁמִיד לְיָרְבְּעָם כָּל־זָכָר (I will cut off every male from Jeroboam) employs the language of ḥerem—utter annihilation. The comparison to burning dung underscores utter contempt and waste.
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