So He will give Israel over on account of the sins Jeroboam has committed and has caused Israel to commit.”
Parallel translations
- WEB He will give Israel up because of the sins of Jeroboam, which he has sinned, and with which he has made Israel to sin.”
- KJV And he shall give Israel up because of the sins of Jeroboam, who did sin, and who made Israel to sin.
- NKJV And He will give Israel up because of the sins of Jeroboam, who sinned and who made Israel sin.”
- NASB He will give up Israel because of the sins of Jeroboam, which he committed and with which he misled Israel into sin.”
- NLT He will abandon Israel because Jeroboam sinned and made Israel sin along with him.”
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Quick answer
God will give Israel up because of Jeroboam's sins and the sins he led the nation into. The phrase 'made Israel to sin' becomes Jeroboam's lasting indictment.
Overview
Jeroboam is repeatedly remembered as the king who caused Israel to sin, a refrain throughout Kings. His personal idolatry corrupted the whole nation and sealed its eventual downfall. The verse warns of the grave responsibility of those who lead others into sin, contrasting with Christ who leads His people into righteousness.
Cross-references & the web
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- 1 Kgs 15:30because of the sins Jeroboam had committed and had caused Israel to commit, and because he had provoked the LORD, the God of Israel, to anger.
- 1 Kgs 15:34And Baasha did evil in the sight of the LORD and walked in the way of Jeroboam and in his sin, which he had caused Israel to commit.
- 1 Kgs 13:34And this was the sin of the house of Jeroboam that led to its extermination and destruction from the face of the earth.
- 1 Kgs 16:2“Even though I lifted you out of the dust and made you ruler over My people Israel, you have walked in the way of Jeroboam and have caused My people Israel to sin and to provoke Me to anger by their sins.
- 1 Kgs 12:30And this thing became a sin; the people walked as far as Dan to worship before one of the calves.
- Isa 40:24No sooner are they planted, no sooner are they sown, no sooner have their stems taken root in the ground, than He blows on them and they wither, and a whirlwind sweeps them away like stubble.
- Ps 81:12So I gave them up to their stubborn hearts to follow their own devices.
- Matt 18:7Woe to the world for the causes of sin. These stumbling blocks must come, but woe to the man through whom they come!
- Exod 32:21“What did this people do to you,” Moses asked Aaron, “that you have led them into so great a sin?”
- Hos 9:16–17Ephraim is struck down; their root is withered; they cannot bear fruit. Even if they bear children, I will slay the darlings of their wombs.
- Rom 14:13Therefore let us stop judging one another. Instead, make up your mind not to put any stumbling block or obstacle in your brother’s way.
- Jer 5:31The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests rule by their own authority. My people love it so, but what will you do in the end?
- Mic 6:16You have kept the statutes of Omri and all the practices of Ahab’s house; you have followed their counsel. Therefore I will make you a desolation, and your inhabitants an object of contempt; you will bear the scorn of the nations.”
- Exod 32:35And the LORD sent a plague on the people because of what they had done with the calf that Aaron had made.
- Hos 9:11–12Ephraim’s glory will fly away like a bird, with no birth, no pregnancy, and no conception.
- Hos 5:11–12Ephraim is oppressed, crushed in judgment, for he is determined to follow worthless idols.
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