And he shall give Israel up because of the sins of Jeroboam, who did sin, and who made Israel to sin.
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.”
- BSB So He will give Israel over on account of the sins Jeroboam has committed and has caused Israel to commit.”
- 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 of Jeroboam which he sinned, and which he made Israel sin, by his provocation wherewith he provoked the LORD God of Israel to anger.
- 1 Kgs 15:34And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the way of Jeroboam, and in his sin wherewith he made Israel to sin.
- 1 Kgs 13:34And this thing became sin unto the house of Jeroboam, even to cut it off, and to destroy it from off the face of the earth.
- 1 Kgs 16:2Forasmuch as I exalted thee out of the dust, and made thee prince over my people Israel; and thou hast walked in the way of Jeroboam, and hast made my people Israel to sin, to provoke me to anger with their sins;
- 1 Kgs 12:30And this thing became a sin: for the people went to worship before the one, even unto Dan.
- Isa 40:24Yea, they shall not be planted; yea, they shall not be sown: yea, their stock shall not take root in the earth: and he shall also blow upon them, and they shall wither, and the whirlwind shall take them away as stubble.
- Ps 81:12So I gave them up unto their own hearts’ lust: and they walked in their own counsels.
- Matt 18:7Woe unto the world because of offences! for it must needs be that offences come; but woe to that man by whom the offence cometh!
- Exod 32:21And Moses said unto Aaron, What did this people unto thee, that thou hast brought so great a sin upon them?
- Hos 9:16–17Ephraim is smitten, their root is dried up, they shall bear no fruit: yea, though they bring forth, yet will I slay even the beloved fruit of their womb.
- Rom 14:13Let us not therefore judge one another any more: but judge this rather, that no man put a stumblingblock or an occasion to fall in his brother’s way.
- Jer 5:31The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love to have it so: and what will ye do in the end thereof?
- Mic 6:16For the statutes of Omri are kept, and all the works of the house of Ahab, and ye walk in their counsels; that I should make thee a desolation, and the inhabitants thereof an hissing: therefore ye shall bear the reproach of my people.
- Exod 32:35And the LORD plagued the people, because they made the calf, which Aaron made.
- Hos 9:11–12As for Ephraim, their glory shall fly away like a bird, from the birth, and from the womb, and from the conception.
- Hos 5:11–12Ephraim is oppressed and broken in judgment, because he willingly walked after the commandment.
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