So now I will consume Baasha and his house, and I will make your house like that of Jeroboam son of Nebat:
Parallel translations
- WEB behold, I will utterly sweep away Baasha and his house; and I will make your house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat.
- KJV Behold, I will take away the posterity of Baasha, and the posterity of his house; and will make thy house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat.
- NKJV surely I will take away the posterity of Baasha and the posterity of his house, and I will make your house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat.
- NASB behold, I am going to burn Baasha and his house, and I will make your house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat.
- NLT So now I will destroy you and your family, just as I destroyed the descendants of Jeroboam son of Nebat.
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God announces He will sweep away Baasha's house, making it like the destroyed house of Jeroboam.
Overview
The sentence pronounced on Baasha exactly mirrors the judgment that fell on Jeroboam, the dynasty Baasha himself had wiped out. This shows the consistency and impartiality of God's justice: the same sin brings the same end. The repetition of the formula reinforces that those who imitate the wicked will share their fate.
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Cross-references · 6
- 1 Kgs 14:10Because of all this, behold, I am bringing disaster on the house of Jeroboam: I will cut off from Jeroboam every male, both slave and free, in Israel; I will burn up the house of Jeroboam as one burns up dung until it is gone!
- Jer 22:19He will be buried like a donkey, dragged away and thrown outside the gates of Jerusalem.
- Isa 66:24“As they go forth, they will see the corpses of the men who have rebelled against Me; for their worm will never die, their fire will never be quenched, and they will be a horror to all mankind.”
- 1 Kgs 21:21–24This is what the LORD says: ‘I will bring calamity on you and consume your descendants; I will cut off from Ahab every male in Israel, both slave and free.
- 1 Kgs 15:29–30As soon as Baasha became king, he struck down the entire household of Jeroboam. He did not leave to Jeroboam anyone that breathed, but destroyed them all according to the word that the LORD had spoken through His servant Ahijah the Shilonite,
- 1 Kgs 16:11–12As soon as Zimri began to reign and was seated on the throne, he struck down the entire household of Baasha. He did not leave a single male, whether a kinsman or friend.
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