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.
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.
- BSB So now I will consume Baasha and his house, and I will make your house like that of Jeroboam 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.
- 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 14:10therefore, behold, I will bring evil on the house of Jeroboam, and will cut off from Jeroboam everyone who urinates on a wall, he who is shut up and he who is left at large in Israel, and will utterly sweep away the house of Jeroboam, as a man sweeps away dung, until it is all gone.
- Jer 22:19He shall be buried with the burial of a donkey, drawn and cast out beyond the gates of Jerusalem.”
- Isa 66:24“They will go out, and look at the dead bodies of the men who have transgressed against me; for their worm will not die, nor will their fire be quenched, and they will be loathsome to all mankind.”
- 1 Kgs 21:21–24Behold, I will bring evil on you, and will utterly sweep you away and will cut off from Ahab everyone who urinates against a wall, and him who is shut up and him who is left at large in Israel.
- 1 Kgs 15:29–30As soon as he was king, he struck all the house of Jeroboam. He didn’t leave to Jeroboam any who breathed, until he had destroyed him; according to the saying of Yahweh, which he spoke by his servant Ahijah the Shilonite;
- 1 Kgs 16:11–12When he began to reign, as soon as he sat on his throne, he attacked all the house of Baasha. He didn’t leave him a single one who urinates on a wall among his relatives or his friends.
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