And I will cast you out of My presence, just as I have cast out all your brothers, all the descendants of Ephraim.
Parallel translations
- WEB I will cast you out of my sight, as I have cast out all your brothers, even the whole offspring of Ephraim.
- KJV And I will cast you out of my sight, as I have cast out all your brethren, even the whole seed of Ephraim.
- NKJV And I will cast you out of My sight, as I have cast out all your brethren—the whole posterity of Ephraim.
- NASB I will hurl you out of My sight, just as I have hurled out all your brothers, all the descendants of Ephraim.
- NLT And I will send you out of my sight into exile, just as I did your relatives, the people of Israel.’
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Quick answer
God warns He will cast them out of His sight as He cast out the northern tribes of Ephraim. The fate of the northern kingdom is a warning Judah is repeating.
Overview
The northern kingdom (Ephraim/Israel) had already gone into Assyrian exile for similar sins. God now threatens Judah with the same expulsion from His presence. The parallel underscores that covenant privilege does not exempt a people from judgment when they persist in rebellion.
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Cross-references · 15
- Jer 15:1Then the LORD said to me: “Even if Moses and Samuel should stand before Me, My heart would not go out to this people. Send them from My presence, and let them go.
- Jer 52:3For because of the anger of the LORD, all this happened in Jerusalem and Judah, until He finally banished them from His presence. And Zedekiah also rebelled against the king of Babylon.
- 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.
- Hos 13:16Samaria will bear her guilt because she has rebelled against her God. They will fall by the sword; their little ones will be dashed to pieces, and their pregnant women ripped open.
- 2 Kgs 17:23Finally, the LORD removed Israel from His presence, as He had declared through all His servants the prophets. So Israel was exiled from their homeland into Assyria, where they are to this day.
- Jer 23:39therefore I will surely forget you and will cast you out of My presence, both you and the city that I gave to you and your fathers.
- Hos 1:4Then the LORD said to Hosea, “Name him Jezreel, for soon I will bring the bloodshed of Jezreel upon the house of Jehu, and I will put an end to the kingdom of Israel.
- 2 Kgs 24:20For because of the anger of the LORD, all this happened in Jerusalem and Judah, until He finally banished them from His presence. And Zedekiah also rebelled against the king of Babylon.
- Hos 9:9They have deeply corrupted themselves as in the days of Gibeah; He will remember their guilt; He will punish their sins.
- Jer 3:8She saw that because faithless Israel had committed adultery, I gave her a certificate of divorce and sent her away. Yet that unfaithful sister Judah had no fear and prostituted herself as well.
- Ps 78:67–68He rejected the tent of Joseph and refused the tribe of Ephraim.
- Hos 9:3They will not remain in the land of the LORD; Ephraim will return to Egypt and eat unclean food in Assyria.
- 2 Chr 15:9And he assembled all Judah and Benjamin, along with those from the tribes of Ephraim, Manasseh, and Simeon who had settled among them, for great numbers had come over to him from Israel when they saw that the LORD his God was with him.
- 2 Kgs 17:18–20So the LORD was very angry with Israel, and He removed them from His presence. Only the tribe of Judah remained,
- Hos 12:1Ephraim chases the wind and pursues the east wind all day long; he multiplies lies and violence; he makes a covenant with Assyria and sends olive oil to Egypt.
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