And I will cast you out of my sight, as I have cast out all your brethren, even the whole seed 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.
- BSB And I will cast you out of My presence, just as I have cast out all your brothers, all the descendants 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.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 15
- Jer 15:1Then said the LORD unto me, Though Moses and Samuel stood before me, yet my mind could not be toward this people: cast them out of my sight, and let them go forth.
- Jer 52:3For through the anger of the LORD it came to pass in Jerusalem and Judah, till he had cast them out from his presence, that Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.
- 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.
- Hos 13:16Samaria shall become desolate; for she hath rebelled against her God: they shall fall by the sword: their infants shall be dashed in pieces, and their women with child shall be ripped up.
- 2 Kgs 17:23Until the LORD removed Israel out of his sight, as he had said by all his servants the prophets. So was Israel carried away out of their own land to Assyria unto this day.
- Jer 23:39Therefore, behold, I, even I, will utterly forget you, and I will forsake you, and the city that I gave you and your fathers, and cast you out of my presence:
- Hos 1:4And the LORD said unto him, Call his name Jezreel; for yet a little while, and I will avenge the blood of Jezreel upon the house of Jehu, and will cause to cease the kingdom of the house of Israel.
- 2 Kgs 24:20For through the anger of the LORD it came to pass in Jerusalem and Judah, until he had cast them out from his presence, that Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.
- Hos 9:9They have deeply corrupted themselves, as in the days of Gibeah: therefore he will remember their iniquity, he will visit their sins.
- Jer 3:8And I saw, when for all the causes whereby backsliding Israel committed adultery I had put her away, and given her a bill of divorce; yet her treacherous sister Judah feared not, but went and played the harlot also.
- Ps 78:67–68Moreover he refused the tabernacle of Joseph, and chose not the tribe of Ephraim:
- Hos 9:3They shall not dwell in the LORD’s land; but Ephraim shall return to Egypt, and they shall eat unclean things in Assyria.
- 2 Chr 15:9And he gathered all Judah and Benjamin, and the strangers with them out of Ephraim and Manasseh, and out of Simeon: for they fell to him out of Israel in abundance, when they saw that the LORD his God was with him.
- 2 Kgs 17:18–20Therefore the LORD was very angry with Israel, and removed them out of his sight: there was none left but the tribe of Judah only.
- Hos 12:1Ephraim feedeth on wind, and followeth after the east wind: he daily increaseth lies and desolation; and they do make a covenant with the Assyrians, and oil is carried into Egypt.
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