And I will send you out of my sight into exile, just as I did your relatives, the people of Israel.’
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.
- 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.
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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 Yahweh said to me, “Though Moses and Samuel stood before me, yet my mind would not be toward this people. Cast them out of my sight, and let them go out!
- Jer 52:3For through Yahweh’s anger this happened in Jerusalem and Judah, until he had cast them out from his presence. Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.
- Hos 9:16–17Ephraim is struck. Their root has dried up. They will bear no fruit. Even though they give birth, yet I will kill the beloved ones of their womb.”
- Hos 13:16Samaria will bear her guilt; for she has rebelled against her God. They will fall by the sword. Their infants will be dashed in pieces, and their pregnant women will be ripped open.”
- 2 Kgs 17:23until Yahweh removed Israel out of his sight, as he said by all his servants the prophets. So Israel was carried away out of their own land to Assyria to this day.
- Jer 23:39therefore, behold, I will utterly forget you, and I will cast you off, and the city that I gave to you and to your fathers, away from my presence.
- Hos 1:4Yahweh said to him, “Call his name Jezreel; for yet a little while, and I will avenge the blood of Jezreel on the house of Jehu, and will cause the kingdom of the house of Israel to cease.
- 2 Kgs 24:20For through the anger of Yahweh, this happened in Jerusalem and Judah, until he had cast them out from his presence. Then Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.
- Hos 9:9They have deeply corrupted themselves, as in the days of Gibeah. He will remember their iniquity. He will punish them for their sins.
- Jer 3:8I saw when, for this very cause, that backsliding Israel had committed adultery, I had put her away and given her a bill of divorce, yet treacherous Judah, her sister, had no fear; but she also went and played the prostitute.
- Ps 78:67–68Moreover he rejected the tent of Joseph, and didn’t choose the tribe of Ephraim,
- Hos 9:3They won’t dwell in Yahweh’s land; but Ephraim will return to Egypt, and they will eat unclean food in Assyria.
- 2 Chr 15:9He gathered all Judah and Benjamin, and those who lived with them out of Ephraim, Manasseh, and Simeon; for they came to him out of Israel in abundance when they saw that Yahweh his God was with him.
- 2 Kgs 17:18–20Therefore Yahweh 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 feeds on wind, and chases the east wind. He continually multiplies lies and desolation. They make a covenant with Assyria, and oil is carried into Egypt.
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