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1 Kings 14:9

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You have done more evil things than everyone before you. You made other gods, metal idols, for yourself. You made me furious and turned your back to me.

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After seeking advice, the king made two golden calves. He said, “You’ve been worshiping in Jerusalem long enough. Israel, here are your gods who brought you out of Egypt.”

So the Lord will desert Israel because of Jeroboam’s sins, the sins which he led Israel to commit.”

The people of Judah did what the Lord considered evil. Their sins made him more angry than anything their ancestors had done.

As soon as he was king, he killed everyone else in Jeroboam’s family. He did not spare a soul, as the Lord had spoken through his servant Ahijah from Shiloh.

This was because of Jeroboam’s sins and the sins which he led Israel to commit. Those sins made the Lord God of Israel furious.

He did what the Lord considered evil. He lived like Jeroboam and led Israel into committing the ⌞same⌟ sins.

Omri did what the Lord considered evil. He did more evil things than all ⌞the kings⌟ before him.

Ahab, son of Omri, did what the Lord considered evil. He was worse than all ⌞the kings⌟ who were before him.

It wasn’t enough that he committed the same sins as Jeroboam (Nebat’s son). He also married Jezebel, daughter of King Ethbaal of Sidon. Ahab then served and worshiped Baal.

Ahab made poles dedicated to the goddess Asherah. He did more to make the Lord God of Israel furious than all the kings of Israel who came before him.

He rebuilt the illegal places of worship that his father Hezekiah had destroyed. He set up altars dedicated to Baal and made a pole dedicated to the goddess Asherah as King Ahab of Israel had done. Manasseh, like Ahab, worshiped and served the entire army of heaven.

But the Lord still didn’t turn his hot, burning anger from Judah. After all, Manasseh had done all these things to make him furious.

But he would not give up the sins that Jeroboam (Nebat’s son) led Israel to commit. Joram would not turn away from those sins.

Instead, Jeroboam appointed ⌞his own⌟ priests for the illegal worship sites and the goat and calf statues he had made as idols.

He burned his son as a sacrifice in the valley of Ben Hinnom, consulted fortunetellers, cast evil spells, practiced witchcraft, and appointed ⌞royal⌟ mediums and psychics. He did many things that made the Lord furious.

The Israelites captured fortified cities and a rich land. They took possession of houses filled with all sorts of good things, cisterns, vineyards, olive trees, and plenty of fruit trees. So they ate and were satisfied and grew fat. They enjoyed the vast supply of good things you gave them.

But they were defiant and rebelled against you. They threw your teachings over their shoulders and killed your prophets who warned them to turn back to you. They committed outrageous sins.

They infuriated God by what they did, and a plague broke out among them.

You hate discipline. You toss my words behind you.

How often they rebelled against him in the wilderness! How often they caused him grief in the desert!

They tested God Most High and rebelled against him. They did not obey his written instructions.

They made him angry because of their illegal worship sites. They made him furious because they worshiped idols.

You show mercy to thousands of generations. However, you punish children for the wickedness of their parents. You, God, are great and mighty. Your name is the Lord of Armies.

Children gather wood, fathers light fires, and women knead dough to make cakes for the queen of heaven. They pour out wine offerings to other gods in order to make me furious.

But you didn’t obey me or pay attention to me. You became impossible to deal with, and you were worse than your ancestors.

“This is what the Almighty Lord says: You have forgotten me and turned your back on me. So you will be punished for your sinning and prostitution.”

He asked me, “Son of man, do you see this? Isn’t it bad enough that the people of Judah have done these disgusting things that you have seen here? Yet, they also fill the land with violence and continue to provoke me even more. Look how they insult me in the worst possible way.

It stretched out what looked like a hand and grabbed me by the hair on my head. In these visions from God, the Spirit carried me between heaven and earth. He took me to Jerusalem, to the entrance to the north gate of the inner courtyard of the temple. That was where an idol that stirs up ⌞God’s⌟ anger was located.

“Don’t turn to worthless gods or cast metal idols. Never make any gods for yourselves. I am the Lord your God.

Are we trying to make the Lord jealous? Are we stronger than he is?

They made him furious because they worshiped foreign gods and angered him because they worshiped worthless idols. So I will use those who are not my people to make them jealous and a nation of godless fools to make them angry.

You’ve rebelled against the Lord as long as I’ve known you.

When the people chose new gods, war broke out inside the city gates. Not a weapon was seen among 40,000 in Israel.




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