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1 Kings 16:2

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“You were a nobody, but I made you the leader of my people Israel. And now you have sinned like Jeroboam and have led my people into sin. Their sins have aroused my anger,

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The Lord will abandon Israel because Jeroboam sinned and led the people of Israel into sin.”

Go and tell Jeroboam that this is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says to him: ‘I chose you from among the people and made you the ruler of my people Israel.

Like his father before him, he sinned against the Lord and led Israel into sin.

Like King Jeroboam before him, he sinned against the Lord and led Israel into sin.

He said to Aaron, “What did these people do to you, that you have made them commit such a terrible sin?”

The children gather firewood, the men build fires, and the women mix dough to bake cakes for the goddess they call the Queen of Heaven. They also pour out offerings of wine to other gods, in order to hurt me.

So then, whoever disobeys even the least important of the commandments and teaches others to do the same, will be least in the Kingdom of heaven. On the other hand, whoever obeys the Law and teaches others to do the same, will be great in the Kingdom of heaven.

He has brought down mighty kings from their thrones, and lifted up the lowly.

Stop it, my sons! This is an awful thing the people of the Lord are talking about!

He lifts the poor from the dust and raises the needy from their misery. He makes them companions of princes and puts them in places of honor. The foundations of the earth belong to the Lord; on them he has built the world.

Your Majesty, listen to what I have to say. If it is the Lord who has turned you against me, an offering to him will make him change his mind; but if some people have done it, may the Lord's curse fall on them. For they have driven me out from the Lord's land to a country where I can only worship foreign gods.




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