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1 Kings 16:13

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This happened because of all the sins Baasha and his son Elah had committed, and because of the sins they led Israel to commit. They provoked the anger of the Lord, the God of Israel, with their worthless idols.

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He will abandon Israel because Jeroboam sinned and made Israel sin along with him.”

There was constant war between King Asa of Judah and King Baasha of Israel.

This was done because Jeroboam had provoked the anger of the Lord, the God of Israel, by the sins he had committed and the sins he had led Israel to commit.

He followed the example of Jeroboam son of Nebat in all the sins he had committed and led Israel to commit. The people provoked the anger of the Lord, the God of Israel, with their worthless idols.

They rejected his decrees and the covenant he had made with their ancestors, and they despised all his warnings. They worshiped worthless idols, so they became worthless themselves. They followed the example of the nations around them, disobeying the Lord’s command not to imitate them.

See, they are all foolish, worthless things. All your idols are as empty as the wind.

Idols are worthless; they are ridiculous lies! On the day of reckoning they will all be destroyed.

People who worship idols are stupid and foolish. The things they worship are made of wood!

Those who worship false gods turn their backs on all God’s mercies.

So, what about eating meat that has been offered to idols? Well, we all know that an idol is not really a god and that there is only one God.

They have roused my jealousy by worshiping things that are not God; they have provoked my anger with their useless idols. Now I will rouse their jealousy through people who are not even a people; I will provoke their anger through the foolish Gentiles.

Don’t go back to worshiping worthless idols that cannot help or rescue you—they are totally useless!




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