If ye say, How we will persecute him! Seeing that the root of the matter is found in me;
Why do ye persecute me as God, And are not satisfied with my flesh?
For they persecute him whom thou hast smitten; And they tell of the sorrow of those whom thou hast wounded.
And all Israel shall mourn for him, and bury him; for he only of Jeroboam shall come to the grave: because in him there is found some good thing toward the LORD, the God of Israel, in the house of Jeroboam.
Be ye afraid of the sword: For wrath bringeth the punishments of the sword, That ye may know there is a judgement.