If you say, ‘Why do we persecute him?’ Seeing the root of the matter has been found in me,
“And all Yisra’ĕl shall mourn for him and bury him, for he is the only one of Yaroḇ‛am who shall come to the burial-site, because in him there is found a good report toward יהוה Elohim of Yisra’ĕl, in the house of Yaroḇ‛am.
Why do you persecute me like Ěl does, and are not satisfied with my flesh?
fear the sword yourselves, for wrath brings the punishment of the sword, so that you know there is a judgment.”
For they persecute him whom You have stricken, And talk about the pain of those You have wounded.