But you have done many great sins. Your sins are much worse than the sins of any person that ruled before you. You have quit following me. You made idols and other gods. This has made me very angry.
1 Kings 14:22 - Easy To Read Version The people of Judah also sinned {and did} things that the Lord said were wrong. The people did more things to make the Lord angry at them. These people were worse than their fathers that lived before them. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And Judah did evil in the sight of the LORD, and they provoked him to jealousy with their sins which they had committed, above all that their fathers had done. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And Judah did evil in the sight of the Lord, Whom they provoked to jealousy with the sins they committed, above all that their fathers had done. American Standard Version (1901) And Judah did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, and they provoked him to jealousy with their sins which they committed, above all that their fathers had done. Common English Bible Judah did evil in the LORD’s eyes. The sins they committed made the LORD angrier than anything their ancestors had done. Catholic Public Domain Version And Judah did evil in the sight of the Lord, and they provoked him beyond all that their fathers had done, by their sins that they committed. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And Juda did evil in the sight of the Lord, and provoked him above all that their fathers had done, in their sins which they committed. |
But you have done many great sins. Your sins are much worse than the sins of any person that ruled before you. You have quit following me. You made idols and other gods. This has made me very angry.
Ahab did the things that the Lord said were wrong. And Ahab was worse than all the kings that were before him.
But even the people of Judah did not obey the commands of the Lord their God. The people of Judah lived just like the people of Israel.
“Manasseh king of Judah has done these hated things and has done more evil than the Amorites before him. Manasseh also has caused Judah to sin because of his idols. [260]
Rehoboam became a strong king. He also made his kingdom strong. Then Rehoboam and the family group of Judah {\cf2\super [166]} refused to obey the law of the Lord.
Rehoboam did evil things because he didn’t decide in his heart to obey the Lord.
The people of Israel built high places {\cf2\super [453]} \par and made God angry.\par They built statues of false gods\par and made God very jealous.\par
Zedekiah did evil things, just like King Jehoiakim had done. The Lord did not like Zedekiah doing those evil things.
But your ancestors did not listen to me. They did not pay attention to me. They were very stubborn and did evil worse than their fathers.
Doing that would make the Lord jealous {\cf2\super [75]} ! And we don’t want to do that, do we? No, because he is much stronger than we are.
The Lord became very angry and upset at them. So he took them out of their land. He put them in another land, where they are today.’
Why? Because the Lord your God hates for his people to worship other gods. And the Lord can be like a fire that destroys!
Again the Lord saw the people of Israel do evil things. So the Lord gave Eglon king of Moab power to defeat the people of Israel.
The Lord saw that the people of Israel did evil things. The people of Israel forgot about the Lord their God and served the false gods Baal [23] and Asherah. [24]
After Ehud died, the people again did the things the Lord said are evil.