So this matter became sin against the house of Jeroboam, in the end, wiping it out and destroying it from the face of the earth.
1 Kings 14:11 - Tree of Life Version Anyone who belongs to Jeroboam and dies in the city, the dogs will eat, and anyone who dies in the field, the birds of the sky will eat. For Adonai has spoken it. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Him that dieth of Jeroboam in the city shall the dogs eat; and him that dieth in the field shall the fowls of the air eat: for the LORD hath spoken it. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Anyone belonging to Jeroboam who dies in the city the dogs shall eat, and any who dies in the field the birds of the heavens shall eat. For the Lord has spoken it. American Standard Version (1901) Him that dieth of Jeroboam in the city shall the dogs eat; and him that dieth in the field shall the birds of the heavens eat: for Jehovah hath spoken it. Common English Bible Dogs will eat any of Jeroboam’s family who die in town. Birds will eat those who die in the field. The LORD has spoken! Catholic Public Domain Version Those who will have died of Jeroboam in the city, the dogs will devour them. And those who will have died in the field, the birds of the heavens will devour them. For the Lord has spoken.' Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Them that shall die of Jeroboam in the city the dogs shall eat: and them that shall die in the field the birds of the air shall devour: for the Lord hath spoken it. |
So this matter became sin against the house of Jeroboam, in the end, wiping it out and destroying it from the face of the earth.
As soon as he became king, he struck down all the household of Jeroboam. He did not spare Jeroboam anything with breath until he had destroyed him, just as was the word of Adonai that He spoke by the hand of His servant Ahijah the Shilonite,
I am about to consume Baasa and his house. I will make your house like the house of Jeroboam son of Nebat.
Anyone of Baasa who dies in the city, the dogs will eat, and anyone of his who dies in the field, the birds of the sky will eat.”
You shall speak to him saying, ‘Thus says Adonai: Have you murdered and then taken possession?’ You shall also speak to him saying, ‘Thus says Adonai: In the same place where dogs licked the blood of Naboth shall dogs lick your blood too.’”
I will make the house of Ahab like the house of Jeroboam son of Nebat, and like the house of Baasa son of Ahijah.
The glory of Adonai will be revealed, and all flesh will see it together.” For the mouth of Adonai has spoken.
“As they leave, they will look on the corpses of the people who rebelled against Me. For their worm will not die, and their fire will not be quenched, and they will be a horror to all flesh.”
I have appointed over them four kinds” —it is a declaration of Adonai— “the sword to slay, the dogs to drag, the birds of the sky and the beasts of the earth to devour and to destroy.
I will even give them into the hand of their enemies and into the hand of them who seek their life, and their dead bodies will be for food to the birds of the sky and to the beasts of the earth.
God is not a man who lies, or a son of man who changes his mind! Does He speak and then not do it, or promise and not fulfill it?