1 Kings 14:15

Ahijah’s Prophecy against Jeroboam · 1 Kings 14:1–18
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Translations

Modern
For the LORD will strike Israel as a reed is shaken in the water. He will uproot Israel from this good land that He gave their fathers, and He will scatter them beyond the Euphrates, because they have made their Asherah poles, provoking the LORD to anger.
Traditional
For the Lord shall smite Israel, as a reed is shaken in the water, and he shall root up Israel out of this good land, which he gave to their fathers, and shall scatter them beyond the river, because they have made their groves, provoking the Lord to anger.
Literal
For YHWH will strike Israel as the reed is shaken in the waters, and He will uproot Israel from this good land that He gave to their fathers, and He will scatter them beyond the River upon that they have made their Asherah poles, which provoked to anger YHWH.
Latin
…et percutiet Dominus Deus Israël, sicut moveri solet arundo in aqua: et evellet Israël de terra bona hac, quam dedit patribus eorum, et ventilabit eos trans flumen: quia fecerunt sibi lucos, ut irritarent Dominum.

Original

Hebrew
English
For the LORD will strike Israel as a reed is shaken in the water. He will uproot Israel from this good land that He gave their fathers, and He will scatter them beyond the Euphrates, because they have made their Asherah poles, provoking the LORD to anger.

Notes

People believed Asherah was the partner of El, the ancient Canaanite god. Worship of Asherah involved fertility rituals at sacred trees or poles. This practice became a recurring sin for God's people (1 Kings 15:13; 16:33; 18:19; Deuteronomy 16:21; Judges 3:7).

Events

People

Asherah: Canaanite goddess; associated with wooden poles, idolatry Israel: Patriarch, son of Isaac, father of twelve tribes

Places

Euphrates: Major river in ancient Near East; boundary of Promised Land

Glossary

Ahijah Jeroboam Kings, Books of First and Second Wrath of God

Topics

Abijah: Son of Jeroboam Calves of Jeroboam: Guilt of Worshipping Government: God In in Blotting out the Household of Jeroboam Groves: Punishment for Making and Serving Groves: Worshiped by Israelites Jeroboam: First King of Israel After the Revolt: Ahijah's Prophecy Concerning Jeroboam: His Wife Sent to Consult the Prophet Ahijah Concerning Her Child Judgments: Jeroboam Prophecies Concerning Israel: Prophecies Concerning of Captivity, Famine, and Judgments Prophecy: Miscellaneous, Fulfilled: Extinction of Jeroboam's House Reed of Weakness