1 Kings 14:15 “For the LORD will strike Israel as a reed is shaken in the water. He w…”

1 Kings 14:15

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.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

World English Bible

For the LORD will strike Israel, as a reed is shaken in the water; and he will root up Israel out of this good land which he gave to their fathers, and will scatter them beyond the River, because they have made their Asherah poles, provoking the LORD to anger.

American Standard Version

For Jehovah will smite Israel, as a reed is shaken in the water; and he will root up Israel out of this good land which he gave to their fathers, and will scatter them beyond the River, because they have made their Asherim, provoking Jehovah to anger.

Geneva Bible 1599

For the Lord shall smite Israel, as when a reede is shaken in the water, and hee shall weede Israel out of his good lad, which he gaue to their fathers, and shall scatter them beyond the Riuer, because they haue made them groues, prouoking the Lord to anger.

Darby Translation

And Jehovah will smite Israel, as a reed is shaken in the water, and he will root up Israel out of this good land which he gave to their fathers, and will scatter them beyond the river, because they have made their Asherahs, provoking Jehovah to anger.

Young's Literal Translation

And Jehovah hath smitten Israel as the reed is moved by the waters, and hath plucked Israel from off this good ground that He gave to their fathers, and scattered them beyond the River, because that they made their shrines, provoking Jehovah to anger;

Bible in Basic English

And even now the hand of the Lord has come down on Israel, shaking it like a river-grass in the water; and, uprooting Israel from this good land, which he gave to their fathers, he will send them this way and that on the other side of the River; because they have made for themselves images, moving the Lord to wrath.

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Cross references

“the Lord”

1 Samuel 12:25 2 Kings 17:6 2 Kings 17:7

1 Samuel 12:25 · BSB

But if you persist in doing evil, both you and your king will be swept away.”

2 Kings 17:6 · BSB

In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria captured Samaria and carried away the Israelites to Assyria, where he settled them in Halah, in Gozan by the Habor River, and in the cities of the Medes.

2 Kings 17:7 · BSB

All this happened because the people of Israel had sinned against the LORD their God, who had brought them out of the land of Egypt from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt. They had worshiped other gods

“as a reed”

Matthew 11:7 Luke 7:24

Matthew 11:7 · BSB

As John’s disciples were leaving, Jesus began to speak to the crowds about John: “What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed swaying in the wind?

Luke 7:24 · BSB

After John’s messengers had left, Jesus began to speak to the crowds about John: “What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed swaying in the wind?

“root up Israel”

Psalm 52:5 Proverbs 2:22 Amos 2:9 Zephaniah 2:4 Matthew 15:13 Deuteronomy 29:28

Psalm 52:5 · BSB

Surely God will bring you down to everlasting ruin; He will snatch you up and tear you away from your tent; He will uproot you from the land of the living. Selah

Proverbs 2:22 · BSB

but the wicked will be cut off from the land, and the unfaithful will be uprooted.

Amos 2:9 · BSB

Yet it was I who destroyed the Amorite before them, though his height was like that of the cedars, and he was as strong as the oaks. Yet I destroyed his fruit above and his roots below.

Zephaniah 2:4 · BSB

For Gaza will be abandoned, and Ashkelon left in ruins. Ashdod will be driven out at noon, and Ekron will be uprooted.

Matthew 15:13 · BSB

But Jesus replied, “Every plant that My heavenly Father has not planted will be pulled up by its roots.

Deuteronomy 29:28 · BSB

The LORD uprooted them from their land in His anger, rage, and great wrath, and He cast them into another land, where they are today.’

“this good land”

Leviticus 26:32–34 Leviticus 26:43 Deuteronomy 28:36 Deuteronomy 28:63–68 Deuteronomy 29:24–28 Deuteronomy 4:26

Leviticus 26:32–34 · BSB

And I will lay waste the land, so that your enemies who dwell in it will be appalled.

Leviticus 26:43 · BSB

For the land will be abandoned by them, and it will enjoy its Sabbaths by lying desolate without them. And they will pay the penalty for their iniquity, because they rejected My ordinances and abhorred My statutes.

Deuteronomy 28:36 · BSB

The LORD will bring you and the king you appoint to a nation neither you nor your fathers have known, and there you will worship other gods—gods of wood and stone.

Deuteronomy 28:63–68 · BSB

Just as it pleased the LORD to make you prosper and multiply, so also it will please Him to annihilate you and destroy you. And you will be uprooted from the land you are entering to possess.

Deuteronomy 29:24–28 · BSB

So all the nations will ask, ‘Why has the LORD done such a thing to this land? Why this great outburst of anger?’

Deuteronomy 4:26 · BSB

I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you this day that you will quickly perish from the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess. You will not live long upon it, but will be utterly destroyed.

“shall scatter”

2 Kings 15:29 2 Kings 17:23 Amos 5:27 Acts 7:43 2 Kings 18:11 2 Kings 18:12

2 Kings 15:29 · BSB

In the days of Pekah king of Israel, Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria came and captured Ijon, Abel-beth-maacah, Janoah, Kedesh, Hazor, Gilead, and Galilee, including all the land of Naphtali, and he took the people as cap…

2 Kings 17:23 · BSB

Finally, the LORD removed Israel from His presence, as He had declared through all His servants the prophets. So Israel was exiled from their homeland into Assyria, where they are to this day.

Amos 5:27 · BSB

Therefore I will send you into exile beyond Damascus,” says the LORD, whose name is the God of Hosts.

Acts 7:43 · BSB

You have taken along the tabernacle of Molech and the star of your god Rephan, the idols you made to worship. Therefore I will send you into exile beyond Babylon.’

2 Kings 18:11 · BSB

The king of Assyria exiled the Israelites to Assyria and settled them in Halah, in Gozan by the Habor River, and in the cities of the Medes.

2 Kings 18:12 · BSB

This happened because they did not listen to the voice of the LORD their God, but violated His covenant—all that Moses the servant of the LORD had commanded—and would neither listen nor obey.

“because”

Exodus 34:13 Exodus 34:14 Deuteronomy 12:3 Deuteronomy 12:4 Isaiah 1:28 Isaiah 1:29

Exodus 34:13 · BSB

Rather, you must tear down their altars, smash their sacred stones, and chop down their Asherah poles.

Exodus 34:14 · BSB

For you must not worship any other god, for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God.

Deuteronomy 12:3 · BSB

Tear down their altars, smash their sacred pillars, burn up their Asherah poles, cut down the idols of their gods, and wipe out their names from every place.

Deuteronomy 12:4 · BSB

You shall not worship the LORD your God in this way.

Isaiah 1:28 · BSB

But rebels and sinners will together be shattered, and those who forsake the LORD will perish.

Isaiah 1:29 · BSB

Surely you will be ashamed of the sacred oaks in which you have delighted; you will be embarrassed by the gardens that you have chosen.

“provoking”

1 Kings 14:9 1 Kings 14:23 1 Kings 14:24

1 Kings 14:9 · BSB

You have done more evil than all who came before you. You have proceeded to make for yourself other gods and molten images to provoke Me, and you have flung Me behind your back.

1 Kings 14:23 · BSB

They also built for themselves high places, sacred pillars, and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree.

1 Kings 14:24 · BSB

There were even male shrine prostitutes in the land. They imitated all the abominations of the nations the LORD had driven out before the Israelites.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

14Moreover, the LORD will raise up for Himself a king over Israel who will cut off the house of Jeroboam. This is the day—yes, even today!

16So He will give Israel over on account of the sins Jeroboam has committed and has caused Israel to commit.”

Read 1 Kings 14