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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.

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ASV

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.

KJV

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.

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וְהִכָּ֨הve.hi.Kahand he will strike downH5221 →
יְהוָ֜הYah.wehYahwehH3068 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
יִשְׂרָאֵ֗לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478 →
כַּאֲשֶׁ֨רka.'a.Sherjust asH834 →
יָנ֣וּדya.Nudit swaysH5110 →
הַקָּנֶה֮ha.ka.Neh<the> reedH7070 →
בַּמַּיִם֒ba.ma.Yimin the waterH4325 →
וְנָתַ֣שׁve.na.Tashand he will pluck upH5428 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
יִשְׂרָאֵ֗לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478 →
מֵ֠עַלMe.'alfrom onH5921 →
הָאֲדָמָ֨הha.'a.da.Mahthe groundH127 →
הַטּוֹבָ֤הha.to.Vah<the> goodH2896 →
הַזֹּאת֙ha.zoT<the> thisH2063 →
אֲשֶׁ֤ר'a.SherwhichH834 →
נָתַן֙na.Tanhe gaveH5414 →
לַאֲב֣וֹתֵיהֶ֔םla.'a.Vo.tei.Hemto ancestors theirH1 →
וְזֵרָ֖םve.ze.Ramand he will scatter themH2219 →
מֵעֵ֣בֶרme.'E.verfrom [the] other sideH5676 →
לַנָּהָ֑רla.na.Harof the RiverH5104 →
יַ֗עַןYa.'anbecauseH3282 →
אֲשֶׁ֤ר'a.SherthatH834 →
עָשׂוּ֙'a.Suthey have madeH6213 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
אֲשֵׁ֣רֵיהֶ֔ם'a.She.rei.HemAsherah poles theirH842 →
מַכְעִיסִ֖יםmakh.'i.Simprovoking to angerH3707 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
יְהוָֽה׃Yah.wehYahwehH3068 →

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Joshua 23:15–16But just as every good thing the LORD your God promised you has come to pass, likewise the LORD will bring upon you the calamity He has threatened, until He has destroyed you from this good land He has given you.Psalms 52:5Surely 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. Selah2 Kings 17:16They abandoned all the commandments of the LORD their God and made for themselves two cast idols of calves and an Asherah pole. They bowed down to all the host of heaven and served Baal.Deuteronomy 29:28The LORD uprooted them from their land in His anger, rage, and great wrath, and He cast them into another land, where they are today.’2 Kings 15:29In 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 captives to Assyria.2 Chronicles 7:20then I will uproot Israel from the soil I have given them, and I will banish from My presence this temple I have sanctified for My Name. I will make it an object of scorn and ridicule among all the peoples.Deuteronomy 12:3–4Tear 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.Exodus 34:13–14Rather, you must tear down their altars, smash their sacred stones, and chop down their Asherah poles.Proverbs 2:22but the wicked will be cut off from the land, and the unfaithful will be uprooted.Deuteronomy 16:21Do not set up any wooden Asherah pole next to the altar you will build for the LORD your God,Deuteronomy 29:24–28So all the nations will ask, ‘Why has the LORD done such a thing to this land? Why this great outburst of anger?’Deuteronomy 28:63–68Just 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.Zephaniah 2:4For Gaza will be abandoned, and Ashkelon left in ruins. Ashdod will be driven out at noon, and Ekron will be uprooted.Acts 7:43You 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 17:23Finally, 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.2 Kings 17:6–7In 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.1 Kings 14:23–24They also built for themselves high places, sacred pillars, and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree.Leviticus 26:32–34And I will lay waste the land, so that your enemies who dwell in it will be appalled.

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