He will hand Israel over to their enemies<n id="1" /> because of the sins which Jeroboam committed and which he made Israel commit.&#8221;p>

This happened because of the sins which Jeroboam committed and which he made Israel commit. These sins angered the <sc>Lordsc> God of Israel.<n id="1" />p>

This happened because of the sins he committed. He did evil in the sight of<n id="1" /> the <sc>Lordsc> and followed in Jeroboam&#8217;s footsteps and encouraged Israel to continue sinning.<n id="2" />p>

He did evil in the sight of<n id="1" /> the <sc>Lordsc>. He followed in his father&#8217;s footsteps and encouraged Israel to sin.<n id="2" />p>

He did evil in the sight of<n id="1" /> the <sc>Lordsc>; he followed in Jeroboam&#8217;s footsteps and encouraged Israel to sin.<n id="2" />p>

Obadiah<n id="1" /> said, &#8220;What sin have I committed that you are ready to hand your servant over to Ahab for execution?<n id="2" />

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;The time will come when your people<n id="1" /> will sin against you (for there is no one who is sinless!) and you will be angry with them and deliver them over to their enemies, who will take them as prisoners to their own land,<n id="2" /> whether far away or close by.

This happened because of all the sins which Baasha and his son Elah committed and which they made Israel commit. They angered the <sc>Lordsc> God of Israel with their worthless idols.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;When someone is accused of sinning against his neighbor and the latter pronounces a curse on the alleged offender before your altar in this temple, be willing to forgive the accused if the accusation is false.<n id="1" />

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;The time will come when<n id="1" /> your people Israel are defeated by an enemy<n id="2" /> because they sinned against you. If they come back to you, renew their allegiance to you,<n id="3" /> and pray for your help<n id="4" /> in this temple,

When your people<n id="1" /> come to their senses<n id="2" /> in the land where they are held prisoner, they will repent and beg for your mercy in the land of their imprisonment, admitting, &#8216;We have sinned and gone astray;<n id="3" /> we have done evil.&#8217;

Forgive all the rebellious acts of your sinful people and cause their captors to have mercy on them.<n id="1" />

<p class="bodytext">Judah did evil in the sight of<n id="1" /> the <sc>Lordsc>. They made him more jealous by their sins than their ancestors had done.<n id="2" />

He followed in the footsteps of Jeroboam son of Nebat and encouraged Israel to sin;<n id="1" /> they angered the <sc>Lordsc> God of Israel with their worthless idols.<n id="2" />p>

I will make your dynasty<n id="1" /> like those of Jeroboam son of Nebat and Baasha son of Ahijah because you angered me and made Israel sin.&#8217;<n id="2" />

He did evil in the sight of<n id="1" /> the <sc>Lordsc> and followed in the footsteps<n id="2" /> of his father and mother; like Jeroboam son of Nebat, he encouraged Israel to sin.<n id="3" />

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;The time will come when<n id="1" /> the skies are shut up tightly and no rain falls because your people<n id="2" /> sinned against you. When they direct their prayers toward this place, renew their allegiance to you,<n id="3" /> and turn away from their sin because you punish<n id="4" /> them,

&#8220;I raised you up<n id="1" /> from the dust and made you ruler over my people Israel. Yet you followed in Jeroboam&#8217;s footsteps<n id="2" /> and encouraged my people Israel to sin; their sins have made me angry.<n id="3" />