15 For the Lord will strike Israel, as a reed is shaken in the water. He will (A)uproot Israel from this (B)good land which He gave to their fathers, and will scatter them (C)beyond [a]the River, (D)because they have made their [b]wooden images, provoking the Lord to anger.

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  1. 1 Kings 14:15 The Euphrates
  2. 1 Kings 14:15 Heb. Asherim, Canaanite deities

15 And the Lord will strike Israel, so that it will be like a reed swaying in the water. He will uproot(A) Israel from this good land that he gave to their ancestors and scatter them beyond the Euphrates River, because they aroused(B) the Lord’s anger by making Asherah(C) poles.[a]

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  1. 1 Kings 14:15 That is, wooden symbols of the goddess Asherah; here and elsewhere in 1 Kings