⁷ Go, tell Jeroboam, ‘Thus says the Lord God of Israel: ^(A)“Because I exalted you from among the people, and made you ruler over My people Israel, ⁸ and ^(B)tore the kingdom away from the house of David, and gave it to you; and yet you have not been as My servant David, ^(C)who kept My commandments and who followed Me with all his heart, to do only what was right in My eyes; ⁹ but you have done more evil than all who were before you, ^(D)for you have gone and made for yourself other gods and molded images to provoke Me to anger, and ^(E)have cast Me behind your back— ¹⁰ therefore behold! ^(F)I will bring disaster on the house of Jeroboam, and ^(G)will cut off from Jeroboam every male in Israel, ^(H)bond and free; I will take away the remnant of the house of Jeroboam, as one takes away refuse until it is all gone. ¹¹ The dogs shall eat ^(I)whoever belongs to Jeroboam and dies in the city, and the birds of the air shall eat whoever dies in the field; for the Lord has spoken!” ’