Therefore, behold, I will bring evil upon the house of Jeroboam, and will cut off from Jeroboam him that pisseth against the wall, and him that is shut up and left in Israel, and will take away the remnant of the house of Jeroboam, as a man taketh away dung, till it be all gone.
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Gill's Exposition
Him that dieth of Jeroboam in the city shall the dogs eat, and him that dieth in the fields shall the fowls of the air eat,.... The meaning is, that they should have no burial:
for the Lord hath…
Barnes' Notes
All the males of the family of Jeroboam were put to death by Baasha 1Ki 15:28-29. The phrase “will cut off,” etc., appears to have been a common expression among the Jews from the time of David 1Sa…
Adam Clarke
Him that pisseth against the wall - Every male. The phrase should be thus rendered wherever it occurs.
When those that set up idols, and keep them up, go to enquire of the Lord, he determines to answer them, not according to the pretensions of their enquiry, but according to the multitude of their…
Cambridge Bible
and will cut off The entire family is to be exterminated. R.V. -will cut off from Jeroboam every man child ".
and him that is shut up and left in Israel There is no conjunction at the beginning of…
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