SIL Translator’s Notes on 1 Kings 14:16

14:16a So He will give Israel over on account of the sins Jeroboam has committed

Yahweh will give Israel up because of Jeroboam’s sins
-or-
Yahweh will abandon/leave Israel because Jeroboam has sinned

14:16b and has caused Israel to commit.”

and because of the sins into which he led the people of Israel.”
-or-
and has caused/encouraged the people of Israel to sin.”

14:16a-b (reordered)

Jeroboam sinned and caused the Israelites to sin. Now the Lord will desert Israel. (Contemporary English Version)

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