And will make thine house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and like the house of Baasha the son of Ahijah, for the provocation wherewith thou hast provoked [me] to anger, and made Israel to sin.
Ver. 22. Like the house of Jeroboam, and of Baasha.] By whose utter ruin thou wouldst not be warned. He who will not take example shall be made an example.