That message from the LORD against Baasha and his family was given by the prophet Jehu because of the sins that Baasha committed against the LORD. He aroused the LORD's anger not only because of the evil he did, just as King Jeroboam had done before him, but also because he killed all of Jeroboam's family.

Because of their idolatry and because they led Israel into sin, Baasha and his son Elah had aroused the anger of the LORD, the God of Israel.

This happened because Jeroboam aroused the anger of the LORD, the God of Israel, by the sins that he committed and that he caused Israel to commit.

The LORD has revealed himself by his righteous judgments, and the wicked are trapped by their own deeds.

Before they know it, they are cut down like weeds; in his fierce anger God will blow them away while they are still living.

People will say, "The righteous are indeed rewarded; there is indeed a God who judges the world."

After thinking it over, he made two bull-calves of gold and said to his people, "You have been going long enough to Jerusalem to worship. People of Israel, here are your gods who brought you out of Egypt!"

The LORD will abandon Israel because Jeroboam sinned and led the people of Israel into sin."

Like his father before him, he sinned against the LORD and led Israel into sin.

Like King Jeroboam before him, he sinned against the LORD and led Israel into sin.