And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the way of his father, and in his sin by which he had made Israel sin.

Therefore the king asked advice, made two calves of gold, and said to the people, "It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem. Here are your gods, O Israel, which brought you up from the land of Egypt!"

And he set up one in Bethel, and the other he put in Dan.

After this event Jeroboam did not turn from his evil way, but again he made priests from every class of people for the high places; whoever wished, he consecrated him, and he became [one] of the priests of the high places.

And this thing was the sin of the house of Jeroboam, so as to exterminate and destroy [it] from the face of the earth.

"And He will give Israel up because of the sins of Jeroboam, who sinned and who made Israel sin."

Alas, sinful nation, A people laden with iniquity, A brood of evildoers, Children who are corrupters! They have forsaken the LORD, They have provoked to anger The Holy One of Israel, They have turned away backward.