John Gill Commentary


John Gill Commentary
"therefore, behold, I will bring evil upon the house of Jeroboam, and will cut off from Jeroboam every man-child, him that is shut up and him that is left at large in Israel, and will utterly sweep away the house of Jeroboam, as a man sweepeth away dung, till it be all gone." — 1 Kings 14:10 (ASV)
Therefore, behold, I will bring evil upon the house of
Jeroboam
Calamities, destruction, and ruin:
and will cut off from Jeroboam him that pisseth against the wall ;
not leave a dog of his, or rather a male, see (1 Samuel 25:22)
and him that is shut up and left in Israel ;
in garrisons or in prisons, in cities or in fields, or in whatsoever situation or circumstances they may be. Some interpret it of wealth and substance; it signifies an entire destruction it may be of men and goods, see (Deuteronomy 32:36)
and will take away the remnant of the house of Jeroboam, as a man
taketh away dung, till it be all gone ;
signifying that Jeroboam's family was as loathsome and abominable to the Lord as dung is to men; and that he would make as clean a riddance of them as men do of dung when they sweep it out, and will not leave the least scrap behind.