Arise thou therefore, get thee to thine own house: and when thy feet enter into the city, the child shall die.
The message delivered to Jeroboam's wife was a divine judgment upon Jeroboam himself, declaring that her son would die at the moment her feet crossed into the city on her return. That death was not an isolated sorrow but the marked consequence of Jeroboam's own course, for his deliberate idolatrous plans turned Israel away from God and brought terrible evils upon the nation. In the same way, all who repeat Jeroboam's example bear responsibility and must answer for the results produced by their wrong course.
The message delivered to Jeroboam's wife was a divine judgment upon Jeroboam himself, declaring that her son would die at the moment her feet crossed into the city on her return. That death was not an isolated sorrow but the marked consequence of Jeroboam's own course, for his deliberate idolatrous plans turned Israel away from God and brought terrible evils upon the nation. In the same way, all who repeat Jeroboam's example bear responsibility and must answer for the results produced by their wrong course.