2 Kings 17:20-22

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

²⁰ The Lord rejected all the descendants of Israel; he punished them and gave them into the hand of plunderers, until he had banished them from his presence.

²¹ When he had torn Israel from the house of David, they made Jeroboam son of Nebat king. Jeroboam drove Israel from following the Lord and made them commit great sin. ²² The people of Israel continued in all the sins that Jeroboam committed; they did not depart from them