“Despite all this,
The people did not repent.
They did not forsake their sins,
Until they were carried off
As plunder
From their land.
They were scattered
Over all the earth.
The people were left,
Very few in number,
But with a ruler
From the house of David.
Some of them did
What was right,
Pleasing to God.
But others sinned
More and more.”
Despite the warnings of these two great northern prophets of Israel, Elijah and Elisha, the northern Israelites did not repent. They did not give up their sinning ways. Only when they were carried off as plunder in the captivity did they realize how bad they had been. They were scattered all over the earth. Only a few people were left. However, there was a ruler from the house of David in Judah. Some people did what was right and pleased the Lord, but many others continued to multiply their sins.
Eugene Finnegan Bible Project 