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What does 1 Kings 16:2 mean?

The message was: 'I lifted you up from the dust and made you leader over my people Israel, but you’ve lived like Jeroboam and led my people into sin, making me angry with their idols.' 1 Kings 16:2 - Modern Text Bible

(God reminded Baasha that his rise to power was God’s doing, but he had wasted that chance by repeating Jeroboam’s sins.)