1 Kings 16:2

I exalted thee out of the dust This may signify that Baasha was of humble origin; but to be chosen of God and called to the position of a ruler of Israel was great exaltation out of any station.

prince over my people Though Israel has offended, they are still God's people. They have rejected His law, but He does not reject them. From the house of Baasha there was expected to come some amendment of the evil ways of Jeroboam.

to provoke me to anger with their sins For the last three words the LXX. gives ἐν τοῖς ματαίοις αὐτῶν, -with their vanities;" a common form of expression in similar phrases. See below, 1 Kings 16:13.