2 Chronicles 7:20

then will I remove you from the land which I gave them; and this house which I have consecrated to my name I will remove out of my sight, and I will make it a proverb and a byword among all nations.

LXX2012 (US English)

In The King James Version

Then will I pluck them up by the roots out of my land which I have given them; and this house, which I have sanctified for my name, will I cast out of my sight, and will make it to be a proverb and a byword among all nations.

In Context

19But if you⌃ should turn away, and forsake my ordinances and my commandments, which I have set before you, and go and serve other gods, and worship them;

21And as for this lofty house, every one that passes by it shall be amazed, and shall say, Therefore has the Lord done thus to this land, and to this house?

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 28:37And you shall be there for a wonder, and a parable, and a tale, among all the nations, to which the Lord your God shall carry you away.

1 Kings 9:7then will I cut off Israel from the land which I have given them, and this house which I have consecrated to my name I will cast out of my sight; and Israel shall be a desolation and a byword to all nations.

2 Kings 17:20And the Lord was angry with the whole seed of Israel, and + 17:20 Or, unsettled them. troubled them, and gave them into the hand of them that spoiled them, until he cast them out of his presence.

Nehemiah 4:1Now it came to pass, when Sanaballat heard that we were building the wall, that it was grievous to him, and he was very angry, and railed against the Jews.

Psalms 52:5or God has scattered the bones of the men-pleasers; they were ashamed, for God despised them. 1

Jeremiah 18:7If I shall pronounce a decree upon a nation, or upon a kingdom, to cut them off, and to destroy them;

Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 7:13-22

God's Promises to Solomon. ( b. c. 1004.) 12 And the Lord appeared to Solomon by night, and said unto him, I have heard thy prayer, and have chosen this place to myself for a house of sacrifice. 13 If I shut up heaven that there be no rain, or if I command the locusts to devour the land, or if I send pestilence among my people; 14 If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin,… Read the whole commentary →

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