2 Chronicles 7:21

Even though this temple is so lofty now, everyone who passes by it will be shocked and will hiss. They will ask, 'Why has Yahweh done this to this land and to this house?'

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In The King James Version

And this house, which is high, shall be an astonishment to every one that passeth by it; so that he shall say, Why hath the LORD done thus unto this land, and unto this house?

In Context

20then I will uproot them from out of my ground that I have given them. This house that I have set apart for my name, I will cast away from before me, and I will make it a proverb and a joke among all the peoples.

22Others will answer, 'Because they forsook Yahweh, their God, who had brought their ancestors out of the land of Egypt, and they laid hold of other gods and bowed down to them and worshiped them. That is why Yahweh has brought all this disaster on them.'”

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 29:24they will say together with all the other nations, 'Why has Yahweh done this to this land? What does the heat of this great anger mean?'

2 Chronicles 29:8Therefore the wrath of Yahweh had fallen on Judah and Jerusalem, and he has made them to be an object of terror, of horror, and of scorn, as you can see with your own eyes.

Jeremiah 13:22Then you might say in your heart, 'Why are these things happening to me?' 1 It will be for the multitude of your iniquities that your skirts are raised up and you have been violated. 1

Jeremiah 19:8Then I will make this city a ruin and the object of hissing, for everyone passing by it will shudder and hiss regarding all of its plagues.

Jeremiah 22:8Then many nations will pass by this city. Each person will say to the next, “Why has Yahweh acted in this way toward this great city?” 1

Jeremiah 49:17Edom will become a horror to everyone passing by it. 1 Every such person will tremble and hiss because all of its disasters. 1

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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