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1 Kings 9:8

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And at this house, [which] is high, every one that passeth by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss; and they shall say, Why hath the LORD done thus unto this land, and to this house?

And at this house {H1004}, which is high {H5945}, every one that passeth {H5674} by it shall be astonished {H8074}, and shall hiss {H8319}; and they shall say {H559}, Why hath the LORD {H3068} done {H6213} thus unto this land {H776}, and to this house {H1004}?

This house, now so exalted - everyone passing by will gasp in shock at the sight of it and will ask, 'Why has ADONAI done this to this land and to this house?'

And when this temple has become a heap of rubble, all who pass by it will be appalled and will hiss and say, ‘Why has the LORD done such a thing to this land and to this temple?’

And though this house is so high, yet shall every one that passeth by it be astonished, and shall hiss; and they shall say, Why hath Jehovah done thus unto this land, and to this house?

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Cross-References

  • Deuteronomy 29:24 (6 votes)

    Even all nations shall say, Wherefore hath the LORD done thus unto this land? what [meaneth] the heat of this great anger?

  • Deuteronomy 29:26 (6 votes)

    For they went and served other gods, and worshipped them, gods whom they knew not, and [whom] he had not given unto them:

  • Jeremiah 22:8 (6 votes)

    And many nations shall pass by this city, and they shall say every man to his neighbour, Wherefore hath the LORD done thus unto this great city?

  • Jeremiah 22:9 (6 votes)

    Then they shall answer, Because they have forsaken the covenant of the LORD their God, and worshipped other gods, and served them.

  • 2 Chronicles 7:21 (4 votes)

    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?

  • Jeremiah 19:8 (3 votes)

    And I will make this city desolate, and an hissing; every one that passeth thereby shall be astonished and hiss because of all the plagues thereof.

  • Jeremiah 22:28 (3 votes)

    [Is] this man Coniah a despised broken idol? [is he] a vessel wherein [is] no pleasure? wherefore are they cast out, he and his seed, and are cast into a land which they know not?