1 Kings 9:7

7 ¹then I will cut off Israel from the land which I have given them, and ²the house which I have consecrated for My name, I will cast out of My sight. So ³Israel will become a proverb and a byword among all peoples.

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1 Kings 9:7 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 9:7

Then will I cut off Israel out of the land I have given them,
&c.] Suffer them to be carried captive into other lands, as the ten tribes were into Assyria, and the two tribes to Babylon; which is called a plucking them up by the roots in ( 2 Chronicles 7:20 )

and this house, which I have hallowed for my name, will I cast out of
my sight:
as it was when burnt by Nebuchadnezzar:

and Israel shall be a proverb and a byword among all people;
both for their sins and for their miseries; see ( Deuteronomy 28:37 ) ( Jeremiah 24:9 ) : in ( 2 Chronicles 7:20 ) the house or temple is said to be made a proverb of.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

1 Kings 9:7 In-Context

5 then I will establish the throne of your kingdom over Israel forever, just as I promised to your father David, saying, 'You shall not lack a man on the throne of Israel.'

6 "But if you or your sons indeed turn away from following Me, and do not keep My commandments and My statutes which I have set before you, and go and serve other gods and worship them,

7 then I will cut off Israel from the land which I have given them, and the house which I have consecrated for My name, I will cast out of My sight. So Israel will become a proverb and a byword among all peoples.

8 "And this house will become a heap of ruins; everyone who passes by will be astonished and hiss and say, 'Why has the LORD done thus to this land and to this house?'

9 "And they will say, 'Because they forsook the LORD their God, who brought their fathers out of the land of Egypt, and adopted other gods and worshiped them and served them, therefore the LORD has brought all this adversity on them.' "

Cross References 3

1. Leviticus 18:24-29; Deuteronomy 4:26; 2 Kings 17:23
2. Jeremiah 7:4-14
3. Deuteronomy 28:37; Psalms 44:14; Jeremiah 24:9

Footnotes 1

[a]. Lit "send"