1 Kings 9:7

7 then I will cut off Israel from the land that I have given them, and I will banish from My presence this temple I have sanctified for My Name. Then Israel will become an object of scorn and ridicule among all peoples.

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.

1 Kings 9:7 In-Context

5 then I will establish your royal throne over Israel forever, as I promised your father David when I said, ‘You will never fail to have a man on the throne of Israel.’

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

7 then I will cut off Israel from the land that I have given them, and I will banish from My presence this temple I have sanctified for My Name. Then Israel will become an object of scorn and ridicule among all peoples.

8 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?’

9 And others will answer, ‘Because they have forsaken the LORD their God who brought their fathers out of the land of Egypt, and have embraced other gods, worshiping and serving them—because of this, the LORD has brought all this disaster upon them.’”