1 Kings 9:6-8

6 “But if you[a] or your descendants turn away from me and do not observe the commands and decrees I have given you[b] and go off to serve other gods and worship them,
7 then I will cut off Israel from the land I have given them and will reject this temple I have consecrated for my Name. Israel will then become a byword and an object of ridicule among all peoples.
8 This temple will become a heap of rubble. All[c] who pass by will be appalled and will scoff and say, ‘Why has the LORD done such a thing to this land and to this temple?’

Cross References 8

  • 1. Deuteronomy 28:15; 2 Samuel 7:14; 2 Kings 18:12; Jeremiah 17:27; Jeremiah 26:4; Jeremiah 32:23; Jeremiah 44:23
  • 2. 1 Kings 11:10
  • 3. Leviticus 18:24-28; Deuteronomy 4:26; S Joshua 23:13; 2 Kings 17:23; 2 Kings 25:21; Jeremiah 24:10
  • 4. Deuteronomy 12:5; Jeremiah 7:14
  • 5. Job 17:6; Psalms 44:14; Jeremiah 24:9; Joel 2:17
  • 6. S Deuteronomy 28:37; Ezekiel 5:15
  • 7. S Leviticus 26:32
  • 8. S Deuteronomy 29:24; Jeremiah 7:4-15; Matthew 23:38; Jeremiah 22:8-9

Footnotes 3

  • [a]. The Hebrew is plural.
  • [b]. The Hebrew is plural.
  • [c]. See some Septuagint manuscripts, Old Latin, Syriac, Arabic and Targum; Hebrew "And though this temple is now imposing, all"
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