1 Kings 9:7-8
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7 (A)then I will cut off Israel from the land that I have given them, (B)and the house that I have consecrated for my name I will cast out of my sight, (C)and Israel will become a proverb and a byword among all peoples. 8 And this house will become a heap of ruins.[a] Everyone passing by it will be astonished and will hiss, and they will say, (D)‘Why has the Lord done thus to this land and to this house?’
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- 1 Kings 9:8 Syriac, Old Latin; Hebrew will become high
2 Chronicles 7:20
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20 (A)then I will pluck you[a] up from my land that I have given you, and this house that I have consecrated for my name, I will cast out of my sight, and I will make it (B)a proverb and a byword among all peoples.
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- 2 Chronicles 7:20 Hebrew them; twice in this verse
Jeremiah 24:9
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9 I will make them (A)a horror[a] to all the kingdoms of the earth, to be (B)a reproach, (C)a byword, (D)a taunt, and (E)a curse in all the places where I shall drive them.
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- Jeremiah 24:9 Compare Septuagint; Hebrew horror for evil
Jeremiah 25:9
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9 (A)behold, I will send for all the tribes of the north, declares the Lord, and for Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, (B)my servant, and I will bring them against this land and its inhabitants, and against all these surrounding nations. I will devote them to destruction, (C)and make them a horror, a hissing, and an everlasting desolation.
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Ezekiel 14:8
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8 And (A)I will set my face against that man; I (B)will make him a sign and a byword (C)and cut him off from the midst of my people, (D)and you shall know that I am the Lord.
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