1 Kings 9:7-8

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⁷then I will cut off Israel from the land^(A) I have given them and will reject this temple I have consecrated for my Name.^(B) Israel will then become a byword^(C) and an object of ridicule^(D) among all peoples. ⁸This temple will become a heap of rubble. All^[a] who pass by will be appalled^(E) and will scoff and say, ‘Why has the Lord done such a thing to this land and to this temple?’^(F)

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1 Kings 9:8 See some Septuagint manuscripts, Old Latin, Syriac, Arabic and Targum; Hebrew And though this temple is now imposing, all

2 Chronicles 7:20

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²⁰then I will uproot^(A) Israel from my land,^(B) which I have given them, and will reject this temple I have consecrated for my Name. I will make it a byword and an object of ridicule^(C) among all peoples.

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Jeremiah 24:9

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⁹I will make them abhorrent^(A) and an offense to all the kingdoms of the earth, a reproach and a byword,^(B) a curse^[a]^(C) and an object of ridicule, wherever I banish^(D) them.

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Jeremiah 24:9 That is, their names will be used in cursing (see 29:22); or, others will see that they are cursed.

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Jeremiah 25:9

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⁹I will summon^(A) all the peoples of the north^(B) and my servant^(C) Nebuchadnezzar^(D) king of Babylon,” declares the Lord, “and I will bring them against this land and its inhabitants and against all the surrounding nations. I will completely destroy^[a]^(E) them and make them an object of horror and scorn,^(F) and an everlasting ruin.^(G)

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Jeremiah 25:9 The Hebrew term refers to the irrevocable giving over of things or persons to the Lord, often by totally destroying them.

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Ezekiel 14:8

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⁸I will set my face against^(A) them and make them an example^(B) and a byword.^(C) I will remove them from my people. Then you will know that I am the Lord.^(D)