1 Kings 9:7-8

English Standard Version

^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?’