2 Chronicles 7:20-22

Expanded Bible

²⁰ If you do, I will ·take the Israelites out of [^Luproot you from] my land, the land I have given ·you [^Lthem], and I will ·leave [reject; disown; abandon] this ·Temple [^Lhouse] that I have ·made holy [^Lconsecrated/purified/sanctified for my name]. All the nations will ·make fun of [mock] it and ·speak evil about [ridicule] it. ²¹ This ·Temple [^Lhouse] is ·honored [exalted] now, but then, everyone who passes by will be ·shocked [appalled]. They will ask, ‘Why did the Lord do this terrible thing to this land and this ·Temple [^Lhouse]?’ ²² People will answer, ‘This happened because they ·left [abandoned; forsook] the Lord, the God of their ·ancestors [fathers], the God who brought them out of Egypt. They ·decided to follow [embraced; adopted] other gods and worshiped and served them, so he brought all this ·disaster [calamity] on them.’”