1 Kings 9:7
in 1 Kings 9then I will cut off Israel from the land that I have given them, and I will banish from My presence this temple I have sanctified for My Name. Then Israel will become an object of scorn and ridicule among all peoples.
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ASV
then will I cut off Israel out of the land which I have given them; and this house, which I have hallowed for my name, will I cast out of my sight; and Israel shall be a proverb and a byword among all peoples.
KJV
Then will I cut off Israel out of the land which I have given them; and this house, which I have hallowed for my name, will I cast out of my sight; and Israel shall be a proverb and a byword among all people:
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This verse in 1 Kings 9
Commentary
5 notes on this verseA commentator
Lucius Caecilius Firmianus LactantiusEPITOME OF THE DIVINE INSTITUTES 46 · Written before 325.
After a short time the emperor Vespasian subdued the Jews and laid waste their lands with the sword and fire, besieged and reduced them by famine, overthrew Jerusalem, led the captives in triumph and prohibited the others who were left from ever returning to their native land.
This site's exposition
if ye shall at all turn
on 1 Kings 9:6-7
The if now turns the other way: turning from following the Lord to serve other gods will cut Israel off from the land and cast this same hallowed house out of the Lord's sight. Israel a proverb and a byword among all people states in advance what 2 Kings 17 and 25 will narrate in full, the exile read back into its own warning. The condition falls on ye or your children, so the threat is never Solomon's alone; it waits on every king who reigns after him.
This site's exposition
an object of scorn and ridicule
The threat fell on the temple twice, when Babylon burned it at 2 Kings 25:9 and when Rome destroyed the temple built in its place. Lactantius tells the second fall, with Vespasian subduing the Jews, overthrowing Jerusalem and barring the survivors from their land. Both falls left Israel scorned among the peoples.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
Then will I cut off Israel out of the land I have given them,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A proverb and a by - word among all people - And so they are to the present; the unbelieving Jews, the stubborn, stiff-necked Jews, are words still in common use. They forsook the Lord, rejected his Christ, and are cast off, their temple destroyed, and they scattered over the face of the earth.
The words behind it
23 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְהִכְרַתִּ֣י | vehikhrati | and I will cut off | H3772 → | 288 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל | yisrael | Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
| מֵעַ֨ל | meal | from on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| פְּנֵ֤י | penei | [the] surface of | H6440 → | 2123 times |
| הָאֲדָמָה֙ | haadamah | the ground | H127 → | 225 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֣ר | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| נָתַ֣תִּי | natati | I have given | H5414 → | 2011 times |
| לָהֶ֔ם | lahem | to them | ||
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הַבַּ֙יִת֙ | habayit | the house | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֣ר | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| הִקְדַּ֣שְׁתִּי | hikdashti | I have consecrated | H6942 → | 171 times |
| לִשְׁמִ֔י | lishmi | for name my | H8034 → | 864 times |
| אֲשַׁלַּ֖ח | ʾashalach | I will cast out | H7971 → | 845 times |
| מֵעַ֣ל | meal | from on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| פָּנָ֑י | panai | face my | H6440 → | 2123 times |
| וְהָיָ֧ה | vehayah | and it will become | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל | yisrael | Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
| לְמָשָׁ֥ל | lemashal | <into> a byword | H4912 → | |
| וְלִשְׁנִינָ֖ה | velishninah | and <into> a taunt | H8148 → | |
| בְּכָל־ | bekhol | among all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| הָעַמִּֽים׃ | haamim | the peoples | H5971 → | 1873 times |
וְהִכְרַתִּ֣יand I will cut off
vehikhratiH3772 →288 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
יִשְׂרָאֵ֗לIsrael
yisraelH3478 →2507 times
מֵעַ֨לfrom on
mealH5921 →5755 times
פְּנֵ֤י[the] surface of
peneiH6440 →2123 times
הָאֲדָמָה֙the ground
haadamahH127 →225 times
אֲשֶׁ֣רwhich
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
נָתַ֣תִּיI have given
natatiH5414 →2011 times
לָהֶ֔םto them
lahem
וְאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
הַבַּ֙יִת֙the house
habayitH1004 →2046 times
אֲשֶׁ֣רwhich
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
הִקְדַּ֣שְׁתִּיI have consecrated
hikdashtiH6942 →171 times
לִשְׁמִ֔יfor name my
lishmiH8034 →864 times
אֲשַׁלַּ֖חI will cast out
ʾashalachH7971 →845 times
מֵעַ֣לfrom on
mealH5921 →5755 times
פָּנָ֑יface my
panaiH6440 →2123 times
וְהָיָ֧הand it will become
vehayahH1961 →3559 times
יִשְׂרָאֵ֛לIsrael
yisraelH3478 →2507 times
לְמָשָׁ֥ל<into> a byword
lemashalH4912 →
וְלִשְׁנִינָ֖הand <into> a taunt
velishninahH8148 →
בְּכָל־among all
bekholH3605 →5413 times
הָעַמִּֽים׃the peoples
haamimH5971 →1873 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Deuteronomy 4:26I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you this day that you will quickly perish from the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess. You will not live long upon it,…
it leads to
- Deuteronomy 32:1
Give ear, O heavens, and I will speak; hear, O earth, the words of my mouth.
- Micah 6:2
Hear, O mountains, the LORD’s indictment, you enduring foundations of the earth. For the LORD has a case against His people, and He will argue it against Israel:
- Jeremiah 22:29
O land, land, land, hear the word of the LORD!
- Deuteronomy 30:18–19
I declare to you today that you will surely perish; you shall not prolong your days in the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess.
- Isaiah 1:2
Listen, O heavens, and give ear, O earth, for the LORD has spoken: “I have raised children and brought them up, but they have rebelled against Me.
- Deuteronomy 32:1
Through
Deuteronomy 28:37You will become an object of horror, scorn, and ridicule among all the nations to which the LORD will drive you.
it leads to
- Jeremiah 24:9
I will make them a horror and an offense to all the kingdoms of the earth, a disgrace and an object of scorn, ridicule, and cursing wherever I have banished them.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Jeremiah 25:9
behold, I will summon all the families of the north, declares the LORD, and I will send for My servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, whom I will bring against this land, against its residents,…
- Jeremiah 24:9
Through
Jeremiah 24:9I will make them a horror and an offense to all the kingdoms of the earth, a disgrace and an object of scorn, ridicule, and cursing wherever I have banished them.
it leads to
- Deuteronomy 28:37
You will become an object of horror, scorn, and ridicule among all the nations to which the LORD will drive you.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Deuteronomy 28:37
About 1 Kings
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Keil, The Books of the Kings and Lucius Caecilius Firmianus Lactantius, EPITOME OF THE DIVINE INSTITUTES 46.