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2 Chronicles 7:20

then I will uproot Israel from the soil I have given them, and I will banish from My presence this temple I have sanctified for My Name. I will make it an object of scorn and ridicule among all the peoples.

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ASV

then will I pluck them up by the roots out of my land which I have given them; and this house, which I have hallowed for my name, will I cast out of my sight, and I will make it a proverb and a byword among all peoples.

KJV

Then will I pluck them up by the roots out of my land which I have given them; and this house, which I have sanctified for my name, will I cast out of my sight, and will make it to be a proverb and a byword among all nations.

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וּנְתַשְׁתִּ֗יםu.ne.tash.Timand I will pluck up themH5428 →
מֵעַ֤לme.'Alfrom onH5921 →
אַדְמָתִי֙'ad.ma.Tiland myH127 →
אֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherwhichH834 →
נָתַ֣תִּיna.Ta.tiI have givenH5414 →
לָהֶ֔םla.Hemto them
וְאֶת־ve.'Etand <obj.>H853 →
הַבַּ֤יִתha.Ba.yitthe houseH1004 →
הַזֶּה֙ha.Zeh<the> thisH2088 →
אֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherwhichH834 →
הִקְדַּ֣שְׁתִּיhik.Dash.tiI have consecratedH6942 →
לִשְׁמִ֔יlish.Mifor name myH8034 →
אַשְׁלִ֖יךְ'ash.LikhI will throw awayH7993 →
מֵעַ֣לme.'Alfrom onH5921 →
פָּנָ֑יpa.Naiface myH6440 →
וְאֶתְּנֶ֛נּוּve.'et.te.Ne.nuand I will make itH5414 →
לְמָשָׁ֥לle.ma.Shalinto a bywordH4912 →
וְלִשְׁנִינָ֖הve.lish.ni.Nahand into a tauntH8148 →
בְּכָל־be.kholamong allH3605 →
הָעַמִּֽים׃ha.'a.Mimthe peoplesH5971 →

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Micah 2:10Arise and depart, for this is not your place of rest, because its defilement brings destruction—a grievous destruction!Deuteronomy 28:37You will become an object of horror, scorn, and ridicule among all the nations to which the LORD will drive you.2 Kings 17:20So the LORD rejected all the descendants of Israel. He afflicted them and delivered them into the hands of plunderers, until He had banished them from His presence.Jeremiah 16:13So I will cast you out of this land into a land that neither you nor your fathers have known. There you will serve other gods day and night, for I will show you no favor.’1 Kings 14:15For the LORD will strike Israel as a reed is shaken in the water. He will uproot Israel from this good land that He gave their fathers, and He will scatter them beyond the Euphrates, because they have made their Asherah poles, provoking the LORD to anger.1 Kings 9:7then 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.Jeremiah 45:4Thus Jeremiah was to say to Baruch: “This is what the LORD says: Throughout the land I will demolish what I have built and uproot what I have planted.Deuteronomy 29:28The LORD uprooted them from their land in His anger, rage, and great wrath, and He cast them into another land, where they are today.’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.Jeremiah 44:8Why are you provoking Me to anger by the work of your hands by burning incense to other gods in the land of Egypt, where you have gone to reside? As a result, you will be cut off and will become an object of cursing and reproach among all the nations of the earth.Jeremiah 31:28Just as I watched over them to uproot and tear down, to demolish, destroy, and bring disaster, so I will watch over them to build and to plant,” declares the LORD.Psalms 44:14You have made us a byword among the nations, a laughingstock among the peoples.Lamentations 2:15–16All who pass by clap their hands at you in scorn. They hiss and shake their heads at the Daughter of Jerusalem: “Is this the city that was called the perfection of beauty, the joy of all the earth?”2 Kings 21:7Manasseh even took the carved Asherah pole he had made and set it up in the temple, of which the LORD had said to David and his son Solomon, “In this temple and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, I will establish My Name forever.Leviticus 25:23The land must not be sold permanently, because it is Mine, and you are but foreigners and residents with Me.Nehemiah 4:1–4Now when Sanballat heard that we were rebuilding the wall, he was furious and filled with indignation. He ridiculed the JewsJude 1:12These men are hidden reefs in your love feasts, shamelessly feasting with you but shepherding only themselves. They are clouds without water, carried along by the wind; fruitless trees in autumn, twice dead after being uprooted.Jeremiah 12:17But if they will not obey, then I will uproot that nation; I will uproot it and destroy it, declares the LORD.”

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