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2 Chronicles 7:21

And when this temple has become a heap of rubble, all who pass by it will be appalled and say, ‘Why has the LORD done such a thing to this land and to this temple?’

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ASV

And this house, which is so high, every one that passeth by it shall be astonished, and shall say, Why hath Jehovah done thus unto this land, and to this house?

KJV

And this house, which is high, shall be an astonishment to every one that passeth by it; so that he shall say, Why hath the Lord done thus unto this land, and unto this house?

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וְהַבַּ֤יִתve.ha.Ba.yitand the houseH1004 →
הַזֶּה֙ha.Zeh<the> thisH2088 →
אֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherwhichH834 →
הָיָ֣הha.Yahit wasH1961 →
עֶלְי֔וֹןel.Yonmost highH5945 →
לְכָל־le.kholto everyH3605 →
עֹבֵ֥ר'o.Ver[one who] passes byH5674 →
עָלָ֖יו'a.Lavat itH5921 →
יִשֹּׁ֑םyi.Shomhe will be appalledH8074 →
וְאָמַ֗רve.'a.Marand he will sayH559 →
בַּמֶּ֨הba.Meh<in> how?H4100 →
עָשָׂ֤ה'a.Sahdid he doH6213 →
יְהוָה֙Yah.wehYahwehH3068 →
כָּ֔כָהKa.khahthusH3602 →
לָאָ֥רֶץla.'A.retzto the landH776 →
הַזֹּ֖אתha.Zot<the> thisH2063 →
וְלַבַּ֥יִתve.la.Ba.yitand to the houseH1004 →
הַזֶּֽה׃ha.Zeh<the> thisH2088 →

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Jeremiah 22:8–9And many nations will pass by this city and ask one another, ‘Why has the LORD done such a thing to this great city?’1 Kings 9:8And when this temple has become a heap of rubble, all who pass by it will be appalled and will hiss and say, ‘Why has the LORD done such a thing to this land and to this temple?’Jeremiah 19:8I will make this city a desolation and an object of scorn. All who pass by will be appalled and will scoff at all her wounds.Jeremiah 16:10–12When you tell these people all these things, they will ask you, ‘Why has the LORD pronounced all this great disaster against us? What is our guilt? What is the sin that we have committed against the LORD our God?’1 Kings 9:8–9And when this temple has become a heap of rubble, all who pass by it will be appalled and will hiss and say, ‘Why has the LORD done such a thing to this land and to this temple?’Jeremiah 13:22And if you ask yourself, “Why has this happened to me?” It is because of the magnitude of your iniquity that your skirts have been stripped off and your body has been exposed.Deuteronomy 29:24–28So all the nations will ask, ‘Why has the LORD done such a thing to this land? Why this great outburst of anger?’Jeremiah 5:19And when the people ask, ‘For what offense has the LORD our God done all these things to us?’ You are to tell them, ‘Just as you have forsaken Me and served foreign gods in your land, so will you serve foreigners in a land that is not your own.’”Jeremiah 22:28Is this man Coniah a despised and shattered pot, a jar that no one wants? Why are he and his descendants hurled out and cast into a land they do not know?Jeremiah 50:13Because of the wrath of the LORD, she will not be inhabited; she will become completely desolate. All who pass through Babylon will be horrified and will hiss at all her wounds.Jeremiah 49:17“Edom will become an object of horror. All who pass by will be appalled and will scoff at all her wounds.2 Chronicles 29:8Therefore, the wrath of the LORD has fallen upon Judah and Jerusalem, and He has made them an object of terror, horror, and mockery, as you can see with your own eyes.1 Chronicles 22:5And David said, “My son Solomon is young and inexperienced, and the house to be built for the LORD must be exceedingly magnificent—famous and glorious throughout all lands. Therefore I must make preparations for it.” So David made lavish preparations before his death.2 Chronicles 2:9to prepare for me timber in abundance, because the temple I am building will be great and wonderful.Jeremiah 51:41How Sheshach has been captured! The praise of all the earth has been seized. What a horror Babylon has become among the nations!Jeremiah 7:14therefore what I did to Shiloh I will now do to the house that bears My Name, the house in which you trust, the place that I gave to you and your fathers.Lamentations 2:15All 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?”

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