2 Chronicles 7:20

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Summary

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.

I pluck

Jude 1:12

A proverb

General references

Bible References

I pluck

so the LORD rejected all of the descendants of Israel, afflicted them, and handed them over to the control of plunderers until he had thrown them away from his presence.

But God will tear you down forever; he will take you away, even snatching you out of your tent! He will uproot you from the land of the living. Interlude

But if they don't listen, then I'll completely uproot that nation and destroy it," declares the LORD.

At one moment I may speak about a nation or a kingdom to uproot it, pull it down, or destroy it.

Just as I've watched over them to pull up, tear down, overthrow, destroy, and bring disaster, so I'll watch over them to build and to plant," declares the LORD.

Say this to him: "This is what the LORD says: "Look! What I've built I'm about to tear down, and what I've planted I'm about to pull up and this will involve the entire land."

These people are stains on your love feasts. They feast with you without any sense of awe. They are shepherds who care only for themselves. They are waterless clouds blown about by the winds. They are autumn trees that are fruitless, totally dead, and uprooted.

A proverb

You'll become a desolation and a proverb, and you'll be mocked among the people where the LORD will drive you."

then I will eliminate Israel from the land that I gave them and from the Temple that I've consecrated for my name. I will throw them out of my sight, and Israel will become the butt of jokes and a means of ridicule among people worldwide!

When Sanballat heard that we were reconstructing the wall, he flew into a rage, became indignant, and mocked the Jews.

You made us an object lesson among the nations; people shake their heads at us.

I'll make them into a horrifying sight to all the kingdoms of the earth; into a cause for contempt, into a byword, into a taunt, and into a curse in all the places to which I drive them.

Everyone who passes by on the road shake their fists at you. They hiss and shake their heads at cherished Jerusalem: "Is this the city men used to call "The Perfection of Beauty,' and "The Joy of the Entire Earth'"?

General references

I'll make this city into a desolate place and an object of scorn. All who pass by it will be astonished and will scoff because of all its wounds.

"Many nations will pass by this city and say to one another, "Why did the LORD do this to this great city?'

Then everyone will see that I, the LORD, have kindled it, because it won't be extinguished."'"

Look! Your house is left abandoned!