Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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?

This house

Bible References

This house

1 Kings 9:8
Though this temple is now exalted, everyone who passes by will be appalled and will mock. They will say: Why did the Lord do this to this land and this temple?

Astonishment

2 Chronicles 29:8
Therefore, the wrath of the Lord was on Judah and Jerusalem, and He made them an object of terror, horror, and mockery, as you see with your own eyes.
Jeremiah 19:8
I will make this city desolate, an object of scorn. Everyone who passes by it will be horrified and scoff because of all its wounds.
Jeremiah 49:17
“Edom will become a desolation. Everyone who passes by her will be horrified and scoff because of all her wounds.
Jeremiah 50:13
Because of the Lord’s wrath,
she will not be inhabited;
she will become a desolation, every bit of her.
Everyone who passes through Babylon
will be horrified
and scoff because of all her wounds.

Why

Deuteronomy 29:24
All the nations will ask, ‘Why has the Lord done this to this land? Why this great outburst of anger?’
1 Kings 9:8
Though this temple is now exalted, everyone who passes by will be appalled and will mock. They will say: Why did the Lord do this to this land and this temple?
Jeremiah 5:19
When people ask, ‘For what offense has the Lord our God done all these things to us?’ You will respond to them: Just as you abandoned Me and served foreign gods in your land, so will you serve strangers in a land that is not yours.
Jeremiah 13:22
And when you ask yourself,
“Why have these things happened to me?”
It is because of your great guilt
that your skirts have been stripped off,
your body exposed.
Jeremiah 16:10
“When you tell these people all these things, they will say to you, ‘Why has the Lord declared all this great disaster against us? What is our guilt? What is our sin that we have committed against the Lord our God?’
Jeremiah 22:8
“Many nations will pass by this city and ask one another, ‘Why did the Lord do such a thing to this great city?’

General references

Deuteronomy 29:24
All the nations will ask, ‘Why has the Lord done this to this land? Why this great outburst of anger?’
Jeremiah 19:8
I will make this city desolate, an object of scorn. Everyone who passes by it will be horrified and scoff because of all its wounds.
Jeremiah 22:8
“Many nations will pass by this city and ask one another, ‘Why did the Lord do such a thing to this great city?’
Ezekiel 20:48
Then all people will see that I, Yahweh, have kindled it. It will not be extinguished.”
Matthew 23:38
See, your house is left to you desolate.

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