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
Astonishment
General references
Bible References
This house
1 Kings 9:8
This house (temple) will become a heap of ruins; everyone who passes by will be appalled and sneer and say, ‘Why has the Lord done such a thing to this land and to this house?’
Astonishment
2 Chronicles 29:8
Therefore the wrath of the Lord has been against Judah and Jerusalem, and He has made them an object of terror, of horror, and of hissing, just as you see with your own eyes.
Jeremiah 19:8
I will make this city a desolation and an object of hissing; everyone who passes by it will be amazed and will hiss [in scorn] because of all its plagues and disasters.
Jeremiah 49:17
“Edom will become an object of horror; everyone who goes by it will be astonished and shall hiss [scornfully] at all its plagues and disasters.
Jeremiah 50:13
“Because of the wrath of the Lord she will not be inhabited
But she will be completely desolate;
Everyone who goes by Babylon will be appalled
And will hiss (mock) at all her wounds and plagues.
“Because of the wrath of the Lord she will not be inhabited
But she will be completely desolate;
Everyone who goes by Babylon will be appalled
And will hiss (mock) at all her wounds and plagues.
Why
Deuteronomy 29:24
All the nations will say, ‘Why has the Lord done this thing to this land? Why this great outburst of anger?’
1 Kings 9:8
This house (temple) will become a heap of ruins; everyone who passes by will be appalled and sneer and say, ‘Why has the Lord done such a thing to this land and to this house?’
Jeremiah 5:19
It will come about when your people say, ‘Why has the Lord our God done all these things to us?’ then you shall answer them, ‘As you have abandoned (rejected) Me,’ [says the Lord,] ‘and have served strange and foreign gods in your land, so you will serve strangers in a land that is not yours.’
Jeremiah 13:22
“And if you [wonder and] say in your heart,
‘Why have these things happened to me?’
It is because of the greatness and nature of your sin
That your skirts have beenpulled away [subjecting you to public disgrace]
And [like a barefoot slave] your heels have been wounded.
“And if you [wonder and] say in your heart,
‘Why have these things happened to me?’
It is because of the greatness and nature of your sin
That your skirts have been
And [like a barefoot slave] your heels have been wounded.
Jeremiah 16:10
“Now when you tell these people all these words and they ask you, ‘Why has the Lord decreed all this great tragedy against us? And what is our iniquity, what is the sin which we have committed against the Lord our God?’
Jeremiah 22:8
“Many nations will pass by this city; and each man will say to another, ‘Why has the Lord done this to this great city?’
General references
Deuteronomy 29:24
All the nations will say, ‘Why has the Lord done this thing to this land? Why this great outburst of anger?’
Jeremiah 19:8
I will make this city a desolation and an object of hissing; everyone who passes by it will be amazed and will hiss [in scorn] because of all its plagues and disasters.
Jeremiah 22:8
“Many nations will pass by this city; and each man will say to another, ‘Why has the Lord done this to this great city?’
Ezekiel 20:48
All flesh will see that I the Lord have kindled it; it will not be quenched.”’”
Matthew 23:38 Listen carefully: your house is being left to you desolate [completely abandoned by God and destitute of His protection]!