2 Chronicles 7:20

2 Chronicles 7:20 in other versions

• King James Version (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.
• New International Version (NIV)then I will uproot Israel from my land, which I have given them, and will reject this temple I have consecrated for my Name. I will make it a byword and an object of ridicule among all peoples.
• New King James Version (NKJV)then I will uproot them from My land which I have given them; and this house which I have sanctified for My name I will cast out of My sight, and will make it a proverb and a byword among all peoples.
• New Living Translation (NLT)then I will uproot the people from this land that I have given them. I will reject this Temple that I have made holy to honor my name. I will make it an object of mockery and ridicule among the nations.

Context of 2 Chronicles 7:20

18then I will establish your royal throne, as I covenanted with David your father, saying, 'You shall not lack a man to rule Israel.' 19"But if you turn aside and forsake my statutes and my commandments that I have set before you, and go and serve other gods and worship them, then I will pluck you up from my land that I have given you, and this house that I have consecrated for my name, I will cast out of my sight, and I will make it a proverb and a byword among all peoples. 21And at this house, which was exalted, everyone passing by will be astonished and say, 'Why has the Lord done thus to this land and to this house?' 22Then they will say, 'Because they abandoned the Lord, the God of their fathers who brought them out of the land of Egypt, and laid hold on other gods and worshiped them and served them. Therefore he has brought all this disaster on them.'"

2 Chronicles 7:20 word by word

וּנְתַשְׁתִּ֗ים מֵעַ֤ל אַדְמָתִי֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר נָתַ֣תִּי לָהֶ֔ם וְאֶת־הַבַּ֤יִת הַזֶּה֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר הִקְדַּ֣שְׁתִּי לִשְׁמִ֔י אַשְׁלִ֖יךְ מֵעַ֣ל פָּנָ֑י וְאֶתְּנֶ֛נּוּ לְמָשָׁ֥ל וְלִשְׁנִינָ֖ה בְּכָל־הָעַמִּֽים׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Then will I pluck them up by the rootsנָתַשׁnâthash · to uprootH5428
• out of my landאֲדָמָה'ădâmâh · land: soilH127
• which I have givenנָתַןnâthan · to give: giveH5414
• them; and this houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: homeH1004
• which I have sanctifiedקָדַשׁqâdash · to consecrate: consecateH6942
• for my nameשֵׁםshêm · nameH8034
• will I cast outשָׁלַךְshâlak · to throwH7993
• of my sightפָּנֶהpânîym · face: beforeH6440
• and will makeנָתַןnâthan · to give: makeH5414
• a proverbמָשָׁלmâshâl · proverbH4912
• and a bywordשְׁנִינָהshenîynâh · tauntH8148
• among all nationsעַם‛am · peopleH5971

Cross-references for 2 Chronicles 7:20

• 2 Kings 17:20And the Lord rejected all the descendants of Israel and afflicted them and gave them into the hand of plunderers, until he had cast them out of his sight.
• Psalms 52:5But God will break you down forever; he will snatch and tear you from your tent; he will uproot you from the land of the living. Selah
• Jeremiah 12:17But if any nation will not listen, then I will utterly pluck it up and destroy it, declares the Lord."
• Jeremiah 18:7If at any time I declare concerning a nation or a kingdom, that I will pluck up and break down and destroy it,
• Jeremiah 31:28And it shall come to pass that as I have watched over them to pluck up and break down, to overthrow, destroy, and bring harm, so I will watch over them to build and to plant, declares the Lord.
• Jeremiah 45:4Thus shall you say to him, Thus says the Lord: Behold, what I have built I am breaking down, and what I have planted I am plucking up—that is, the whole land.
• Jude 1:12These are hidden reefs at your love feasts, as they feast with you without fear, shepherds feeding themselves; waterless clouds, swept along by winds; fruitless trees in late autumn, twice dead, uprooted;
• Deuteronomy 28:37And you shall become a horror, a proverb, and a byword among all the peoples where the Lord will lead you away.
• 1 Kings 9:7then I will cut off Israel from the land that I have given them, and the house that I have consecrated for my name I will cast out of my sight, and Israel will become a proverb and a byword among all peoples.
• Nehemiah 4:1Now when Sanballat heard that we were building the wall, he was angry and greatly enraged, and he jeered at the Jews.
• Psalms 44:14You have made us a byword among the nations, a laughingstock among the peoples.
• Jeremiah 24:9I will make them a horror to all the kingdoms of the earth, to be a reproach, a byword, a taunt, and a curse in all the places where I shall drive them.
• Lamentations 2:15All who pass along the way clap their hands at you; they hiss and wag their heads at the daughter of Jerusalem: "Is this the city that was called the perfection of beauty, the joy of all the earth?"

Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 7:20

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 20Then will I pluck them up by the roots - How completely has this been fulfilled! not only all the branches of the Jewish political tree have been cut off, but the very roots have been plucked up; so that the day of the Lord's anger has left them neither root nor branch.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 19-22Even though it was magnificent, people mocked the temple when the Israelites turned away from the Lord. The Babylonians destroyed the temple in 586 BC.Read the comment

Topics related to 2 Chronicles 7:20

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Blessing
• God
• Solomon

In the dictionaries

• Byword
• Parable
• Solomon

Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 7

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings