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.
• English Standard Version (ESV)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.
• 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.

Context of 2 Chronicles 7:20

18then I will establish your royal throne as I covenanted with your father David, saying, ‘You shall not lack a man to be ruler in Israel.’ 19“But if you turn away and forsake My statutes and My commandments which I have set before you, and go and serve other gods and worship them, then I will uproot you from My land which I have given you, and this house which 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. 21As for this house, which was exalted, everyone who passes by it will be astonished and say, ‘Why has the Lord done thus to this land and to this house?’ 22And they will say, ‘Because they forsook the Lord, the God of their fathers who brought them from the land of Egypt, and they adopted other gods and worshiped them and served them; therefore He has brought all this adversity 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

• then I will uprootנָתַשׁnâthash · to uprootH5428
• you from My landאֲדָמָה'ădâmâh · land: soilH127
• whichאֲשֶׁר'ăsher · whichH834
• I have givenנָתַןnâthan · to give: giveH5414
• you, and thisזֶהzeh · thisH2088
• houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: homeH1004
• I have consecratedקָדַשׁqâdash · to consecrate: consecateH6942
• for My nameשֵׁםshêm · nameH8034
• I will castשָׁלַךְshâlak · to throwH7993
• out of My sightפָּנֶהpânîym · face: beforeH6440
• and I will makeנָתַןnâthan · to give: makeH5414
• a proverbמָשָׁלmâshâl · proverbH4912
• and a bywordשְׁנִינָהshenîynâh · tauntH8148
• among allכֹּלkôl kôl · allH3605
• peoplesעַם‛am · peopleH5971

Cross-references for 2 Chronicles 7:20

• 2 Kings 17:20The 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 you up and tear you away from your tent, And uproot you from the land of the living. Selah.
• Jeremiah 12:17But if they will not listen, then I will uproot that nation, uproot and destroy it,” declares the Lord.
• Jeremiah 18:7At one moment I might speak concerning a nation or concerning a kingdom to uproot, to pull down, or to destroy it;
• Jeremiah 31:28As I have watched over them to pluck up, to break down, to overthrow, to destroy and to bring disaster, so I will watch over them to build and to plant,” declares the Lord.
• Jeremiah 45:4Thus you are to say to him, ‘Thus says the Lord, “Behold, what I have built I am about to tear down, and what I have planted I am about to uproot, that is, the whole land.”
• Jude 1:12These are the men who are hidden reefs in your love feasts when they feast with you without fear, caring for themselves; clouds without water, carried along by winds; autumn trees without fruit, doubly dead, uprooted;
• Deuteronomy 28:37You shall become a horror, a proverb, and a taunt among all the people where the Lord drives you.
• 1 Kings 9:7then I will cut off Israel from the land which I have given them, and the house which I have consecrated for My name, I will cast out of My sight. So Israel will become a proverb and a byword among all peoples.
• Nehemiah 4:1Now it came about that when Sanballat heard that we were rebuilding the wall, he became furious and very angry and mocked the Jews.
• Psalms 44:14You make us a byword among the nations, A laughingstock among the peoples.
• Jeremiah 24:9I will make them a terror and an evil for all the kingdoms of the earth, as a reproach and a proverb, a taunt and a curse in all places where I will scatter them.
• Lamentations 2:15All who pass along the way Clap their hands in derision at you; They hiss and shake their heads At the daughter of Jerusalem, “Is this the city of which they said, ‘The perfection of beauty, A joy to 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
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In the dictionaries

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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