New American Standard Bible 2020
2 Chronicles 7:21
21As for this house, which was exalted, everyone who passes by it will be astonished and say, ‘1Why has the Lord done these things to this land and to this house?’
2 Chronicles 7:21 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)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?
- New International Version (NIV)This temple will become a heap of rubble. All who pass by will be appalled and say, ‘Why has the Lord done such a thing to this land and to this temple?’
- English Standard Version (ESV)And 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?'
- New King James Version (NKJV)“And as for this house, which is exalted, everyone who passes by it will be astonished and say, ‘Why has the Lord done thus to this land and this house?’
Context of 2 Chronicles 7:21
19“But if you turn away and abandon My statutes and My commandments which I have set before you, and go and serve other gods and worship them, 20then 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 an object of scorn among all peoples. As for this house, which was exalted, everyone who passes by it will be astonished and say, ‘Why has the Lord done these things to this land and to this house?’ 22And they will say, ‘Because they abandoned the Lord, the God of their fathers, who brought them from the land of Egypt, and they adopted other gods, and worshiped and served them; therefore He has brought all this adversity on them.’”
Read all of 2 Chronicles 72 Chronicles 7:21 word by word
וְהַבַּ֤יִת הַזֶּה֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר הָיָ֣ה עֶלְי֔וֹן לְכָל־עֹבֵ֥ר עָלָ֖יו יִשֹּׁ֑ם וְאָמַ֗ר בַּמֶּ֨ה עָשָׂ֤ה יְהוָה֙ כָּ֔כָה לָאָ֥רֶץ הַזֹּ֖את וְלַבַּ֥יִת הַזֶּֽה׃Read the interlinear
- As for thisזֶהzeh · thisH2088
- houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: homeH1004
- whichאֲשֶׁר'ăsher · whichH834
- was exaltedעֶלְיוֹן‛elyôn · highH5945
- everyoneכֹּלkôl kôl · allH3605
- who passesעָבַר‛âbar · to passH5674
- by it will beשָׁמֵםshâmêm · be desolate: destroyedH8074
- and sayאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
- Whyמָהmâh mah mâ ma meh · what?H4100
- has the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
- doneעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
- theseכָּ֫כָהkâkâh · thusH3602
- landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
Cross-references for 2 Chronicles 7:21
- 1 Kings 9:8And this house will become a heap of ruins; everyone who passes by it will be appalled and hiss and say, ‘Why has the Lord done such a thing to this land and this house?’
- 2 Chronicles 29:8Therefore the wrath of the Lord was against Judah and Jerusalem, and He has made them an object of terror, of horror, and of hissing, as you see with your own eyes.
- Jeremiah 19:8I will also turn this city into an object of horror and hissing; everyone who passes by it will be appalled and hiss because of all its disasters.
- Jeremiah 49:17“Edom will become an object of horror; everyone who passes by it will be appalled and will hiss at all its wounds.
- Jeremiah 50:13Because of the wrath of the Lord she will not be inhabited, But she will be completely desolate; Everyone who passes by Babylon will be horrified And will hiss because of all her wounds.
- Deuteronomy 29:24All the nations will say, ‘Why has the Lord done all this to this land? Why this great outburst of anger?’
- Jeremiah 5:19And it shall come about when they say, ‘Why has the Lord our God done all these things to us?’ then you shall say to them, ‘Just as you have abandoned Me and served foreign gods in your land, so you will serve strangers in a land that is not yours.’
- Jeremiah 13:22If you say in your heart, ‘Why have these things happened to me?’ Because of the magnitude of your wrongdoing Your skirts have been removed And your heels have suffered violence.
- Jeremiah 16:10“Now it will happen that, when you tell this people all these words, they will say to you, ‘For what reason has the Lord declared all this great disaster against us? And what is our wrongdoing, or what is our sin that we have committed against the Lord our God?’
- Jeremiah 22:8“Many nations will pass by this city; and they will say to one another, ‘Why has the Lord done this to this great city?’
Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 7:21
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 21Shall be an astonishment - The manner in which these disobedient people have been destroyed is truly astonishing: no nation was ever so highly favored, and none ever so severely and signally punished.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
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- 1. 2 Chronicles 7:21 Deut 29:24-27 ↩
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
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