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.
• 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.
• 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

18I will establish your royal throne, as I covenanted with David your father when I said, ‘You shall never fail to have a successor to rule over Israel.’ 19“But if you turn away and forsake the decrees and commands I have given you and go off to serve other gods and worship them, 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. 21This 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?’ 22People will answer, ‘Because they have forsaken the Lord, the God of their ancestors, who brought them out of Egypt, and have embraced other gods, worshiping and serving them—that is why he 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 17:20Therefore the Lord rejected all the people of Israel; he afflicted them and gave them into the hands of plunderers, until he thrust them from his presence.
• Psalms 52:5Surely God will bring you down to everlasting ruin: He will snatch you up and pluck you from your tent; he will uproot you from the land of the living.
• Jeremiah 12:17But if any nation does not listen, I will completely uproot and destroy it,” declares the Lord.
• Jeremiah 18:7If at any time I announce that a nation or kingdom is to be uprooted, torn down and destroyed,
• Jeremiah 31:28Just as I watched over them to uproot and tear down, and to overthrow, destroy and bring disaster, so I will watch over them to build and to plant,” declares the Lord.
• Jeremiah 45:4But the Lord has told me to say to you, ‘This is what the Lord says: I will overthrow what I have built and uproot what I have planted, throughout the earth.
• Jude 1:12These people are blemishes at your love feasts, eating with you without the slightest qualm—shepherds who feed only themselves. They are clouds without rain, blown along by the wind; autumn trees, without fruit and uprooted—twice dead.
• Deuteronomy 28:37You will become a thing of horror, a byword and an object of ridicule among all the peoples where the Lord will drive you.
• 1 Kings 9:7then I will cut off Israel from the land I have given them and will reject this temple I have consecrated for my Name. Israel will then become a byword and an object of ridicule among all peoples.
• Nehemiah 4:1When Sanballat heard that we were rebuilding the wall, he became angry and was greatly incensed. He ridiculed the Jews,
• Psalms 44:14You have made us a byword among the nations; the peoples shake their heads at us.
• Jeremiah 24:9I will make them abhorrent and an offense to all the kingdoms of the earth, a reproach and a byword, a curse and an object of ridicule, wherever I banish them.
• Lamentations 2:15All who pass your way clap their hands at you; they scoff and shake their heads at Daughter Jerusalem: “Is this the city that was called the perfection of beauty, the joy of the whole 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
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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