1 Kings 9:7

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

I will no longer let my people Israel live in this land I gave them. I will desert this temple where I said I would be worshipped. Then people everywhere will think this nation is only a joke and will make fun of it.

Cross References

1 Kings 9:3

The LORD said: I heard your prayer and what you asked me to do. This temple you have built is where I will be worshipped for ever. It belongs to me, and I will never stop watching over it.

2 Kings 25:21

near Hamath, where Nebuchadnezzar had them killed. The people of Judah no longer lived in their own country.

2 Kings 25:9

Nebuzaradan burnt down the LORD's temple, the king's palace, and every important building in the city, as well as all the houses.

2 Chronicles 36:19

Nebuchadnezzar's troops burnt down the temple and destroyed every important building in the city. Then they broke down the city wall.

2 Chronicles 7:20

I will pull you out of this land I gave you. I will desert this temple where I said I would be worshipped, so that people everywhere will think it is only a joke and will make fun of it.

Psalm 44:14

Foreigners joke about us and shake their heads.

Psalm 44:15

I am embarrassed every day, and I blush with shame.

Psalm 69:11

They sneered at me for wearing sackcloth to show my sorrow.

Isaiah 65:15

I, the LORD God, promise to see that you are killed and that my chosen servants use your names as curse words. But I will give new names to my servants.

Jeremiah 24:9

I will punish them with a terrible disaster, and everyone on earth will tremble when they hear about it. I will force the people of Judah to go to foreign countries, where they will be cursed and insulted.

Jeremiah 25:9

and now I will let you be attacked by nations from the north, and especially by my servant, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylonia. You and other nearby nations will be destroyed and left in ruins for ever. Everyone who sees what has happened will be shocked, but they will still make fun of you.

Jeremiah 26:18

years ago when Hezekiah was king of Judah, a prophet named Micah from the town of Moresheth had said: “I, the LORD All-Powerful, say Jerusalem will be ploughed under and left in ruins. Thorns will cover the mountain where the temple now stands.”

Jeremiah 26:6

I will destroy this temple, just as I destroyed the town of Shiloh. Then everyone on earth will use the name “Jerusalem” as a curse word.

Jeremiah 44:8

You have made me angry by worshipping idols and burning incense to other gods after you came here to Egypt. You will die such a disgusting death, that other nations will use the name of Judah as a curse word.

Jeremiah 52:13

and he burnt down the LORD's temple, the king's palace, and every important building in the city, as well as all the houses.

Lamentations 1:8

Jerusalem's horrible sins have made the city a joke. Those who once admired her now hate her instead— she has been disgraced; she groans and turns away.

Lamentations 2:17

The LORD has done everything that he had planned and threatened long ago. He destroyed you without mercy and let your enemies boast about their powerful forces.

Ezekiel 24:21

he is ready to destroy the temple in which you take such pride and which makes you feel so safe. Your children who now live in Jerusalem will be killed.

Ezekiel 5:15

will insult you and make fun of you, but they will also be shocked and terrified at what I did in my anger.

Hosea 9:3

and you will have to leave the land of the LORD. Some of you will go to Egypt; others will go to Assyria and eat unclean food.

Joel 2:17

Tell my servants, the priests, to cry inside the temple and to offer this prayer near the altar: “Save your people, LORD God! Don't let foreign nations make jokes about us. Don't let them laugh and ask, ‘Where is your God?’ ”

Micah 3:12

And so, because of you, Jerusalem will be ploughed under and left in ruins. Thorns will cover the mountain where the temple now stands.

Matthew 23:38

And now your temple will be deserted.

Matthew 24:2

Jesus replied, “Do you see these buildings? They will certainly be torn down! Not one stone will be left in place.”

Luke 21:24

Some of them will be killed by swords. Others will be carried off to foreign countries. Jerusalem will be overrun by foreign nations until their time comes to an end.

Deuteronomy 28:37

People of nearby countries will shudder when they see your terrible troubles, but they will still make fun of you.

1 Samuel 15:11

“Saul has stopped obeying me, and I'm sorry that I made him king.” Samuel was angry, and he cried out in prayer to the LORD all night.