1 Kings 9:8

Good News Translation (US Version)

This Temple will become a pile of ruins, and everyone who passes by will be shocked and amazed. ‘Why did the Lord do this to this land and this Temple?’ they will ask.

Cross References

2 Chronicles 7:21

“The Temple is now greatly honored, but then everyone who passes by it will be amazed and will ask, ‘Why did the Lord do this to this land and this Temple?’

Jeremiah 22:28

I said, “Has King Jehoiachin become like a broken jar that is thrown away and that no one wants? Is that why he and his children have been taken into exile to a land they know nothing about?”

Jeremiah 19:8

I will bring such terrible destruction on this city that everyone who passes by will be shocked and amazed.

Daniel 9:12

You did what you said you would do to us and our rulers. You punished Jerusalem more severely than any other city on earth,

Jeremiah 50:13

Because of my anger no one will live in Babylon; it will be left in ruins, and all who pass by will be shocked and amazed.

Jeremiah 49:17

The Lord said, “The destruction that will come on Edom will be so terrible that everyone who passes by will be shocked and terrified.

Isaiah 64:11

and our Temple, the sacred and beautiful place where our ancestors praised you, has been destroyed by fire. All the places we loved are in ruins.

Deuteronomy 28:37

In the countries to which the Lord will scatter you, the people will be shocked at what has happened to you; they will make fun of you and ridicule you.

2 Kings 25:9

He burned down the Temple, the palace, and the houses of all the important people in Jerusalem,

2 Chronicles 36:19

He burned down the Temple and the city, with all its palaces and its wealth, and broke down the city wall.

Jeremiah 5:19

When they ask why I did all these things, tell them, Jeremiah, that just as they turned away from me and served foreign gods in their own land, so they will serve strangers in a land that is not theirs.”

Jeremiah 16:10

“When you tell them all this, they will ask you why I have decided to punish them so harshly. They will ask what crime they are guilty of and what sin they have committed against the Lord their God.

Jeremiah 18:16

They have made this land a thing of horror, to be despised forever. All who pass by will be shocked at what they see; they will shake their heads in amazement.

Jeremiah 25:9

‘I am going to send for all the peoples from the north and for my servant, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylonia. I am going to bring them to fight against Judah and its inhabitants and against all the neighboring nations. I am going to destroy this nation and its neighbors and leave them in ruins forever, a terrible and shocking sight. I, the Lord, have spoken.

Jeremiah 44:8

Why do you make me angry by worshiping idols and by sacrificing to other gods here in Egypt, where you have come to live? Are you doing this just to destroy yourselves, so that every nation on earth will make fun of you and use your name as a curse?

Jeremiah 52:13

He burned down the Temple, the palace, and the houses of all the important people in Jerusalem;

Deuteronomy 29:23

The fields will be a barren waste, covered with sulfur and salt; nothing will be planted, and not even weeds will grow there. Your land will be like the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah, of Admah and Zeboiim, which the Lord destroyed when he was furiously angry.

2 Kings 22:17

They have rejected me and have offered sacrifices to other gods, and so have stirred up my anger by all they have done. My anger is aroused against Jerusalem, and it will not die down.

2 Chronicles 29:8

Because of this the Lord has been angry with Judah and Jerusalem, and what he has done to them has shocked and frightened everyone. You know this very well.

Lamentations 2:15

People passing by the city look at you in scorn. They shake their heads and laugh at Jerusalem's ruins: “Is this that lovely city? Is this the pride of the world?”