1 Kings 9 · Verse 7

1 Kings 9:7

Then will I cut off Israel out of the land which I have given them; and this house, which I have hallowed for my name, will I cast out of my sight; and Israel shall be a proverb and a byword among all people:
1 Kings 9:7, King James Version

1 Kings 9:7 in other translations

BSBthen I will cut off Israel from the land that I have given them, and I will banish from My presence this temple I have sanctified for My Name. Then Israel will become an object of scorn and ridicule among all peoples.
WEBthen I will cut off Israel out of the land which I have given them; and I will cast this house, which I have made holy for my name, out of my sight; and Israel will be a proverb and a byword among all peoples.
ASVthen will I cut off Israel out of the land which I have given them; and this house, which I have hallowed for my name, will I cast out of my sight; and Israel shall be a proverb and a byword among all peoples.
YLTthen I have cut off Israel from the face of the ground that I have given to them, and the house that I have hallowed for My name I send away from My presence, and Israel hath been for a simile and for a byword among all the peoples;
DARBYthen will I cut off Israel out of the land which I have given them; and the house, which I have hallowed to my name, will I cast out of my sight; and Israel shall be a proverb and a by word among all peoples;
BBEThen I will have Israel cut off from the land which I have given them; and this house, which I have made holy for myself, I will put away from before my eyes; and Israel will be a public example, and a word of shame among all peoples.
WebsterThen will I cut off Israel from the land which I have given them; and this house which I have hallowed for my name, will I cast out of my sight; and Israel shall be a proverb and a by-word among all people:

What does 1 Kings 9:7 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 7 A proverb and a by - word among all people - And so they are to the present; the unbelieving Jews, the stubborn, stiff-necked Jews, are words still in common use. They forsook the Lord, rejected his Christ, and are cast off, their temple destroyed, and they scattered over the face of the earth.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Kings 9:1-9

God warned Solomon, now he had newly built and dedicated the temple, that he and his people might not be high-minded, but fear. After all the services we can perform, we stand upon the same terms with the Lord as before. Nothing can purchase for us liberty to sin, nor would the true believer desire such a licence. He would rather be chastened of the Lord, than be allowed to go on with ease and prosperity in sin.

Read the full comment on 1 Kings 9:1-9 →

1 Kings 9:7 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְהִכְרַתִּ֣יve.hikh.ra.Tiand I will cut offH3772
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
יִשְׂרָאֵ֗לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478
מֵעַ֨לme.'Alfrom onH5921
פְּנֵ֤יpe.Nei[the] surface ofH6440
הָאֲדָמָה֙ha.'a.da.Mahthe groundH127
אֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherwhichH834
נָתַ֣תִּיna.Ta.tiI have givenH5414
לָהֶ֔םla.Hemto them
וְאֶת\־ve.'Etand <obj.>H853
הַבַּ֙יִת֙ha.Ba.yitthe houseH1004
אֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherwhichH834
הִקְדַּ֣שְׁתִּיhik.Dash.tiI have consecratedH6942
לִשְׁמִ֔יlish.Mifor name myH8034
אֲשַׁלַּ֖ח'a.sha.LachI will cast outH7971
מֵעַ֣לme.'Alfrom onH5921
פָּנָ֑יpa.Naiface myH6440
וְהָיָ֧הve.ha.Yahand it will becomeH1961
יִשְׂרָאֵ֛לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478
לְמָשָׁ֥לle.ma.Shal<into> a bywordH4912
וְלִשְׁנִינָ֖הve.lish.ni.Nahand <into> a tauntH8148
בְּכָל\־be.kholamong allH3605
הָעַמִּֽים\׃ha.'a.Mimthe peoplesH5971

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for 1 Kings 9:7

  • Psalms 44:14

    Thou makest us a byword among the heathen, a shaking of the head among the people.

  • Jeremiah 24:9

    And I will deliver them to be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth for their hurt, to be a reproach and a proverb, a taunt and a curse, in all places whither I shall drive them.

  • Deuteronomy 28:37

    And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all nations whither the Lord shall lead thee.

  • Deuteronomy 4:26

    I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that ye shall soon utterly perish from off the land whereunto ye go over Jordan to possess it; ye shall not prolong your days upon it, but shall utterly be destroyed.

  • 2 Kings 25:21

    And the king of Babylon smote them, and slew them at Riblah in the land of Hamath. So Judah was carried away out of their land.

  • Leviticus 18:24-28

    Defile not ye yourselves in any of these things: for in all these the nations are defiled which I cast out before you: And the land is defiled: therefore I do visit the iniquity thereof upon it, and the land itself vomiteth out her inhabitants. Ye shall therefore keep my statutes and my judgments, and shall not commit any of these abominations; neither any of your own nation, nor any stranger that sojourneth among you: (For all these abominations have the men of the land done, which were before you, and the land is defiled;) …

  • 2 Kings 25:9

    And he burnt the house of the Lord, and the king’s house, and all the houses of Jerusalem, and every great man’s house burnt he with fire.

  • Luke 21:24

    And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away captive into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.

  • Lamentations 2:6-7

    And he hath violently taken away his tabernacle, as if it were of a garden: he hath destroyed his places of the assembly: the Lord hath caused the solemn feasts and sabbaths to be forgotten in Zion, and hath despised in the indignation of his anger the king and the priest. The Lord hath cast off his altar, he hath abhorred his sanctuary, he hath given up into the hand of the enemy the walls of her palaces; they have made a noise in the house of the Lord, as in the day of a solemn feast.

  • Micah 3:12

    Therefore shall Zion for your sake be plowed as a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of the forest.

  • Ezekiel 33:27-29

    Say thou thus unto them, Thus saith the Lord God; As I live, surely they that are in the wastes shall fall by the sword, and him that is in the open field will I give to the beasts to be devoured, and they that be in the forts and in the caves shall die of the pestilence. For I will lay the land most desolate, and the pomp of her strength shall cease; and the mountains of Israel shall be desolate, that none shall pass through. Then shall they know that I am the Lord, when I have laid the land most desolate because of all their abominations which they have committed.

  • Joel 2:17

    Let the priests, the ministers of the Lord, weep between the porch and the altar, and let them say, Spare thy people, O Lord, and give not thine heritage to reproach, that the heathen should rule over them: wherefore should they say among the people, Where is their God?

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
will I cut.
Le 18:24-28; De 4:26; 29:26-28; 2Ki 17:20-23; 25:9,21; Jer 7:15
Jer 24:9; Eze 33:27-29; Lu 21:24
this house.
3; 2Ki 25:9; 2Ch 7:20; 36:19; Jer 7:4-14; 26:6,18; 52:13; La 2:6,7
Eze 24:21; Mic 3:12; Mt 24:2; Lu 21:24
and Israel.
De 28:37; Ne 4:1-4; Ps 44:14; Isa 65:15; Jer 24:9; La 2:15,16
Joe 2:17

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • 1 Kings 9:6

    But if ye shall at all turn from following me, ye or your children, and will not keep my commandments and my statutes which I have set before you, but go and serve other gods, and worship them:

  • 1 Kings 9:7

    Then will I cut off Israel out of the land which I have given them; and this house, which I have hallowed for my name, will I cast out of my sight; and Israel shall be a proverb and a byword among all people:

  • 1 Kings 9:8

    And at this house, which is high, every one that passeth by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss; and they shall say, Why hath the Lord done thus unto this land, and to this house?

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1 Kings 9:7 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Yo cortaré á Israel de sobre la haz de la tierra que les he entregado; y esta casa que he santificado á mi nombre, yo la echaré de delante de mí, é Israel será por proverbio y fábula á todos los pueblos;
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
je retrancherai Israël de dessus la face de la terre que je leur ai donnée; et la maison que j’ai sanctifiée pour mon nom, je la rejetterai de devant ma face; et Israël sera un proverbe et un sujet de raillerie parmi tous les peuples.
German
Elberfelder 1871
so werde ich Israel ausrotten aus dem Lande, das ich ihnen gegeben; und das Haus, welches ich meinem Namen geheiligt habe, werde ich von meinem Angesicht wegwerfen; und Israel wird zum Sprichwort und zur Spottrede werden unter allen Völkern.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
auferam Israël de superficie terræ quam dedi eis, et templum quod sanctificavi nomini meo, projiciam a conspectu meo: eritque Israël in proverbium, et in fabulam cunctis populis.