1 Kings 9:7-9

Expanded Bible

⁷ I will ·force Israel to leave [banish/^Lcut off Israel from] the land I have given them, and I will ·leave [reject; disown; remove from my sight] this ·Temple [^Lhouse] that I have ·made holy [^Lconsecrated for my name]. ·All the nations will make fun of Israel and speak evil about them [^LIsrael will become a byword/proverb among the nations/peoples]. ⁸ If the ·Temple is destroyed [^Lhouse becomes a heap of rubble], everyone who passes by will be ·shocked [astonished; appalled]. They will ·make fun of you [scoff; hiss] and ask, ‘Why did the Lord do this terrible thing to this land and this ·Temple [^Lhouse]?’ ⁹ People will answer, ‘This happened because they ·left [abandoned; deserted; forsook] the Lord their God. This was the God who brought their ancestors out of Egypt, but they ·decided to follow [embraced; adopted] other gods. They worshiped and served those gods, so the Lord brought all this ·disaster [adversity; calamity] on them.’”