Though this temple is now exalted,[a] everyone who passes by will be appalled and will mock.[b] They will say: Why did the Lord do this to this land and this temple?(A)

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  1. 1 Kings 9:8 Some ancient versions read temple will become a ruin
  2. 1 Kings 9:8 Lit hiss

This temple will become a heap of rubble. All[a] who pass by will be appalled(A) and will scoff and say, ‘Why has the Lord done such a thing to this land and to this temple?’(B)

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  1. 1 Kings 9:8 See some Septuagint manuscripts, Old Latin, Syriac, Arabic and Targum; Hebrew And though this temple is now imposing, all

19 Then the Chaldeans burned God’s temple.(A) They tore down Jerusalem’s wall, burned down all its palaces, and destroyed all its valuable articles.

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19 They set fire(A) to God’s temple(B) and broke down the wall(C) of Jerusalem; they burned all the palaces and destroyed(D) everything of value there.(E)

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