1 Kings 9:7

then 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.

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — God speaks to Solomon through the temple dedication, delivering a conditional warning following the covenant stipulations of 1 Kings 9:6. The declaration occurs at the conclusion of the divine appearance that initiated the temple's consecration.

The words — וְ/הִכְרַתִּ֣י (ve./hikh.ra.Ti) literally means "and I will cut off" or "I will exterminate," paired with אֶת\־ (et-) as the direct object marker for Israel. This verb anchors the threat of national removal from the land God previously granted.

The thread — The motif of national disgrace and exile echoes in Psalms 44:14, Jeremiah 24:9, and Deuteronomy 4:26, where covenant failure results in foreign mockery and territorial loss. These passages trace a consistent prophetic pattern linking idolatry to divine withdrawal and public shame.

Why it lands — The text demands recognition that covenant fidelity is non-negotiable and that divine blessing carries explicit consequences for breach. It requires the reader to accept that religious privilege does not override moral obedience.

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The Hebrew words

וְהִכְרַתִּ֣יve./hikh.ra.Tiand/ I will cut off אֶת־'et-<obj.>יִשְׂרָאֵ֗לYis.ra.'ElIsrael מֵעַ֨לme./'Alfrom/ on פְּנֵ֤יpe.Nei[the] surface of הָאֲדָמָה֙ha./'a.da.Mahthe/ ground אֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.Sherwhich נָתַ֣תִּיna.Ta.tiI have givenלָהֶ֔םla./Hemto/ themוְאֶת־ve./'Etand/ <obj.>הַבַּ֙יִת֙ha./Ba.yitthe/ house אֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.Sherwhich הִקְדַּ֣שְׁתִּיhik.Dash.tiI have consecrated לִשְׁמִ֔יli/sh.M/ifor/ name/ my אֲשַׁלַּ֖ח'a.sha.LachI will cast out מֵעַ֣לme./'Alfrom/ on פָּנָ֑יpa.Na/iface/ my וְהָיָ֧הve./ha.Yahand/ it will become יִשְׂרָאֵ֛לYis.ra.'ElIsrael לְמָשָׁ֥לle./ma.Shal<into>/ a byword וְלִשְׁנִינָ֖הve./li/sh.ni.Nahand/ <into>/ a taunt בְּכָל־be./kholamong/ all הָעַמִּֽים׃ha./'a.Mimthe/ peoples

King James Version

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:

Cross-references

Psalms 44:14 You have made us a byword among the nations, a laughingstock among the peoples.
Jeremiah 24:9 I will make them a horror and an offense to all the kingdoms of the earth, a disgrace and an object of scorn, ridicule, and cursing wherever I have banished them.
Deuteronomy 4:26 I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you this day that you will quickly perish from the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess. You will not live long upon it, but will be utterly destroyed.
Deuteronomy 28:37 You will become an object of horror, scorn, and ridicule among all the nations to which the LORD will drive you.
Leviticus 18:24 Do not defile yourselves by any of these practices, for by all these things the nations I am driving out before you have defiled themselves.
2 Kings 25:9 He burned down the house of the LORD, the royal palace, and all the houses of Jerusalem—every significant building.
2 Kings 25:21 There at Riblah in the land of Hamath, the king of Babylon struck them down and put them to death. So Judah was taken into exile, away from its own land.
Luke 21:24 They will fall by the edge of the sword and be led captive into all the nations. And Jerusalem will be trodden down by the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.
Deuteronomy 29:26 They went and served other gods, and they worshiped gods they had not known—gods that the LORD had not given to them.
2 Chronicles 7:20 then I will uproot Israel from the soil I have given them, and I will banish from My presence this temple I have sanctified for My Name. I will make it an object of scorn and ridicule among all the peoples.