Albert Barnes Commentary 1 Kings 9:8

"And though this house is so high, yet shall every one that passeth by it be astonished, and shall hiss; and they shall say, Why hath Jehovah done thus unto this land, and to this house?" — 1 Kings 9:8 (ASV)

The Hebrew text reads, And this house shall be high... The meaning appears to be that this house will be "high" (that is, conspicuous) in its ruin just as it was in its glory.

And shall hiss—meaning, in contempt. This expression first appears in the time of Hezekiah (2 Chronicles 29:8; Micah 6:16). It is especially common in Jeremiah (Jeremiah 18:16; Jeremiah 19:8; and elsewhere).