John Gill Commentary


John Gill Commentary
"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 peoples." — 1 Kings 9:7 (ASV)
Then will I cut off Israel out of the land I have given them ,
&c.] Suffer them to be carried captive into other lands, as the ten tribes were into Assyria, and the two tribes to Babylon; which is called a plucking them up by the roots in (2 Chronicles 7:20)
and this house, which I have hallowed for my name, will I cast out of
my sight :
as it was when burnt by Nebuchadnezzar:
and Israel shall be a proverb and a byword among all people ;
both for their sins and for their miseries; see (Deuteronomy 28:37) (Jeremiah 24:9) : in (2 Chronicles 7:20) the house or temple is said to be made a proverb of.