Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Chronicles 7:20
Then will I pluck them up by the roots out of my land which I have given them; and this house, which I have sanctified for my name, will I cast out of my sight, and will make it [to be] a proverb and a byword among all nations.
20. sanctified ] R.V. hallowed (cf. 2Ch 7:16).
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Verse 20. Then will I pluck them up by the roots] How completely has this been fulfilled! not only all the branches of the Jewish political tree have been cut off, but the very roots have been plucked up; so that the day of the Lord’s anger has left them neither root nor branch.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
[See comments on 2Ch 7:12].
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(20) Then will I pluck them up by the rootsi.e., your children (see last verse). (Comp. Deu. 29:27.) Vulg. rightly, evellam vos de terra mea. The opposite idea is that of planting a nation in a land (Jer. 24:6). Kings, Then will I cut off Israel from upon the face of the land. The chronicler has softened the severity of the expression, cut off Israel.
Will I cast out of my sight.Vulg. more literally, projiciam a facie mea. The exact phrase occurs nowhere else; but comp. Psa. 51:13, which is very similar; also Psa. 102:11. Instead of ashlik, I will cast, Kings has ashallah, I will send, i.e., throw (Amo. 2:5).
And will make it.A softening down of, and Israel shall become (Kings). Comp. Deu. 28:37. So Syriac.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
nations = the peoples.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
I pluck: 2Ki 17:20, Psa 52:5, Jer 12:17, Jer 18:7, Jer 31:28, Jer 45:4, Jud 1:12
a proverb: Deu 28:37, 1Ki 9:7, Neh 4:1-4, Psa 44:14, Jer 24:9, Lam 2:15, Lam 2:16
Reciprocal: Lev 25:23 – for ever Deu 29:28 – rooted them 2Ki 21:7 – In this house 2Ch 12:2 – because Jer 2:17 – in that Jer 16:13 – will I Jer 18:16 – a perpetual Jer 19:8 – General Jer 22:8 – General Jer 26:4 – If Jer 40:2 – The Lord Jer 44:8 – a curse Jer 49:17 – shall hiss Eze 5:14 – I will Eze 20:48 – General Eze 22:4 – have I Joe 2:17 – rule over them Mic 2:10 – and Zec 8:13 – a curse Mat 23:38 – General Mar 13:2 – there Luk 21:6 – there
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
7:20 Then will I pluck them up by the roots out of my land which I have given them; and this house, which I have {f} sanctified for my name, will I cast out of my sight, and will make it [to be] a proverb and a byword among all nations.
(f) Declaring that God had more concern for their salvation than for the advancement of his own glory: and where men abuse those things which God has appointed to set forth his praise, he withdraws his graces.