Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Kings 9:7
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:
7. then will I cut off ] We have once more a passage very parallel to Deu 4:26; Deu 28:37; Deu 28:45; Deu 28:63, where ‘an astonishment, a proverb and a by-word’ occurs, as here.
this house will I cast out of my sight ] It is not here declared what shall be the consequence of God’s disregard but the idea of destruction must have been present to him who heard of God’s face being turned away. It is just the opposite of what the king had prayed for, that God’s eyes should be always open towards the Temple.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Verse 7. A proverb and a by-word among all people] And so they are to the present; the unbelieving Jews, the stubborn, stiff-necked Jews, are words still in common use. They forsook the Lord, rejected his Christ, and are cast off, their temple destroyed, and they scattered over the face of the earth.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
Will I cast out of my sight; I will not regard it; I will take away my protection and gracious presence from it.
Israel shall be a proverb; their miseries shall be named proverbally, to express extreme calamities. See Deu 28:37.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
Then will I cut off Israel out of the land I have given them,…. 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 2Ch 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 De 28:37: in 2Ch 7:20 the house or temple is said to be made a proverb of.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(7) Then will I cut off.These warnings were repeated with terrible force by Jeremiah on the eve of their fulfilment. (See Jer. 7:12-14; Jer. 24:9; Jer. 25:9.) The destruction of the Temple is by him compared with that which fell on Shilohno doubt, after the great defeat by the Philistines in the time of Eli (1 Samuel 4, 5), although the history gives no record of it. The continued existence of the people, as a people, to be a proverb and a byword, through the Babylonish captivity, and through their present dispersion, is a fact to which the history of the world undoubtedly furnishes no parallel.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
7. A proverb and a byword The very name Israel will become a proverbial expression significant of disastrous failure; nay, more a byword, a pointed, sarcastic term, ever suggestive of scorn and mockery. Compare Deu 28:37.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
“ And this house, which I have hallowed for my name, will I cast out of my sight, and Israel will be a proverb and a byword among all peoples.”
And they are not to see the fact that YHWH has ‘hallowed’ the House as an indication that He will give it special treatment. The ‘holiness’ of the House is not to be seen as intrinsic. Rather it is hallowed (set apart uniquely as His earthly Dwellingplace) because, and while, He is among them (1Ki 8:10-11) and they are His obedient people. But if they rebel against Him then He will cast the house out of His sight. He will have no interest in it at all.
Furthermore Israel themselves are warned that as a result they will become a kind of private joke, a jest, a ‘proverb’ (illustration) which acts as a warning to others, and a ‘byword’ (a saying with teeth). Because they have rejected Him YHWH will have no concern at all for their good name.
For ‘cast out of My sight’ compare Jer 7:15. For the idea of being ‘a proverb and a byword’ see Deu 28:37; Jer 24:9, but note that in neither case do the two words stand alone. Those verses are not likely therefore to be the direct source of the idea.
Fuente: Commentary Series on the Bible by Peter Pett
1Ki 9:7 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:
Ver. 7. And Israel shall be a proverb and a byword. ] They are so at this day. See Trapp on “ Zec 8:13 “
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
people = peoples.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
will I cut: Lev 18:24-28, Deu 4:26, Deu 29:26-28, 2Ki 17:20-23, 2Ki 25:9, 2Ki 25:21, Jer 7:15, Jer 24:9, Eze 33:27-29, Luk 21:24
this house: 1Ki 9:3, 2Ki 25:9, 2Ch 7:20, 2Ch 36:19, Jer 7:4-14, Jer 26:6, Jer 26:18, Jer 52:13, Lam 2:6, Lam 2:7, Eze 24:21, Mic 3:12, Mat 24:2, Luk 21:24
and Israel: Deu 28:37, Neh 4:1-4, Psa 44:14, Isa 65:15, Jer 24:9, Lam 2:15, Lam 2:16, Joe 2:17
Reciprocal: Deu 28:59 – General 2Ki 21:7 – In this house 2Ch 7:19 – shall go Neh 1:3 – reproach Neh 1:8 – If ye transgress Job 17:6 – a byword Psa 69:11 – I became Psa 79:4 – scorn Isa 48:19 – his name Jer 7:14 – as Jer 17:4 – shalt Jer 25:9 – an astonishment Jer 29:18 – to be a curse Jer 42:18 – ye shall be Jer 44:8 – a curse Jer 44:22 – your land Lam 1:8 – hath Lam 5:18 – of the Eze 5:15 – an instruction Eze 21:5 – all Eze 22:4 – have I Eze 23:32 – thou shalt be Eze 36:3 – and ye Dan 9:16 – Jerusalem Hos 9:3 – shall not Hos 9:15 – I will drive Jon 2:4 – out Mic 2:10 – and Nah 3:6 – will set Zep 2:15 – every Zec 8:13 – a curse Mar 13:2 – there Luk 19:44 – lay Luk 21:6 – there
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
9:7 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 {c} proverb and a byword among all people:
(c) The world will make a mockery of you for the vile contempt and abusing of God’s most liberal benefit.