Verse 20
2 Chronicles 7:20
Free Bible Version
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The answer will come, ‘Because they abandoned the Lord, the God (Elohim) of their fathers, who brought them out of Egypt, and have clung to other gods, worshiping them and serving them. That's why the Lord has brought all this trouble upon them.’”
Original Language Text
hebrew
וּ/נְתַשְׁתִּ֗י/ם מֵ/עַ֤ל אַדְמָתִ/י֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר נָתַ֣תִּי לָ/הֶ֔ם וְ/אֶת הַ/בַּ֤יִת הַ/זֶּה֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר הִקְדַּ֣שְׁתִּי לִ/שְׁמִ֔/י אַשְׁלִ֖יךְ מֵ/עַ֣ל פָּנָ֑/י וְ/אֶתְּנֶ֛/נּוּ לְ/מָשָׁ֥ל וְ/לִ/שְׁנִינָ֖ה בְּ/כָל הָ/עַמִּֽים
English Translation
And I will tear them from off my land which I have given to them and this house which I have consecrated for my name I will cast out of my presence and I will make it a proverb and a byword among all the peoples.
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