1 Kings 9:8

New International Version

⁸This temple will become a heap of rubble. All^[a] who pass by will be appalled^(A) and will scoff and say, ‘Why has the Lord done such a thing to this land and to this temple?’^(B)

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1 Kings 9:8 See some Septuagint manuscripts, Old Latin, Syriac, Arabic and Targum; Hebrew And though this temple is now imposing, all

1 Kings 9:8 in all English translations

2 Chronicles 36:19

New International Version

¹⁹They set fire^(A) to God’s temple^(B) and broke down the wall^(C) of Jerusalem; they burned all the palaces and destroyed^(D) everything of value there.^(E)

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2 Chronicles 36:19 in all English translations

Psalm 74:3-7

New International Version

³Turn your steps toward these everlasting ruins,^(A)
all this destruction the enemy has brought on the sanctuary.

⁴Your foes roared^(B) in the place where you met with us;
    they set up their standards^(C) as signs.
⁵They behaved like men wielding axes
    to cut through a thicket of trees.^(D)
⁶They smashed all the carved^(E) paneling
    with their axes and hatchets.
⁷They burned your sanctuary to the ground;
    they defiled^(F) the dwelling place^(G) of your Name.^(H)