24 All nations would say, (A)‘Why has the Lord done so to this land? What does the heat of this great anger mean?’

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24 All the nations will ask: “Why has the Lord done this to this land?(A) Why this fierce, burning anger?”

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And as for (A)this house, which is exalted, everyone who passes by it will be astonished and will hiss, and say, (B)‘Why has the Lord done thus to this land and to this house?’

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This 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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Footnotes

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

19 And it will be when you say, (A)‘Why does the Lord our God do all these things to us?’ then you shall answer them, ‘Just as you have (B)forsaken Me and served foreign gods in your land, so (C)you shall serve aliens in a land that is not yours.’

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19 And when the people ask,(A) ‘Why has the Lord our God done all this to us?’ you will tell them, ‘As you have forsaken me and served foreign gods(B) in your own land, so now you will serve foreigners(C) in a land not your own.’

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