2 Chronicles 7:20

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וּנְתַשְׁתִּ֗ים מֵעַ֤ל אַדְמָתִי֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר נָתַ֣תִּי לָהֶ֔ם וְאֶת־הַבַּ֤יִת הַזֶּה֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר הִקְדַּ֣שְׁתִּי לִשְׁמִ֔י אַשְׁלִ֖יךְ מֵעַ֣ל פָּנָ֑י וְאֶתְּנֶ֛נּוּ לְמָשָׁ֥ל וְלִשְׁנִינָ֖ה בְּכָל־הָעַמִּֽים׃

Transliteration

û- nəṯaštîm from mēʿal my land ʾaḏmāṯî ʾăšer nāṯattî to them lāhem wə- ʾeṯ- the habbaîṯ the hazzeh ʾăšer hiqdaštî for my name lišmî ʾašlîḵ from mēʿal my face pānāy wə- ʾettənenû as a ləmāšāl wə- as a lišnînâ among bəḵāl- the hāʿammîm.

Grammar Details

• *û-*: conjunction - 'and'
• *nəṯaštîm*: qal perfect, 1st singular with 3rd masculine plural suffix - 'I will uproot them'
• *mēʿal*: compound preposition - 'from upon'
• *ʾaḏmāṯî*: noun, feminine singular with 1st singular suffix - 'my land'
• *ʾăšer*: relative particle - 'which/that'
• *nāṯattî*: qal perfect, 1st singular - 'I have given'
• *lāhem*: preposition with 3rd masculine plural suffix - 'to them'
• *wə-*: conjunction - 'and'
• *ʾeṯ-*: direct object marker
• *habbaîṯ*: noun, masculine singular with definite article - 'the house'
• *hazzeh*: demonstrative pronoun, masculine singular - 'this'
• *hiqdaštî*: hiphil perfect, 1st singular - 'I have sanctified'
• *lišmî*: preposition with noun, masculine singular and 1st singular suffix - 'for my name'
• *ʾašlîḵ*: hiphil imperfect, 1st singular - 'I will cast/throw'
• *pānāy*: noun, common plural construct with 1st singular suffix - 'my face'
• *ʾettənenû*: qal imperfect, 1st singular with 3rd masculine singular suffix - 'I will make it'
• *ləmāšāl*: preposition with noun, masculine singular - 'for a proverb/byword'
• *lišnînâ*: preposition with noun, feminine singular - 'for a taunt'
• *bəḵāl-*: preposition with noun, masculine singular construct - 'among all'
• *hāʿammîm*: noun, masculine plural with definite article - 'the peoples'

Word Meanings

• *nəṯaštîm*: I will uproot them, I will pluck them out, I will remove them
• *ʾaḏmāṯî*: my land, my ground, my territory
• *nāṯattî*: I have given, I granted, I bestowed
• *habbaîṯ*: the house, the temple, the building
• *hiqdaštî*: I have sanctified, I have consecrated, I have set apart
• *lišmî*: for my name, for my reputation, for my character
• *ʾašlîḵ*: I will cast, I will throw, I will send away
• *pānāy*: my face, my presence, my sight
• *ʾettənenû*: I will make it, I will set it, I will place it
• *ləmāšāl*: for a proverb, for a byword, for a saying
• *lišnînâ*: for a taunt, for mockery, for derision
• *hāʿammîm*: the peoples, the nations, the populations

Referenced Verses

• Deut 28:37 : 37 And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all nations whither the LORD shall lead thee.
• Deut 29:28 : 28 And the LORD rooted them out of their land in anger, and in wrath, and in great indignation, and cast them into another land, as it is this day.
• 1 Kgs 9:7 : 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:
• Ps 44:14 : 14 Thou makest{H8799)} us a byword among the heathen, a shaking of the head among the people.
• 2 Kgs 17:20 : 20 And the LORD rejected all the seed of Israel, and afflicted them, and delivered them into the hand of spoilers, until he had cast them out of his sight.
• Jer 24:9 : 9 And I will deliver them to be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth for their hurt, to be a reproach and a proverb, a taunt and a curse, in all places whither I shall drive them.
• Jer 45:4 : 4 Thus shalt thou say unto him, The LORD saith thus; Behold, that which I have built will I break down, and that which I have planted I will pluck up, even this whole land.
• Lam 2:15-16 : 15 All that pass by clap their hands at thee; they hiss and wag their head at the daughter of Jerusalem, saying, Is this the city that men call The perfection of beauty, The joy of the whole earth? 16 All thine enemies have opened their mouth against thee: they hiss and gnash the teeth: they say, We have swallowed her up: certainly this is the day that we looked for; we have found, we have seen it.
• Jude 1:12 : 12 These are spots in your feasts of charity, when they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear: clouds they are without water, carried about of winds; trees whose fruit withereth, without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots;
• Jer 31:28 : 28 And it shall come to pass, that like as I have watched over them, to pluck up, and to break down, and to throw down, and to destroy, and to afflict; so will I watch over them, to build, and to plant, saith the LORD.
• Neh 4:1-4 : 1 But it came to pass, that when Sanballat heard that we builded the wall, he was wroth, and took great indignation, and mocked the Jews. 2 And he spake before his brethren and the army of Samaria, and said, What do these feeble Jews? will they fortify themselves? will they sacrifice? will they make an end in a day? will they revive the stones out of the heaps of the rubbish which are burned? 3 Now Tobiah the Ammonite was by him, and he said, Even that which they build, if a fox go up, he shall even break down their stone wall. 4 Hear, O our God; for we are despised: and turn their reproach upon their own head, and give them for a prey in the land of captivity:
• Ps 52:5 : 5 God shall likewise destroy{H8799)} thee for ever, he shall take thee away{H8799)}, and pluck thee out{H8799)} of thy dwelling place, and root thee out{H8765)} of the land of the living. Selah.
• Jer 12:17 : 17 But if they will not obey, I will utterly pluck up and destroy that nation, saith the LORD.
• Jer 18:7 : 7 At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up, and to pull down, and to destroy it;
• 1 Kgs 14:15 : 15 For the LORD shall smite Israel, as a reed is shaken in the water, and he shall root up Israel out of this good land, which he gave to their fathers, and shall scatter them beyond the river, because they have made their groves, provoking the LORD to anger.