2 Chronicles 7:21

As for this temple, which was once majestic, ¹  everyone who passes by it will be shocked and say, ‘Why did the Lord do this to this land and this temple?’

De 29:24-28; 1Ki 9:8; 1Ki 9:8,9; 2Ch 29:8; Jer 5:19; Jer 13:22; Jer 16:10-12; Jer 19:8; Jer 22:8,9,28; Jer 49:17; Jer 50:13

¹ tn Heb “and this house which was high/elevated.” The statement makes little sense in this context, which predicts the desolation that judgment will bring. Some treat the clause as concessive, “Even though this temple is lofty [now].” Others, following the lead of several ancient versions, emend the text to, “this temple will become a heap of ruins.”