2 Chronicles 7:21 (YLT)

Passage

`And this house that hath been high, to every one passing by it, is an astonishment, and he hath said, Wherefore hath Jehovah done thus to this land, and to this house?

Nearby Context

2 Chronicles 7:19 and if ye turn back--ye--and have forsaken My statutes, and My commands, that I have placed before you, and have gone and served other gods, and bowed yourselves to them--then I have plucked them from off My ground that I have given to them,

2 Chronicles 7:20 and this house that I have sanctified for My name, I cast from before My face, and make it for a proverb, and for a byword, among all the peoples.

2 Chronicles 7:21 `And this house that hath been high, to every one passing by it, is an astonishment, and he hath said, Wherefore hath Jehovah done thus to this land, and to this house?

2 Chronicles 7:22 and they have said, Because that they have forsaken Jehovah, God of their fathers, who brought them out from the land of Egypt, and lay hold on other gods, and bow themselves to them, and serve them, therefore He hath brought upon them all this evil.'

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "house", "hath", "been", "high", "passing", "astonishment", and "said". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "house" and "hath", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 20's "and this house that I have sanctified..." into verse 22's "and they have said Because that they...", so "house" and "hath" belong inside that flow. In 2 Chronicles context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "house" and "hath" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.