then will I cut off We have once more a passage very parallel to Deuteronomy 4:26; Deuteronomy 28:37; Deuteronomy 28:45; Deuteronomy 28:63, where -an astonishment, a proverb and a by-word" occurs, as here.

this house … will I cast out of my sight It is not here declared what shall be the consequence of God's disregard but the idea of destruction must have been present to him who heard of God's face being turned away. It is just the opposite of what the king had prayed for, that God's eyes should be always open towards the Temple.

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