1 Kings 9:8

And at this house, which is high, every one that passeth by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss; and they shall say, Why hath the Lord done thus unto this land, and to this house?

Cross-reference

Deuteronomy 29:24-26 predicts the exact question passersby will ask, fulfilled when the temple is desolate.

In 2 Chronicles 7:21, the same warning is repeated verbatim — this temple will become a heap of rubble and cause passersby to ask why.

Isaiah 64:11 Prophetic fulfillment

In Isaiah 64:11, the prophet laments the temple's burning and ruin — exactly the desolation warned about here.

Jeremiah 50:13 applies the same language of astonishment and hissing to Babylon's desolation, echoing the temple's fate.

In Jeremiah 19:8, God threatens Jerusalem with desolation and passersby hissing — a direct parallel to the temple's fate described here.

Jeremiah 22:8 echoes the same question about Jerusalem's destruction, linking the warning to its later fulfillment.

Jeremiah 22:9 provides the answer—forsaking God—directly continuing the thought from the warning in 1 Kings 9:8.

Luke 19:44 Prophetic fulfillment

In Luke 19:44, Jesus similarly prophesies Jerusalem's destruction because they rejected Him — echoing the same judgment pattern.

Mark 13:2 Prophetic fulfillment

Mark 13:2 similarly records Jesus' prediction that no stone will be left, directly fulfilling the temple ruin foretold in 1 Kings 9:8.

Matthew 24:2 Prophetic fulfillment

Matthew 24:2 records Jesus' prophecy of the temple's total destruction, fulfilling the warning of desolation in 1 Kings 9:8.

Zephaniah 2:15 quotes nearly verbatim the image of passersby hissing at the desolate city, directly paralleling the temple's fate.

Micah 6:16 Allusion

Micah 6:16 directly echoes the language of 'desolation' and 'hissing' from 1 Kings 9:8, applying it to Israel's disobedience.

Lamentations 4:12 says the world would not believe Jerusalem could fall, matching the astonishment predicted in the warning.

Jeremiah 40:2 records the Babylonian captain stating that God had pronounced this disaster on Jerusalem, fulfilling the warning.

Jeremiah 29:18 echoes the warning with 'hissing' and 'astonishment' among the nations, confirming the predicted curse on the people.

Jeremiah 25:9 repeats the phrase 'astonishment and hissing' verbatim, showing God making the land a perpetual desolation as warned.

Jeremiah 18:16 uses the same 'hissing' and 'astonishment' imagery from the warning, describing the land's desolation as foretold.

In Jeremiah 16:10, the people directly ask the exact question predicted in the warning — 'Why has the LORD done this?' — confirming the fulfillment.

Jeremiah 7:14 threatens to destroy this house as God did to Shiloh—fulfilling the warning here.

Jeremiah 5:19 directly answers the question 'Why has the Lord done this?' raised in 1 Kings 9:8–9.

2 Chronicles 29:8 echoes this exact language—the Lord's wrath made them a horror and hissing.

2 Kings 25:9 Prophetic fulfillment

2 Kings 25:9 records the actual burning of the temple, fulfilling the warning of destruction in 1 Kings 9:8.

Zechariah 8:13 recalls the same 'byword of cursing' as the temple's ruin, but promises a reversal to blessing.

In Jeremiah 49:17, the same judgment language is applied to Edom — passersby appalled and hissing — echoing the template of divine judgment here.

Ezekiel 27:36 uses the same 'hiss' to describe scorn over Tyre's downfall, mirroring the reaction at Jerusalem's temple ruin.

Deuteronomy 28:37 says Israel will become a horror and taunt, mirroring the astonishment and hissing in 1 Kings 9:8.

Leviticus 26:32 describes land devastation causing appalment, similar to the temple's desolation shocking onlookers.