then I will establish the throne of your kingdom over Israel forever, (A)as I promised David your father, saying, ‘You shall not fail to have a man on the throne of Israel.’ (B)But if you or your sons at all [a]turn from following Me, and do not keep My commandments and My statutes which I have set before you, but go and serve other gods and worship them, (C)then I will [b]cut off Israel from the land which I have given them; and this house which I have consecrated (D)for My name I will cast out of My sight. (E)Israel will be a proverb and a byword among all peoples.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 9:6 turn back
  2. 1 Kings 9:7 destroy

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