2 Chronicles 7:21

an astonishment. Figure of speech Metonymy (of Cause), App-6. a cause of astonishment to others.

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²¹ And this house, which is high, shall be an astonishment to every one that passeth by it; so that he shall say, Why hath the LORD done thus unto this land, and unto this house?

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2 Chronicles 7:21