Which is high, i.e. exalted in its privileges, glorious, and renowned. The particle which is oft understood, and is here fitly supplied out of 2 Chronicles 7:21, where it is expressed. Shall be astonished at its unexpected and wonderful ruin. Shall hiss, by way of contempt and derision. See Jeremiah 19:8, Jeremiah 49:17 50:13.
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1 Kings 9:8
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?