9:6,7
We then get the alternative, what will happen if they do not walk in obedience? This, of course, is what did happen. The kings, Solomon included, did not observe all God’s commands, and did go off to worship other gods. In that case, then Israel would be cut off from the land, and God would reject the temple. There was no permanent commitment to the temple. Israel, instead of being the head of nations, would become the tail.
9:8,9
The temple would become a heap of rubble. Jer 5:7 warned them against putting a superstitious hope in the temple. And Jesus warned that the temple (the second temple) would become a heap of rubble (Mark 13:2). Israel would become an object of scorn. The nations would also recognise that these terrible things had happened to Israel because Israel had forsaken her God. One way or another, Israel would be a sign to the nations.
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