Komentarz do Królów I 9:8

And this Beis Hamikdosh will be most high. So long as you have not sinned; but once you sin, every passerby will be astounded and will hiss.⁴Rashi understands that יהיה is the future tense, meaning “will be” most high. Alternatively, יהיה can also be interpreted in the present tense, “is” most high—Ralbag. Or, יהיה עליון is interpreted as “will be destroyed.”—Radak And similarly it is written in Divrei Hayomim, “And this Beis [Hamikdosh] that was exalted, all who pass by it, etc.,”⁵II Divrei Hayomim 7:41. and this is its interpretation, “and this house that was exalted and revered even by the gentiles,” as is stated above, “And even to the stranger who is not of Your people, etc.,”⁶I Melochim 8:21. But, now in its destruction, everyone who passes by it, even the gentiles, will be astounded and hiss, and will say that the Jews’ sins were the cause.

Will be astounded. [ישם means] “will wonder,” as in, “and your enemies will be astonished [ושממו] about it,”⁷Vayikra 26:32. [and as in,] “Concerning his day, the later ones will wonder [נשמו].”⁸Iyov 18:20.

And whistle. Siffler, in O.F. The habit of anyone who suddenly sees desolation, is to hiss.⁹When people are amazed at what they see, they often whistle.