(A)“Is it a time for you yourselves to dwell in your paneled houses, while (B)this house lies in ruins?

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the king said to (A)Nathan the prophet, “See now, I dwell (B)in a house of cedar, but the ark of God dwells (C)in a tent.”

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“I will not enter my house
    or get into my bed,
I will not (A)give sleep to my eyes
    or slumber to my eyelids,
until I (B)find a place for the Lord,
    a dwelling place for (C)the Mighty One of Jacob.”

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21 For they all (A)seek their own interests, not those of Jesus Christ.

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(A)You looked for much, and behold, it came to little. And when you brought it home, (B)I blew it away. Why? declares the Lord of hosts. Because of my house (C)that lies in ruins, while each of you busies himself with his own house.

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33 But (A)seek first (B)the kingdom of God and his righteousness, (C)and all these things will be added to you.

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12 Therefore because of you
    (A)Zion shall be plowed as a field;
Jerusalem (B)shall become a heap of ruins,
    and (C)the mountain of the house (D)a wooded height.

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17 Now therefore, O our God, listen to the prayer of your servant and to his pleas for mercy, and for your own sake, O Lord,[a] (A)make your face to shine upon (B)your sanctuary, which is desolate. 18 (C)O my God, incline your ear and hear. Open your eyes and see (D)our desolations, and (E)the city that is called by your name. For we do not present our pleas before you because of our righteousness, but because of your great mercy.

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Footnotes

  1. Daniel 9:17 Hebrew for the Lord's sake

13 And he burned the house of the Lord, and the king's house and all the houses of Jerusalem; every great house he burned down.

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The Holy Stones Lie Scattered

(A)How the gold has grown dim,
    how the pure gold is changed!
The holy stones lie scattered
    (B)at the head of every street.

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(A)The Lord has scorned his altar,
    (B)disowned his sanctuary;
(C)he has delivered into the hand of the enemy
    the walls of her palaces;
(D)they raised a clamor in the house of the Lord
    as on the day of festival.

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12 “Thus says the Lord of hosts: (A)In this place that is waste, without man or beast, and in all of its cities, there shall again be (B)habitations of shepherds (C)resting their flocks.

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10 “Thus says the Lord: In this place (A)of which you say, ‘It is a waste without man or beast,’ in the cities of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem that are desolate, without man or inhabitant or beast, there shall be heard again

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18 “Micah of Moresheth prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and said to all the people of Judah: ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts,

(A)“‘Zion shall be plowed as a field;
    Jerusalem shall become a heap of ruins,
    and the mountain of the house a wooded height.’

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then I will make this house (A)like Shiloh, and I will make this city (B)a curse for all the nations of the earth.’”

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14 For your servants hold her (A)stones dear
    and have pity on her dust.

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They (A)set your sanctuary on fire;
    they (B)profaned (C)the dwelling place of your name,
    bringing it down to the ground.

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Jesus Foretells Destruction of the Temple

24 (A)Jesus left the temple and was going away, when his disciples came to point out to him the buildings of the temple. But he answered them, “You see all these, do you not? Truly, I say to you, (B)there will not be left here one stone upon another that will not be thrown down.”

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26 And after the sixty-two weeks, an anointed one shall (A)be cut off and shall have nothing. And the people of the prince who is to come (B)shall destroy the city and the sanctuary. (C)Its[a] end shall come with a flood, (D)and to the end there shall be war. (E)Desolations are decreed. 27 And he shall make a strong covenant with many for one week,[b] and for half of the week he shall put an end to sacrifice and offering. (F)And on the wing of abominations shall come one who makes desolate, until (G)the decreed end is poured out on the desolator.”

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Footnotes

  1. Daniel 9:26 Or His
  2. Daniel 9:27 Or seven; twice in this verse

21 ‘Say to the house of Israel, Thus says the Lord God: (A)Behold, I will profane my sanctuary, the pride of your power, the delight of your eyes, and the yearning of your soul, and (B)your sons and your daughters whom you left behind shall fall by the sword.

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