Haggai 1:4
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4 “Is it (A)time for you yourselves to dwell in your paneled houses, and this [a]temple to lie in ruins?”
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- Haggai 1:4 Lit. house
2 Samuel 7:2
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2 that the king said to Nathan the prophet, “See now, I dwell in (A)a house of cedar, (B)but the ark of God dwells inside tent (C)curtains.”
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Psalm 132:3-5
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3 “Surely I will not go into the chamber of my house,
Or go up to the comfort of my bed;
4 I will (A)not give sleep to my eyes
Or slumber to my eyelids,
5 Until I (B)find a place for the Lord,
A dwelling place for the Mighty One of Jacob.”
Philippians 2:21
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21 For all seek their own, not the things which are of Christ Jesus.
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Matthew 6:33
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33 But (A)seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.
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Haggai 1:9
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9 (A)“You looked for much, but indeed it came to little; and when you brought it home, (B)I blew it away. Why?” says the Lord of hosts. “Because of My house that is in ruins, while every one of you runs to his own house.
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Micah 3:12
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12 Therefore because of you
Zion shall be (A)plowed like a field,
(B)Jerusalem shall become heaps of ruins,
And (C)the mountain of the [a]temple
Like the bare hills of the forest.
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- Micah 3:12 Lit. house
Daniel 9:17-18
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17 Now therefore, our God, hear the prayer of Your servant, and his supplications, (A)and (B)for the Lord’s sake [a]cause Your face to shine on [b]Your sanctuary, (C)which is desolate. 18 (D)O my God, incline Your ear and hear; open Your eyes (E)and see our desolations, and the city (F)which is called by Your name; for we do not present our supplications before You because of our righteous deeds, but because of Your great mercies.
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- Daniel 9:17 Be gracious
- Daniel 9:17 The temple
Jeremiah 52:13
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13 He burned the house of the Lord and the king’s house; all the houses of Jerusalem, that is, all the houses of the great, he burned with fire.
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Lamentations 4:1
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The Degradation of Zion
4 How the gold has become dim!
How changed the fine gold!
The stones of the sanctuary are [a]scattered
At the head of every street.
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- Lamentations 4:1 Lit. poured out
Lamentations 2:7
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7 The Lord has spurned His altar,
He has (A)abandoned His sanctuary;
He has [a]given up the walls of her palaces
Into the hand of the enemy.
(B)They have made a noise in the house of the Lord
As on the day of a set feast.
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- Lamentations 2:7 delivered
Jeremiah 33:12
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12 “Thus says the Lord of hosts: (A)‘In this place which is desolate, without man and without beast, and in all its cities, there shall again be a dwelling place of shepherds causing their flocks to lie down.
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Jeremiah 33:10
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10 “Thus says the Lord: ‘Again there shall be heard in this place—(A)of which you say, “It is desolate, without man and without beast”—in the cities of Judah, in the streets of Jerusalem that are desolate, without man and without inhabitant and without beast,
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Jeremiah 26:18
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18 (A)“Micah of Moresheth prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and spoke to all the people of Judah, saying, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts:
(B)“Zion shall be plowed like a field,
Jerusalem shall become (C)heaps of ruins,
And the mountain of the [a]temple
Like the [b]bare hills of the forest.” ’
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- Jeremiah 26:18 Lit. house
- Jeremiah 26:18 Lit. high places
Jeremiah 26:6
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6 then I will make this house like (A)Shiloh, and will make this city (B)a curse to all the nations of the earth.” ’ ”
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Psalm 102:14
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14 For Your servants take pleasure in her stones,
And show favor to her dust.
Psalm 74:7
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7 They have set fire to Your sanctuary;
They have defiled the dwelling place of Your name to the ground.
Matthew 24:1-2
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Jesus Predicts the Destruction of the Temple(A)
24 Then (B)Jesus went out and departed from the temple, and His disciples came up to show Him the buildings of the temple. 2 And Jesus said to them, “Do you not see all these things? Assuredly, I say to you, (C)not one stone shall be left here upon another, that shall not be thrown down.”
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Daniel 9:26-27
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26 “And after the sixty-two weeks
(A)Messiah shall [a]be cut off, (B)but not for Himself;
And (C)the people of the prince who is to come
(D)Shall destroy the city and the sanctuary.
The end of it shall be with a flood,
And till the end of the war desolations are determined.
27 Then he shall confirm (E)a [b]covenant with (F)many for one week;
But in the middle of the week
He shall bring an end to sacrifice and offering.
And on the wing of abominations shall be one who makes desolate,
(G)Even until the consummation, which is determined,
Is poured out on the [c]desolate.”
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- Daniel 9:26 Suffer the death penalty
- Daniel 9:27 Or treaty
- Daniel 9:27 Or desolator
Ezekiel 24:21
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21 ‘Speak to the house of Israel, “Thus says the Lord God: ‘Behold, (A)I will profane My sanctuary, [a]your arrogant boast, the desire of your eyes, the [b]delight of your soul; (B)and your sons and daughters whom you left behind shall fall by the sword.
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- Ezekiel 24:21 Lit. the pride of your strength
- Ezekiel 24:21 Lit. compassion
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