Haggai 1:4
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4 “Is it a time for you yourselves to live in your paneled houses, while this house lies in ruins?(A)
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2 Samuel 7:2
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2 the king said to the prophet Nathan, “See now, I am living in a house of cedar, but the ark of God stays in a tent.”(A)
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Psalm 132:3-5
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3 “I will not enter my house
or get into my bed;
4 I will not give sleep to my eyes
or slumber to my eyelids,
5 until I find a place for the Lord,
a dwelling place for the Mighty One of Jacob.”(A)
Philippians 2:21
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21 All of them are seeking their own interests, not those of Jesus Christ.(A)
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Haggai 1:9
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9 You have looked for much, but it came to little, and when you brought it home, I blew it away. Why? says the Lord of hosts. Because my house lies in ruins, while all of you hurry off to your own houses.(A)
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Matthew 6:33
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33 But seek first the kingdom of God[a] and his[b] righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.(A)
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Micah 3:12
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12 Therefore because of you
Zion shall be plowed as a field;
Jerusalem shall become a heap of ruins,
and the mountain of the temple a wooded height.(A)
Daniel 9:17-18
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17 Now therefore, O our God, listen to the prayer of your servant and to his supplication, and for your own sake, Lord,[a] let your face shine upon your desolated sanctuary.(A) 18 Incline your ear, O my God, and hear. Open your eyes and look at our desolation and the city that bears your name. We do not present our supplication before you on the ground of our righteousness but on the ground of your great mercies.(B)
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- 9.17 Theodotion Vg Compare Syr: Heb for the Lord’s sake
Jeremiah 52:13
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13 He burned the house of the Lord, the king’s house, and all the houses of Jerusalem; every great house he burned down.(A)
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Lamentations 4:1
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The Punishment of Zion
4 How the gold has grown dim;
how the pure gold is changed!
The sacred stones lie scattered
at the head of every street.
Lamentations 2:7
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7 The Lord has scorned his altar,
disowned his sanctuary;
he has delivered into the hand of the enemy
the walls of her palaces;
a clamor was raised in the house of the Lord
as on a day of festival.(A)
Jeremiah 33:12
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12 Thus says the Lord of hosts: In this place that is waste, without humans or animals, and in all its towns there shall again be pasture for shepherds resting their flocks.(A)
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Jeremiah 33:10
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10 Thus says the Lord: In this place of which you say, “It is a waste without humans or animals,” in the towns of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem that are desolate, without inhabitants, human or animal, there shall once more be heard
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