Isaiah 63:18
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18 (A)Your holy people have possessed it but a little while;
(B)Our adversaries have trodden down Your sanctuary.
Psalm 74:3-7
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3 Lift up Your feet to the perpetual desolations.
The enemy has damaged everything in the sanctuary.
4 (A)Your enemies roar in the midst of Your meeting place;
(B)They set up their banners for signs.
5 They seem like men who lift up
Axes among the thick trees.
6 And now they break down its carved work, all at once,
With axes and hammers.
7 They have set fire to Your sanctuary;
They have defiled the dwelling place of Your name to the ground.
Revelation 11:2
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2 But leave out (A)the court which is outside the temple, and do not measure it, (B)for it has been given to the Gentiles. And they will (C)tread the holy city underfoot for (D)forty-two months.
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1 Peter 2:9
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9 But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of (A)darkness into His marvelous light;
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Matthew 24:2
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2 And Jesus said to them, “Do you not see all these things? Assuredly, I say to you, (A)not one stone shall be left here upon another, that shall not be thrown down.”
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Daniel 8:24
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24 His power shall be mighty, (A)but not by his own power;
He shall destroy [a]fearfully,
(B)And shall prosper and thrive;
(C)He shall destroy the mighty, and also the holy people.
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- Daniel 8:24 Or extraordinarily
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 1:10
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10 The adversary has spread his hand
Over all her [a]pleasant things;
For she has seen (A)the nations enter her [b]sanctuary,
Those whom You commanded
(B)Not to enter Your assembly.
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- Lamentations 1:10 desirable
- Lamentations 1:10 holy place, the temple
Isaiah 64:11-12
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11 Our holy and beautiful [a]temple,
Where our fathers praised You,
Is burned up with fire;
And all (A)our pleasant things [b]are laid waste.
12 (B)Will You restrain Yourself because of these things, O Lord?
(C)Will You [c]hold Your peace, and afflict us very severely?
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- Isaiah 64:11 Lit. house
- Isaiah 64:11 have become a ruin
- Isaiah 64:12 keep silent
Isaiah 62:12
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12 And they shall call them The Holy People,
The Redeemed of the Lord;
And you shall be called Sought Out,
A City Not Forsaken.
Deuteronomy 26:19
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19 and that He will set you (A)high above all nations which He has made, in praise, in name, and in honor, and that you may be (B)a [a]holy people to the Lord your God, just as He has spoken.”
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- Deuteronomy 26:19 consecrated
Deuteronomy 7:6
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6 “For you are a [a]holy people to the Lord your God; (A)the Lord your God has chosen you to be a people for Himself, a special treasure above all the peoples on the face of the earth.
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- Deuteronomy 7:6 set-apart
Exodus 19:4-6
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4 (A)‘You have seen what I did to the Egyptians, and how (B)I [a]bore you on eagles’ wings and brought you to Myself. 5 Now (C)therefore, if you will indeed obey My voice and (D)keep My covenant, then (E)you shall be a special treasure to Me above all people; for all the earth is (F)Mine. 6 And you shall be to Me a (G)kingdom of priests and a (H)holy nation.’ These are the words which you shall speak to the children of Israel.”
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- Exodus 19:4 sustained
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