Jeremiah 6:5
New Living Translation
5 ‘Well then, let’s attack at night
and destroy her palaces!’”
Jeremiah 52:13
New Living Translation
13 He burned down the Temple of the Lord, the royal palace, and all the houses of Jerusalem. He destroyed all the important buildings[a] in the city.
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- 52:13 Or destroyed the houses of all the important people.
Isaiah 32:14
New Living Translation
14 The palace and the city will be deserted,
and busy towns will be empty.
Wild donkeys will frolic and flocks will graze
in the empty forts[a] and watchtowers
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- 32:14 Hebrew the Ophel.
Zechariah 11:1
New Living Translation
11 Open your doors, Lebanon,
so that fire may devour your cedar forests.
Amos 3:10-11
New Living Translation
10 “My people have forgotten how to do right,”
says the Lord.
“Their fortresses are filled with wealth
taken by theft and violence.
11 Therefore,” says the Sovereign Lord,
“an enemy is coming!
He will surround them and shatter their defenses.
Then he will plunder all their fortresses.”
Amos 2:5
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5 So I will send down fire on Judah,
and all the fortresses of Jerusalem will be destroyed.”
Hosea 8:14
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14 Israel has forgotten its Maker and built great palaces,
and Judah has fortified its cities.
Therefore, I will send down fire on their cities
and will burn up their fortresses.”
Jeremiah 17:27
New Living Translation
27 “‘But if you do not listen to me and refuse to keep the Sabbath holy, and if on the Sabbath day you bring loads of merchandise through the gates of Jerusalem just as on other days, then I will set fire to these gates. The fire will spread to the palaces, and no one will be able to put out the roaring flames.’”
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Jeremiah 9:21
New Living Translation
21 For death has crept in through our windows
and has entered our mansions.
It has killed off the flower of our youth:
Children no longer play in the streets,
and young men no longer gather in the squares.
Psalm 48:3
New Living Translation
3 God himself is in Jerusalem’s towers,
revealing himself as its defender.
2 Chronicles 36:19
New Living Translation
19 Then his army burned the Temple of God, tore down the walls of Jerusalem, burned all the palaces, and completely destroyed everything of value.[a]
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- 36:19 Or destroyed all the valuable articles from the Temple.
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