Lamentations 4:12

New International Version

¹²The kings of the earth did not believe,
nor did any of the peoples of the world,
that enemies and foes could enter
the gates of Jerusalem.^(A)

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Lamentations 4:12 in all English translations

Jeremiah 21:13

New International Version

¹³I am against^(A) you, Jerusalem,
    you who live above this valley^(B)
    on the rocky plateau, declares the Lord—
you who say, “Who can come against us?
    Who can enter our refuge?”^(C)

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Jeremiah 21:13 in all English translations

Psalm 48:4-6

New International Version

⁴When the kings joined forces,
    when they advanced together,^(A)
⁵they saw her and were astounded;
    they fled in terror.^(B)
⁶Trembling seized^(C) them there,
    pain like that of a woman in labor.^(D)

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1 Kings 9:8-9

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⁸This temple will become a heap of rubble. All^[a] who pass by will be appalled^(A) and will scoff and say, ‘Why has the Lord done such a thing to this land and to this temple?’^(B) ⁹People will answer,^(C) ‘Because they have forsaken^(D) the Lord their God, who brought their ancestors out of Egypt, and have embraced other gods, worshiping and serving them—that is why the Lord brought all this disaster^(E) on them.’”

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Footnotes

1 Kings 9:8 See some Septuagint manuscripts, Old Latin, Syriac, Arabic and Targum; Hebrew And though this temple is now imposing, all

Deuteronomy 29:24-28

New International Version

²⁴All the nations will ask: “Why has the Lord done this to this land?^(A) Why this fierce, burning anger?”

²⁵And the answer will be: “It is because this people abandoned the covenant of the Lord, the God of their ancestors, the covenant he made with them when he brought them out of Egypt.^(B) ²⁶They went off and worshiped other gods and bowed down to them, gods they did not know, gods he had not given them. ²⁷Therefore the Lord’s anger burned against this land, so that he brought on it all the curses written in this book.^(C) ²⁸In furious anger and in great wrath^(D) the Lord uprooted^(E) them from their land and thrust them into another land, as it is now.”