Nehemiah 1:3
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3 And they said to me, “The survivors who are left from the captivity in the (A)province are there in great distress and (B)reproach. (C)The wall of Jerusalem (D)is also broken down, and its gates are burned with fire.”
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Nehemiah 1:3
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3 They said to me, “Those who survived the exile and are back in the province are in great trouble and disgrace. The wall of Jerusalem is broken down, and its gates have been burned with fire.(A)”
Nehemiah 2:17
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17 Then I said to them, “You see the distress that we are in, how Jerusalem lies [a]waste, and its gates are burned with fire. Come and let us build the wall of Jerusalem, that we may no longer be (A)a reproach.”
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- Nehemiah 2:17 desolate
Nehemiah 2:17
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17 Then I said to them, “You see the trouble we are in: Jerusalem lies in ruins, and its gates have been burned with fire.(A) Come, let us rebuild the wall(B) of Jerusalem, and we will no longer be in disgrace.(C)”
2 Kings 25:10
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10 And all the army of the Chaldeans who were with the captain of the guard (A)broke down the walls of Jerusalem all around.
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2 Kings 25:10
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10 The whole Babylonian army under the commander of the imperial guard broke down the walls(A) around Jerusalem.
Nehemiah 9:36-37
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36 “Here (A)we are, servants today!
And the land that You gave to our fathers,
To eat its fruit and its bounty,
Here we are, servants in it!
37 And (B)it yields much increase to the kings
You have set over us,
Because of our sins;
Also they have (C)dominion over our bodies and our cattle
At their pleasure;
And we are in great distress.
Nehemiah 9:36-37
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36 “But see, we are slaves(A) today, slaves in the land you gave our ancestors so they could eat its fruit and the other good things it produces. 37 Because of our sins, its abundant harvest goes to the kings you have placed over us. They rule over our bodies and our cattle as they please. We are in great distress.(B)
Nehemiah 7:6
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6 (A)These are the people of the province who came back from the captivity, of those who had been carried away, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away, and who returned to Jerusalem and Judah, everyone to his city.
Nehemiah 7:6
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6 These are the people of the province who came up from the captivity of the exiles(A) whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had taken captive (they returned to Jerusalem and Judah, each to his own town,
Nehemiah 2:13
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13 And I went out by night (A)through the Valley Gate to the Serpent Well and the [a]Refuse Gate, and [b]viewed the walls of Jerusalem which were (B)broken down and its gates which were burned with fire.
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- Nehemiah 2:13 Dung
- Nehemiah 2:13 examined
Nehemiah 2:13
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13 By night I went out through the Valley Gate(A) toward the Jackal[a] Well and the Dung Gate,(B) examining the walls(C) of Jerusalem, which had been broken down, and its gates, which had been destroyed by fire.
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- Nehemiah 2:13 Or Serpent or Fig
Nehemiah 2:3
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3 and said to the king, (A)“May the king live forever! Why should my face not be sad, when (B)the city, the place of my fathers’ tombs, lies waste, and its gates are burned with (C)fire?”
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Nehemiah 2:3
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3 but I said to the king, “May the king live forever!(A) Why should my face not look sad when the city(B) where my ancestors are buried lies in ruins, and its gates have been destroyed by fire?(C)”
Ezra 5:8
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8 Let it be known to the king that we went into the province of Judea, to the [a]temple of the great God, which is being built with [b]heavy stones, and timber is being laid in the walls; and this work goes on diligently and prospers in their hands.
Ezra 5:8
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8 The king should know that we went to the district of Judah, to the temple of the great God. The people are building it with large stones and placing the timbers in the walls. The work(A) is being carried on with diligence and is making rapid progress under their direction.
Lamentations 5:1
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Prayer for Restoration
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Lamentations 5:1
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5 Remember, Lord, what has happened to us;
look, and see our disgrace.(A)
Lamentations 3:61
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61 You have heard their reproach, O Lord,
All their schemes against me,
Lamentations 3:61
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61 Lord, you have heard their insults,(A)
all their plots against me—
Lamentations 1:7
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7 In the days of her affliction and roaming,
Jerusalem (A)remembers all her pleasant things
That she had in the days of old.
When her people fell into the hand of the enemy,
With no one to help her,
The adversaries saw her
And mocked at her [a]downfall.
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- Lamentations 1:7 Vg. Sabbaths
Lamentations 1:7
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Jeremiah 52:14
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14 And all the army of the Chaldeans who were with the captain of the guard broke down all the walls of Jerusalem all around.
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Jeremiah 52:14
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14 The whole Babylonian army, under the commander of the imperial guard, broke down all the walls(A) around Jerusalem.
Jeremiah 44:8-12
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8 in that you (A)provoke Me to wrath with the works of your hands, burning incense to other gods in the land of Egypt where you have gone to dwell, that you may cut yourselves off and be (B)a curse and a reproach among all the nations of the earth? 9 Have you forgotten the wickedness of your fathers, the wickedness of the kings of Judah, the wickedness of their wives, your own wickedness, and the wickedness of your wives, which they committed in the land of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem? 10 They have not been (C)humbled,[a] to this day, nor have they (D)feared; they have not walked in My law or in My statutes that I set before you and your fathers.’
11 “Therefore thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: ‘Behold, (E)I will set My face against you for catastrophe and for [b]cutting off all Judah. 12 And I will take the remnant of Judah who have set their faces to go into the land of Egypt to dwell there, and (F)they shall all be consumed and fall in the land of Egypt. They shall be consumed by the sword and by famine. They shall die, from the least to the greatest, by the sword and by famine; and (G)they shall be an oath, an astonishment, a curse and a reproach!
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- Jeremiah 44:10 Lit. crushed
- Jeremiah 44:11 destroying
Jeremiah 44:8-12
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8 Why arouse my anger with what your hands have made,(A) burning incense(B) to other gods in Egypt,(C) where you have come to live?(D) You will destroy yourselves and make yourselves a curse[a] and an object of reproach(E) among all the nations on earth. 9 Have you forgotten the wickedness committed by your ancestors(F) and by the kings(G) and queens(H) of Judah and the wickedness committed by you and your wives(I) in the land of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem?(J) 10 To this day they have not humbled(K) themselves or shown reverence,(L) nor have they followed my law(M) and the decrees(N) I set before you and your ancestors.(O)
11 “Therefore this is what the Lord Almighty,(P) the God of Israel, says: I am determined to bring disaster(Q) on you and to destroy all Judah. 12 I will take away the remnant(R) of Judah who were determined to go to Egypt to settle there. They will all perish in Egypt; they will fall by the sword or die from famine. From the least to the greatest,(S) they will die by sword or famine.(T) They will become a curse and an object of horror, a curse and an object of reproach.(U)
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- Jeremiah 44:8 That is, your name will be used in cursing (see 29:22); or, others will see that you are cursed; also in verse 12; similarly in verse 22.
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