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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  1. Nehemiah 2:17 desolate

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)

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14 Moreover (A)I will make you a waste and a reproach among the nations that are all around you, in the sight of all who pass by.

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14 “I will make you a ruin and a reproach among the nations around you, in the sight of all who pass by.(A)

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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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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)

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We have become a reproach to our (A)neighbors,
A scorn and derision to those who are around us.

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We are objects of contempt to our neighbors,
    of scorn(A) and derision to those around us.(B)

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51 My eyes bring suffering to my soul
Because of all the daughters of my city.

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51 What I see brings grief to my soul
    because of all the women of my city.

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45 You have made us an (A)offscouring and refuse
In the midst of the peoples.

46 (B)All our enemies
Have opened their mouths against us.

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45 You have made us scum(A) and refuse
    among the nations.

46 “All our enemies have opened their mouths
    wide(B) against us.(C)

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(A)Strengthen the [a]weak hands,
And make firm the [b]feeble knees.
Say to those who are fearful-hearted,
“Be strong, do not fear!
Behold, your God will come with (B)vengeance,
With the recompense of God;
He will come and (C)save you.”

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  1. Isaiah 35:3 Lit. sinking
  2. Isaiah 35:3 tottering or stumbling

Strengthen the feeble hands,
    steady the knees(A) that give way;
say(B) to those with fearful hearts,(C)
    “Be strong, do not fear;(D)
your God will come,(E)
    he will come with vengeance;(F)
with divine retribution
    he will come to save(G) you.”

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You have become guilty by the blood which you have (A)shed, and have defiled yourself with the idols which you have made. You have caused your days to draw near, and have come to the end of your years; (B)therefore I have made you a reproach to the nations, and a mockery to all countries. Those near and those far from you will mock you as [a]infamous and full of tumult.

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  1. Ezekiel 22:5 Lit. defiled of name

you have become guilty because of the blood you have shed(A) and have become defiled by the idols you have made. You have brought your days to a close, and the end of your years has come.(B) Therefore I will make you an object of scorn(C) to the nations and a laughingstock to all the countries.(D) Those who are near and those who are far away will mock you, you infamous city, full of turmoil.(E)

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The Lord has [a]purposed to destroy
The (A)wall of the daughter of Zion.
(B)He has stretched out a line;
He has not withdrawn His hand from destroying;
Therefore He has caused the rampart and wall to lament;
They languished together.

Her gates have sunk into the ground;
He has destroyed and (C)broken her bars.
(D)Her king and her princes are among the [b]nations;
(E)The Law is no more,
And her (F)prophets find no [c]vision from the Lord.

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  1. Lamentations 2:8 determined
  2. Lamentations 2:9 Gentiles
  3. Lamentations 2:9 Prophetic revelation

The Lord determined to tear down
    the wall around Daughter Zion.(A)
He stretched out a measuring line(B)
    and did not withhold his hand from destroying.
He made ramparts(C) and walls lament;
    together they wasted away.(D)

Her gates(E) have sunk into the ground;
    their bars(F) he has broken and destroyed.
Her king and her princes are exiled(G) among the nations,
    the law(H) is no more,
and her prophets(I) no longer find
    visions(J) from the Lord.

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50 Remember, Lord, the reproach of Your servants—
(A)How I bear in my bosom the reproach of all the many peoples,
51 (B)With which Your enemies have reproached, O Lord,
With which they have reproached the footsteps of Your [a]anointed.

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  1. Psalm 89:51 Commissioned one, Heb. messiah

50 Remember, Lord, how your servant has[a] been mocked,(A)
    how I bear in my heart the taunts of all the nations,
51 the taunts with which your enemies, Lord, have mocked,
    with which they have mocked every step of your anointed one.(B)

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  1. Psalm 89:50 Or your servants have

The Lord has swallowed up and has (A)not pitied
All the dwelling places of Jacob.
He has thrown down in His wrath
The strongholds of the daughter of Judah;
He has brought them down to the ground;
(B)He has profaned the kingdom and its princes.

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Without pity(A) the Lord has swallowed(B) up
    all the dwellings of Jacob;
in his wrath he has torn down
    the strongholds(C) of Daughter Judah.
He has brought her kingdom and its princes
    down to the ground(D) in dishonor.

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I will deliver them to (A)trouble into all the kingdoms of the earth, for their harm, (B)to be a reproach and a byword, a taunt and a curse, in all places where I shall drive them.

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I will make them abhorrent(A) and an offense to all the kingdoms of the earth, a reproach and a byword,(B) a curse[a](C) and an object of ridicule, wherever I banish(D) them.

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  1. Jeremiah 24:9 That is, their names will be used in cursing (see 29:22); or, others will see that they are cursed.

12 And return to our neighbors (A)sevenfold into their bosom
(B)Their reproach with which they have reproached You, O Lord.

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12 Pay back into the laps(A) of our neighbors seven times(B)
    the contempt they have hurled at you, Lord.

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