Nehemiah 1:2
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2 that (A)Hanani one of my brethren came with men from Judah; and I asked them concerning the Jews who had escaped, who had survived the captivity, and concerning Jerusalem.
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Nehemiah 7:2
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2 that I gave the charge of Jerusalem to my brother (A)Hanani, and Hananiah the leader (B)of the [a]citadel, for he was a faithful man and (C)feared God more than many.
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- Nehemiah 7:2 palace
Ezekiel 6:9
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9 Then those of you who escape will (A)remember Me among the nations where they are carried captive, because (B)I was crushed by their adulterous heart which has departed from Me, and (C)by their eyes which play the harlot after their idols; (D)they will loathe themselves for the evils which they committed in all their abominations.
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Ezekiel 24:26-27
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26 that on that day (A)one who escapes will come to you to let you hear it with your ears? 27 (B)On that day your mouth will be opened to him who has escaped; you shall speak and no longer be mute. Thus you will be a sign to them, and they shall know that I am the Lord.’ ”
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Ezekiel 7:16
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16 ‘Those who (A)survive will escape and be on the mountains
Like doves of the valleys,
All of them mourning,
Each for his iniquity.
Jeremiah 44:14
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14 so that none of the remnant of Judah who have gone into the land of Egypt to dwell there shall escape or survive, lest they return to the land of Judah, to which they (A)desire[a] to return and dwell. For (B)none shall return except those who escape.’ ”
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- Jeremiah 44:14 Lit. lift up their soul
Psalm 137:5-6
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5 If I forget you, O Jerusalem,
Let my right hand forget its skill!
6 If I do not remember you,
Let my (A)tongue cling to the roof of my mouth—
If I do not exalt Jerusalem
Above my chief joy.
Psalm 122:6-9
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6 (A)Pray for the peace of Jerusalem:
“May they prosper who love you.
7 Peace be within your walls,
Prosperity within your palaces.”
8 For the sake of my brethren and companions,
I will now say, “Peace be within you.”
9 Because of the house of the Lord our God
I will (B)seek your good.
Ezra 9:14
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Ezra 9:8-9
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8 And now for a little while grace has been shown from the Lord our God, to leave us a remnant to escape, and to give us a peg in His holy place, that our God may (A)enlighten our eyes and give us a measure of revival in our bondage. 9 (B)For we were slaves. (C)Yet our God did not forsake us in our bondage; but (D)He extended mercy to us in the sight of the kings of Persia, to revive us, to repair the house of our God, to rebuild its ruins, and to give us (E)a wall in Judah and Jerusalem.
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