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 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
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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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 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 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 2:3
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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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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.
Lamentations 5:1
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Prayer for Restoration
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Lamentations 3:61
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61 You have heard their reproach, O Lord,
All their schemes 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
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 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 42:18
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18 “For thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: ‘As My anger and My fury have been (A)poured out on the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so will My fury be poured out on you when you enter Egypt. And (B)you shall be an oath, an astonishment, a curse, and a reproach; and you shall see this place no more.’
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Jeremiah 39:8
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8 (A)And the Chaldeans burned the king’s house and the houses of the people with (B)fire, and broke down the (C)walls of Jerusalem.
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Jeremiah 29:18
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18 And I will pursue them with the sword, with famine, and with pestilence; and I (A)will deliver them to trouble among all the kingdoms of the earth—to be (B)a curse, an astonishment, a hissing, and a reproach among all the nations where I have driven them,
Jeremiah 24:9
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9 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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Jeremiah 5:10
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10 “Go up on her walls and destroy,
But do not [a]make a (A)complete end.
Take away her branches,
For they are not the Lord’s.
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- Jeremiah 5:10 completely destroy
Isaiah 64:10-11
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10 Your holy cities are a wilderness,
Zion is a wilderness,
Jerusalem a desolation.
11 Our holy and beautiful [a]temple,
Where our fathers praised You,
Is burned up with fire;
And all (A)our pleasant things [b]are laid waste.
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- Isaiah 64:11 Lit. house
- Isaiah 64:11 have become a ruin
Isaiah 43:28
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28 Therefore I will profane the princes of the sanctuary;
(A)I will give Jacob to the curse,
And Israel to reproaches.
Isaiah 32:9-14
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Consequences of Complacency
9 Rise up, you women (A)who are at ease,
Hear my voice;
You complacent daughters,
Give ear to my speech.
10 In a year and some days
You will be troubled, you complacent women;
For the vintage will fail,
The gathering will not come.
11 Tremble, you women who are at ease;
Be troubled, you complacent ones;
Strip yourselves, make yourselves bare,
And gird sackcloth on your waists.
12 People shall mourn upon their breasts
For the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vine.
13 (B)On the land of my people will come up thorns and briers,
Yes, on all the happy homes in (C)the joyous city;
14 (D)Because the palaces will be forsaken,
The bustling city will be deserted.
The forts and towers will become lairs forever,
A joy of wild donkeys, a pasture of flocks—
Isaiah 5:5
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5 And now, please let Me tell you what I will do to My vineyard:
(A)I will take away its hedge, and it shall be burned;
And break down its wall, and it shall be trampled down.
Psalm 137:1-3
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Longing for Zion in a Foreign Land
137 By the rivers of Babylon,
There we sat down, yea, we wept
When we remembered Zion.
2 We hung our harps
Upon the willows in the midst of it.
3 For there those who carried us away captive asked of us a song,
And those who (A)plundered us requested mirth,
Saying, “Sing us one of the songs of Zion!”
Psalm 79:4
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4 We have become a reproach to our (A)neighbors,
A scorn and derision to those who are around us.
Psalm 44:11-14
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11 (A)You have given us up like sheep intended for food,
And have (B)scattered us among the nations.
12 (C)You sell Your people for next to nothing,
And are not enriched by selling them.
13 (D)You make us a reproach to our neighbors,
A scorn and a derision to those all around us.
14 (E)You make us a byword among the nations,
(F)A shaking of the head among the peoples.
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