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
Ezekiel 5:14
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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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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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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.
Lamentations 3:51
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51 My eyes bring suffering to my soul
Because of all the daughters of my city.
Lamentations 3:45-46
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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.
Isaiah 35:3-4
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3 (A)Strengthen the [a]weak hands,
And make firm the [b]feeble knees.
4 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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- Isaiah 35:3 Lit. sinking
- Isaiah 35:3 tottering or stumbling
Ezekiel 22:4-5
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4 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. 5 Those near and those far from you will mock you as [a]infamous and full of tumult.
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- Ezekiel 22:5 Lit. defiled of name
Lamentations 2:8-9
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8 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.
9 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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- Lamentations 2:8 determined
- Lamentations 2:9 Gentiles
- Lamentations 2:9 Prophetic revelation
Psalm 89:50-51
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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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- Psalm 89:51 Commissioned one, Heb. messiah
Lamentations 2:2
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2 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.
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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Psalm 79:12
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12 And return to our neighbors (A)sevenfold into their bosom
(B)Their reproach with which they have reproached You, O Lord.
Psalm 44:13
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13 (A)You make us a reproach to our neighbors,
A scorn and a derision to those all around us.
Ezra 5:1-2
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Restoration of the Temple Resumed(A)
5 Then the prophet (B)Haggai and (C)Zechariah the son of Iddo, prophets, prophesied to the Jews who were in Judah and Jerusalem, in the name of the God of Israel, who was over them. 2 So (D)Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel and Jeshua the son of [a]Jozadak rose up and began to build the house of God which is in Jerusalem; and (E)the prophets of God were with them, helping them.
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- Ezra 5:2 Jehozadak, 1 Chr. 6:14
Ezra 10:2-4
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2 And Shechaniah the son of Jehiel, one of the sons of Elam, spoke up and said to Ezra, “We have (A)trespassed[a] against our God, and have taken pagan wives from the peoples of the land; yet now there is hope in Israel in spite of this. 3 Now therefore, let us make (B)a covenant with our God to put away all these wives and those who have been born to them, according to the advice of my master and of those who (C)tremble at (D)the commandment of our God; and let it be done according to the (E)law. 4 Arise, for this matter is your responsibility. We also are with you. (F)Be of good courage, and do it.”
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- Ezra 10:2 been unfaithful to
1 Samuel 11:2
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2 And Nahash the Ammonite answered them, “On this condition I will make a covenant with you, that I may put out all your right eyes, and bring (A)reproach on all Israel.”
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