Nehemiah 2:17
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17 Then I said to them, “You see the trouble we are in, (A)how Jerusalem lies in ruins with its gates burned. Come, let us build the wall of Jerusalem, that we may no longer (B)suffer derision.”
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Ezekiel 5:14
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14 Moreover, I will make you (A)a desolation and (B)an object of reproach among (C)the nations all around you and 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 remnant there in the province who had survived the exile is in great trouble and (A)shame. (B)The wall of Jerusalem is broken down, (C)and its gates are destroyed by fire.”
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Psalm 79:4
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Lamentations 3:51
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51 my eyes cause me grief
at the fate of all the daughters of my city.
Lamentations 3:45-46
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45 (A)You have made us scum and garbage
among the peoples.
46 (B)“All our enemies
open their mouths against us;
Jeremiah 24:9
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9 I will make them (A)a horror[a] to all the kingdoms of the earth, to be (B)a reproach, (C)a byword, (D)a taunt, and (E)a curse in all the places where I shall drive them.
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- Jeremiah 24:9 Compare Septuagint; Hebrew horror for evil
Ezekiel 22:4-5
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4 You have become guilty (A)by the blood that you have shed, and defiled by the idols that you have made, and you have brought (B)your days near, the appointed time of[a] your years has come. (C)Therefore I have made you a reproach to the nations, and a mockery to all the countries. 5 Those who are near and those who are far from you will mock you; (D)your name is defiled; (E)you are full of tumult.
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- Ezekiel 22:4 Some Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint, Syriac, Vulgate, Targum; most Hebrew manuscripts until
Lamentations 2:8-9
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8 (A)The Lord determined to lay in ruins
(B)the wall of the daughter of Zion;
(C)he stretched out the measuring line;
he did not restrain his hand from destroying;
(D)he caused rampart and wall to lament;
(E)they languished together.
9 Her gates have sunk into the ground;
(F)he has ruined (G)and broken her bars;
(H)her king and princes are among the nations;
the law is no more,
and (I)her prophets find
no vision from the Lord.
Isaiah 35:3-4
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3 (A)Strengthen the weak hands,
and make firm the feeble knees.
4 Say to those who have an anxious heart,
“Be strong; fear not!
(B)Behold, your God
will come with vengeance,
with the recompense of God.
He will come and save you.”
Psalm 89:50-51
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50 (A)Remember, O Lord, how your servants are mocked,
and how I bear in my (B)heart the insults[a] of all the many nations,
51 with which your enemies mock, O Lord,
with which they mock (C)the footsteps of your (D)anointed.
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- Psalm 89:50 Hebrew lacks the insults
Psalm 79:12
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12 Return (A)sevenfold into the (B)lap of our neighbors
the (C)taunts with which they have taunted you, O Lord!
Psalm 44:13
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Ezra 10:2-4
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2 And Shecaniah the son of Jehiel, of the sons of Elam, addressed Ezra: (A)“We have broken faith with our God and have married foreign women from the peoples of the land, but even now there is hope for Israel in spite of this. 3 Therefore (B)let us make a covenant with our God to put away all these wives and (C)their children, according to the counsel of my lord[a] and of (D)those who tremble at the commandment of our God, and let it be done (E)according to the Law. 4 Arise, for it is your task, and we are with you; (F)be strong and do it.”
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- Ezra 10:3 Or of the Lord
Ezra 5:1-2
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Rebuilding Begins Anew
5 Now the prophets, (A)Haggai and (B)Zechariah the son of Iddo, prophesied to the Jews who were in Judah and Jerusalem, in the name of the God of Israel who was over them. 2 (C)Then Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel and (D)Jeshua the son of Jozadak arose and began to rebuild the house of God that is in Jerusalem, and the prophets of God were (E)with them, supporting them.
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1 Samuel 11:2
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2 But Nahash the Ammonite said to them, “On this condition I will make a treaty with you, (A)that I gouge out all your right eyes, and thus (B)bring disgrace on all Israel.”
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