He spoke in the presence of his brothers and (A)the [a]wealthy men of Samaria and said, “What are these feeble Jews doing? Are they going to restore it for themselves? Can they offer sacrifices? Can they finish in a day? Can they revive the stones from the [b](B)dusty rubble even the burned ones?”

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  1. Nehemiah 4:2 Or army
  2. Nehemiah 4:2 Lit heaps of dust

A Lament over the Destruction of Jerusalem, and Prayer for Help.

A Psalm of Asaph.

79 O God, the (A)nations have [a]invaded (B)Your inheritance;
They have defiled Your (C)holy temple;
They have (D)laid Jerusalem in ruins.

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  1. Psalm 79:1 Lit come into

11 “I will make Jerusalem a (A)heap of ruins,
A haunt of (B)jackals;
And I will make the cities of Judah a (C)desolation, without inhabitant.”

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12 Therefore, on account of you
(A)Zion will be plowed as a field,
(B)Jerusalem will become a heap of ruins,
And the (C)mountain of the [a]temple will become high places of a forest.

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Footnotes

  1. Micah 3:12 Lit house