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Psalm 147:13
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Psalm 147:13
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13 For he strengthens (A)the bars of your gates;
he blesses your children within you.
Psalm 147:13
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Psalm 147:13
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Psalm 128:3-6
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Psalm 128:3-6
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3 Your wife will be like (A)a fruitful vine
within your house;
your children will be like (B)olive shoots
around your table.
4 Behold, thus shall the man be blessed
who fears the Lord.
5 (C)The Lord bless you (D)from Zion!
May you see (E)the prosperity of Jerusalem
all the days of your life!
6 May you see your (F)children's children!
(G)Peace be upon Israel!
Isaiah 44:3-5
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Isaiah 44:3-5
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3 (A)For I will pour water on the thirsty land,
and streams on the dry ground;
I will pour my Spirit upon your offspring,
and my blessing on your descendants.
4 They shall spring up among the grass
(B)like willows by flowing streams.
5 (C)This one will say, ‘I am the Lord's,’
another will call on the name of Jacob,
and another will write on his hand, ‘The Lord's,’
and name himself by the name of Israel.”
Isaiah 44:3-5
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Isaiah 44:3-5
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3 For I will pour water(A) on the thirsty land,
and streams on the dry ground;(B)
I will pour out my Spirit(C) on your offspring,
and my blessing(D) on your descendants.(E)
4 They will spring up like grass(F) in a meadow,
like poplar trees(G) by flowing streams.(H)
5 Some will say, ‘I belong(I) to the Lord’;
others will call themselves by the name of Jacob;
still others will write on their hand,(J) ‘The Lord’s,’(K)
and will take the name Israel.
Psalm 115:14-15
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Psalm 115:14-15
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14 May the Lord (A)give you increase,
you and your children!
15 May (B)you be blessed by the Lord,
(C)who made heaven and earth!
Psalm 115:14-15
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Psalm 115:14-15
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Jeremiah 30:19-20
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Jeremiah 30:19-20
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19 (A)Out of them shall come songs of thanksgiving,
and the voices of those who celebrate.
(B)I will multiply them, and they shall not be few;
I will make them honored, and they shall not be small.
20 (C)Their children shall be as they were of old,
and their congregation shall be established before me,
and I will punish all who oppress them.
Jeremiah 30:19-20
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Jeremiah 30:19-20
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19 From them will come songs(A) of thanksgiving(B)
and the sound of rejoicing.(C)
I will add to their numbers,(D)
and they will not be decreased;
I will bring them honor,(E)
and they will not be disdained.
20 Their children(F) will be as in days of old,
and their community will be established(G) before me;
I will punish(H) all who oppress them.
Psalm 144:12
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Psalm 144:12
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12 May our sons in their youth
be like (A)plants full grown,
our daughters like (B)corner pillars
cut for the structure of a palace;
Psalm 144:12
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Psalm 144:12
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Psalm 125:2
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Psalm 125:2
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2 As the mountains surround Jerusalem,
so (A)the Lord surrounds his people,
from this time forth and forevermore.
Psalm 125:2
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Psalm 125:2
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Zechariah 8:3-5
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Zechariah 8:3-5
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3 Thus says the Lord: (A)I have returned to Zion and (B)will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem, (C)and Jerusalem shall be called the faithful city, (D)and the mountain of the Lord of hosts, the holy mountain. 4 Thus says the Lord of hosts: (E)Old men and old women shall again sit in the streets of Jerusalem, each with staff in hand because of great age. 5 And the streets of the city shall be full of boys and girls playing in its streets.
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Zechariah 8:3-5
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Zechariah 8:3-5
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3 This is what the Lord says: “I will return(A) to Zion(B) and dwell in Jerusalem.(C) Then Jerusalem will be called the Faithful City,(D) and the mountain(E) of the Lord Almighty will be called the Holy Mountain.(F)”
4 This is what the Lord Almighty says: “Once again men and women of ripe old age will sit in the streets of Jerusalem,(G) each of them with cane in hand because of their age. 5 The city streets will be filled with boys and girls playing there.(H)”
Lamentations 2:8-9
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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.
Lamentations 2:8-9
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Lamentations 2:8-9
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Nehemiah 12:30
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Nehemiah 12:30
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30 And the priests and the Levites (A)purified themselves, and they purified the people and the gates and the wall.
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Nehemiah 12:30
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Nehemiah 12:30
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30 When the priests and Levites had purified themselves ceremonially, they purified the people,(A) the gates and the wall.
Nehemiah 3:1-16
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Nehemiah 3:1-16
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Rebuilding the Wall
3 Then (A)Eliashib the high priest rose up with his brothers the priests, and they built (B)the Sheep Gate. They consecrated it and (C)set its doors. They consecrated it as far as the Tower of the Hundred, as far as the (D)Tower of Hananel. 2 And next to him (E)the men of Jericho built. And next to them[a] Zaccur the son of Imri built.
3 The sons of Hassenaah built (F)the Fish Gate. (G)They laid its beams and (H)set its doors, its bolts, and its bars. 4 And next to them (I)Meremoth the son of Uriah, son of Hakkoz repaired. And next to them (J)Meshullam the son of Berechiah, son of Meshezabel repaired. And next to them Zadok the son of Baana repaired. 5 And next to them (K)the Tekoites repaired, but their nobles would not stoop to serve their Lord.[b]
6 Joiada the son of Paseah and Meshullam the son of Besodeiah (L)repaired the Gate of Yeshanah.[c] (M)They laid its beams and (N)set its doors, its bolts, and its bars. 7 And next to them repaired Melatiah the Gibeonite and Jadon the Meronothite, the men of Gibeon and of Mizpah, the seat of (O)the governor of the province Beyond the River. 8 Next to them Uzziel the son of Harhaiah, goldsmiths, repaired. Next to him Hananiah, one of the perfumers, repaired, and they restored Jerusalem as far as (P)the Broad Wall. 9 Next to them Rephaiah the son of Hur, (Q)ruler of half the district of[d] Jerusalem, repaired. 10 Next to them Jedaiah the son of Harumaph repaired opposite his house. And next to him Hattush the son of Hashabneiah repaired. 11 Malchijah the son of Harim and Hasshub the son of Pahath-moab repaired another section and (R)the Tower of the Ovens. 12 Next to him Shallum the son of Hallohesh, (S)ruler of half the district of Jerusalem, repaired, he and his daughters.
13 Hanun and the inhabitants of Zanoah repaired (T)the Valley Gate. They rebuilt it and (U)set its doors, its bolts, and its bars, and repaired a thousand cubits[e] of the wall, as far as (V)the Dung Gate.
14 Malchijah the son of Rechab, ruler of the district of (W)Beth-haccherem, repaired (X)the Dung Gate. He rebuilt it and (Y)set its doors, its bolts, and its bars.
15 And Shallum the son of Col-hozeh, ruler of the district of Mizpah, repaired (Z)the Fountain Gate. He rebuilt it and covered it and (AA)set its doors, its bolts, and its bars. And he built the wall of (AB)the Pool of Shelah of (AC)the king's garden, as far as (AD)the stairs that go down from the city of David. 16 After him Nehemiah the son of Azbuk, ruler of half the district of Beth-zur, repaired to a point opposite (AE)the tombs of David, as far as (AF)the artificial pool, and as far as the house of the mighty men.
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- Nehemiah 3:2 Hebrew him
- Nehemiah 3:5 Or lords
- Nehemiah 3:6 Or of the old city
- Nehemiah 3:9 Or foreman of half the portion assigned to; also verses 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18
- Nehemiah 3:13 A cubit was about 18 inches or 45 centimeters
Nehemiah 3:1-16
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Nehemiah 3:1-16
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Builders of the Wall
3 Eliashib(A) the high priest and his fellow priests went to work and rebuilt(B) the Sheep Gate.(C) They dedicated it and set its doors in place, building as far as the Tower of the Hundred, which they dedicated, and as far as the Tower of Hananel.(D) 2 The men of Jericho(E) built the adjoining section, and Zakkur son of Imri built next to them.
3 The Fish Gate(F) was rebuilt by the sons of Hassenaah. They laid its beams and put its doors and bolts and bars in place. 4 Meremoth(G) son of Uriah, the son of Hakkoz, repaired the next section. Next to him Meshullam son of Berekiah, the son of Meshezabel, made repairs, and next to him Zadok son of Baana also made repairs. 5 The next section was repaired by the men of Tekoa,(H) but their nobles would not put their shoulders to the work under their supervisors.[a]
6 The Jeshanah[b] Gate(I) was repaired by Joiada son of Paseah and Meshullam son of Besodeiah. They laid its beams and put its doors with their bolts and bars in place. 7 Next to them, repairs were made by men from Gibeon(J) and Mizpah—Melatiah of Gibeon and Jadon of Meronoth—places under the authority of the governor of Trans-Euphrates. 8 Uzziel son of Harhaiah, one of the goldsmiths, repaired the next section; and Hananiah, one of the perfume-makers, made repairs next to that. They restored Jerusalem as far as the Broad Wall.(K) 9 Rephaiah son of Hur, ruler of a half-district of Jerusalem, repaired the next section. 10 Adjoining this, Jedaiah son of Harumaph made repairs opposite his house, and Hattush son of Hashabneiah made repairs next to him. 11 Malkijah son of Harim and Hasshub son of Pahath-Moab repaired another section and the Tower of the Ovens.(L) 12 Shallum son of Hallohesh, ruler of a half-district of Jerusalem, repaired the next section with the help of his daughters.
13 The Valley Gate(M) was repaired by Hanun and the residents of Zanoah.(N) They rebuilt it and put its doors with their bolts and bars in place. They also repaired a thousand cubits[c] of the wall as far as the Dung Gate.(O)
14 The Dung Gate was repaired by Malkijah son of Rekab, ruler of the district of Beth Hakkerem.(P) He rebuilt it and put its doors with their bolts and bars in place.
15 The Fountain Gate was repaired by Shallun son of Kol-Hozeh, ruler of the district of Mizpah. He rebuilt it, roofing it over and putting its doors and bolts and bars in place. He also repaired the wall of the Pool of Siloam,[d](Q) by the King’s Garden, as far as the steps going down from the City of David. 16 Beyond him, Nehemiah son of Azbuk, ruler of a half-district of Beth Zur,(R) made repairs up to a point opposite the tombs[e](S) of David, as far as the artificial pool and the House of the Heroes.
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- Nehemiah 3:5 Or their Lord or the governor
- Nehemiah 3:6 Or Old
- Nehemiah 3:13 That is, about 1,500 feet or about 450 meters
- Nehemiah 3:15 Hebrew Shelah, a variant of Shiloah, that is, Siloam
- Nehemiah 3:16 Hebrew; Septuagint, some Vulgate manuscripts and Syriac tomb
Psalm 48:11-14
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Psalm 48:11-14
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12 Walk about Zion, go around her,
number her towers,
13 consider well her (C)ramparts,
go through her citadels,
(D)that you may tell the next generation
14 that this is God,
our God forever and ever.
He will (E)guide us forever.[a]
Footnotes
- Psalm 48:14 Septuagint; another reading is (compare Jerome, Syriac) He will guide us beyond death
Psalm 48:11-14
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Psalm 48:11-14
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11 Mount Zion rejoices,
the villages of Judah are glad
because of your judgments.(A)
12 Walk about Zion, go around her,
count her towers,(B)
13 consider well her ramparts,(C)
view her citadels,(D)
that you may tell of them
to the next generation.(E)
14 For this God is our God for ever and ever;
he will be our guide(F) even to the end.
Nehemiah 7:1
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Nehemiah 7:1
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7 Now when the wall had been built (A)and I had set up the doors, and the gatekeepers, the singers, and the Levites had been appointed,
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Nehemiah 7:1
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Nehemiah 7:1
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7 After the wall had been rebuilt and I had set the doors in place, the gatekeepers,(A) the musicians(B) and the Levites(C) were appointed.
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