Psalm 137:3
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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!”
Luke 21:6
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6 “These things which you see—the days will come in which (A)not one stone shall be left upon another that shall not be thrown down.”
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Micah 3:12
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12 Therefore because of you
Zion shall be (A)plowed like a field,
(B)Jerusalem shall become heaps of ruins,
And (C)the mountain of the [a]temple
Like the bare hills of the forest.
Footnotes
- Micah 3:12 Lit. house
Lamentations 2:15-16
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15 All who [a]pass by (A)clap their hands at you;
They hiss (B)and shake their heads
At the daughter of Jerusalem:
“Is this the city that is called
(C)‘The perfection of beauty,
The joy of the whole earth’?”
16 (D)All your enemies have opened their mouth against you;
They hiss and gnash their teeth.
They say, (E)“We have swallowed her up!
Surely this is the (F)day we have waited for;
We have found it, (G)we have seen it!”
Footnotes
- Lamentations 2:15 Lit. pass by this way
Revelation 14:1-3
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The Lamb and the 144,000
14 Then I looked, and behold, [a]a (A)Lamb standing on Mount Zion, and with Him (B)one hundred and forty-four thousand, [b]having His Father’s name (C)written on their foreheads. 2 And I heard a voice from heaven, (D)like the voice of many waters, and like the voice of loud thunder. And I heard the sound of (E)harpists playing their harps. 3 They sang as it were a new song before the throne, before the four living creatures, and the elders; and no one could learn that song (F)except the hundred and forty-four thousand who were redeemed from the earth.
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- Revelation 14:1 NU, M the
- Revelation 14:1 NU, M add His name and
Jeremiah 31:12-13
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12 Therefore they shall come and sing in (A)the height of Zion,
Streaming to (B)the goodness of the Lord—
For wheat and new wine and oil,
For the young of the flock and the herd;
Their souls shall be like a (C)well-watered garden,
(D)And they shall sorrow no more at all.
13 “Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance,
And the young men and the old, together;
For I will turn their mourning to joy,
Will comfort them,
And make them rejoice rather than sorrow.
Jeremiah 26:18
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18 (A)“Micah of Moresheth prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and spoke to all the people of Judah, saying, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts:
(B)“Zion shall be plowed like a field,
Jerusalem shall become (C)heaps of ruins,
And the mountain of the [a]temple
Like the [b]bare hills of the forest.” ’
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 26:18 Lit. house
- Jeremiah 26:18 Lit. high places
Jeremiah 9:11
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11 “I will make Jerusalem (A)a heap of ruins, (B)a den of jackals.
I will make the cities of Judah desolate, without an inhabitant.”
Isaiah 35:10
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10 And the (A)ransomed of the Lord shall return,
And come to Zion with singing,
With everlasting joy on their heads.
They shall obtain joy and gladness,
And (B)sorrow and sighing shall flee away.
Psalm 123:3-4
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3 Have mercy on us, O Lord, have mercy on us!
For we are exceedingly filled with contempt.
4 Our soul is exceedingly filled
With the scorn of those who are at ease,
With the contempt of the proud.
Psalm 80:6
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6 You have made us a strife to our neighbors,
And our enemies laugh among themselves.
Psalm 79:1
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A Dirge and a Prayer for Israel, Destroyed by Enemies
A Psalm of Asaph.
79 O God, the [a]nations have come into (A)Your inheritance;
Your holy temple they have defiled;
(B)They have laid Jerusalem [b]in heaps.
Footnotes
- Psalm 79:1 Gentiles
- Psalm 79:1 in ruins
Psalm 65:1
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Praise to God for His Salvation and Providence
To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. A Song.
65 Praise is awaiting You, O God, in Zion;
And to You the [a]vow shall be performed.
Footnotes
- Psalm 65:1 A promised deed
Psalm 9:14
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14 That I may tell of all Your praise
In the gates of [a]the daughter of Zion.
I will (A)rejoice in Your salvation.
Footnotes
- Psalm 9:14 Jerusalem
Nehemiah 4:2
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2 And he spoke before his brethren and the army of Samaria, and said, “What are these feeble Jews doing? Will they fortify themselves? Will they offer sacrifices? Will they complete it in a day? Will they revive the stones from the heaps of rubbish—stones that are burned?”
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1 Chronicles 16:7
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David’s Song of Thanksgiving(A)
7 On that day (B)David (C)first delivered this psalm into the hand of Asaph and his brethren, to thank the Lord:
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Isaiah 51:11
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11 So (A)the ransomed of the Lord shall return,
And come to Zion with singing,
With everlasting joy on their heads.
They shall obtain joy and gladness;
Sorrow and sighing shall flee away.
1 Chronicles 15:27
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27 David was clothed with a robe of fine (A)linen, as were all the Levites who bore the ark, the singers, and Chenaniah the music master with the singers. David also wore a linen ephod.
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