Psalm 137:5
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5 If I forget you, O Jerusalem,
(A)let my right hand forget its skill!
Jeremiah 51:50
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50 (A)“You who have escaped from the sword,
go, do not stand still!
Remember the Lord from far away,
and let Jerusalem come into your mind:
Zechariah 11:17
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17 (A)“Woe to my worthless shepherd,
(B)who deserts the flock!
May the sword strike his arm
and (C)his right eye!
Let his arm be wholly withered,
his right eye utterly blinded!”
Daniel 6:10-11
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10 When Daniel knew that the document had been signed, he went to his house where (A)he had windows in his upper chamber open (B)toward Jerusalem. He got down on his knees (C)three times a day and prayed and (D)gave thanks before his God, as he had done previously. 11 Then these men came by agreement and found Daniel making petition and plea before his God.
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Isaiah 62:1
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Zion's Coming Salvation
62 (A)For Zion's sake I will not keep silent,
and for Jerusalem's sake I will not be quiet,
(B)until her righteousness goes forth as brightness,
and her salvation as a burning torch.
Psalm 122:5-9
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5 There (A)thrones for judgment were set,
the thrones of the house of David.
6 (B)Pray for the peace of Jerusalem!
“May they be secure who love you!
7 Peace be within your (C)walls
and security within your (D)towers!”
8 For my brothers and companions' sake
I will say, (E)“Peace be within you!”
9 For the sake of the house of the Lord our God,
I will (F)seek your good.
Isaiah 62:6-7
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6 On your walls, O Jerusalem,
I have set (A)watchmen;
all the day and all the night
they shall never be silent.
You who put the Lord in remembrance,
take no rest,
7 and give him no rest
until he establishes Jerusalem
and makes it (B)a praise in the earth.
Psalm 102:13-14
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13 You will (A)arise and have (B)pity on Zion;
it is the time to favor her;
(C)the appointed time has come.
14 For your servants hold her (D)stones dear
and have pity on her dust.
Psalm 84:10
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10 For a day (A)in your courts is better
than a thousand elsewhere.
I would rather be (B)a doorkeeper in the house of my God
than dwell in the tents of wickedness.
Psalm 84:1-2
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My Soul Longs for the Courts of the Lord
To the choirmaster: according to (A)The Gittith.[a] A Psalm of (B)the Sons of Korah.
84 How (C)lovely is your (D)dwelling place,
O Lord of hosts!
2 My soul (E)longs, yes, (F)faints
for the courts of the Lord;
my heart and flesh sing for joy
to (G)the living God.
Footnotes
- Psalm 84:1 Probably a musical or liturgical term
Nehemiah 2:2-3
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2 And the king said to me, “Why is your face sad, seeing you are not sick? This is nothing but (A)sadness of the heart.” Then I was very much afraid. 3 I said to the king, (B)“Let the king live forever! Why should not my face be sad, (C)when the city, the place of my fathers' graves, lies in ruins, and its gates have been destroyed by fire?”
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Nehemiah 1:2-4
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2 that (A)Hanani, one of my brothers, came with certain men from Judah. And I asked them concerning the Jews who escaped, who had survived the exile, and concerning Jerusalem. 3 And they said to me, “The remnant there in the province who had survived the exile is in great trouble and (B)shame. (C)The wall of Jerusalem is broken down, (D)and its gates are destroyed by fire.”
Nehemiah's Prayer
4 As soon as I heard these words I (E)sat down and wept and mourned for days, and I continued fasting and praying before the (F)God of heaven.
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