Psalm 137:5
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5 If I forget you, O Jerusalem,
Let my right hand forget its skill!
Jeremiah 51:50
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50 (A)You who have escaped the sword,
Get away! Do not stand still!
(B)Remember the Lord afar off,
And let Jerusalem come to your mind.
Zechariah 11:17
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17 “Woe(A) to the worthless shepherd,
Who leaves the flock!
A sword shall be against his arm
And against his right eye;
His arm shall completely wither,
And his right eye shall be totally blinded.”
Daniel 6:10-11
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Daniel in the Lions’ Den
10 Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went home. And in his upper room, with his windows open (A)toward Jerusalem, he knelt down on his knees (B)three times that day, and prayed and gave thanks before his God, as was his custom since early days.
11 Then these men assembled and found Daniel praying and making supplication before his God.
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Isaiah 62:1
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Assurance of Zion’s Salvation
62 For Zion’s sake I will not [a]hold My peace,
And for Jerusalem’s sake I will not rest,
Until her righteousness goes forth as brightness,
And her salvation as a lamp that burns.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 62:1 keep silent
Psalm 122:5-9
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5 (A)For thrones are set there for judgment,
The thrones of the house of David.
6 (B)Pray for the peace of Jerusalem:
“May they prosper who love you.
7 Peace be within your walls,
Prosperity within your palaces.”
8 For the sake of my brethren and companions,
I will now say, “Peace be within you.”
9 Because of the house of the Lord our God
I will (C)seek your good.
Isaiah 62:6-7
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6 (A)I have set watchmen on your walls, O Jerusalem;
They shall [a]never hold their peace day or night.
You who [b]make mention of the Lord, do not keep silent,
7 And give Him no rest till He establishes
And till He makes Jerusalem (B)a praise in the earth.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 62:6 not be silent
- Isaiah 62:6 remember
Psalm 102:13-14
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13 You will arise and have mercy on Zion;
For the time to favor her,
Yes, the set time, has come.
14 For Your servants take pleasure in her stones,
And show favor to her dust.
Psalm 84:10
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10 For a day in Your courts is better than a thousand.
I would rather [a]be a doorkeeper in the house of my God
Than dwell in the tents of wickedness.
Footnotes
- Psalm 84:10 stand at the threshold
Psalm 84:1-2
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The Blessedness of Dwelling in the House of God
To the Chief Musician. (A)On[a] an instrument of Gath. A Psalm of the sons of Korah.
84 How (B)lovely [b]is Your tabernacle,
O Lord of hosts!
2 (C)My soul longs, yes, even faints
For the courts of the Lord;
My heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.
Footnotes
- Psalm 84:1 Heb. Al Gittith
- Psalm 84:1 are Your dwellings
Nehemiah 2:2-3
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2 Therefore the king said to me, “Why is your face sad, since you are not sick? This is nothing but (A)sorrow of heart.”
So I became [a]dreadfully afraid, 3 and said to the king, (B)“May the king live forever! Why should my face not be sad, when (C)the city, the place of my fathers’ tombs, lies waste, and its gates are burned with (D)fire?”
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- Nehemiah 2:2 Lit. very much
Nehemiah 1:2-4
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2 that (A)Hanani one of my brethren came with men from Judah; and I asked them concerning the Jews who had escaped, who had survived the captivity, and concerning Jerusalem. 3 And they said to me, “The survivors who are left from the captivity in the (B)province are there in great distress and (C)reproach. (D)The wall of Jerusalem (E)is also broken down, and its gates are burned with fire.”
4 So it was, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned for many days; I was fasting and praying before the God of heaven.
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