Psalm 147:13
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13 For he strengthens (A)the bars of your gates;
he blesses your children within you.
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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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.”
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!
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.
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 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.
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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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.
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 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
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
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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