Nehemiah 1:3

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They told me, “The remnant who are left from the exile are there in the province, but they are having a great deal of trouble and feel humiliated. Jerusalem's walls have been knocked over, and its gates burned down.”

Cross References

1 Kings 9:7

then I will cut Israel off from the land I have given them. I will banish from my presence this Temple I have dedicated to my honor, and I will make it an object lesson of ridicule among the nations.

2 Kings 25:10

The whole Babylonian army under the commander of the guard knocked down the walls around Jerusalem.

2 Chronicles 36:19

Then the Babylonians burned down God's Temple and demolished Jerusalem's walls. They set fire to all the palaces and destroyed everything that had any value.

Ezra 2:1

This is a list of the Jewish exiles from the province who returned from captivity after King Nebuchadnezzar had taken them away to Babylon. They went back to Jerusalem and to their own towns in Judah.

Ezra 5:8

We wish to inform Your Majesty that we went to the province of Judah, to the Temple of the great God. It is being built with large stones, with timber beams being placed on the walls. This work is being done properly and is progressing well.

Nehemiah 11:3

This is a list of the leaders of the province who came to live in Jerusalem. (Most of the Israelites lived on their own property in the towns of Judah. This included the priests, the Levites, the Temple servants, and the descendants of Solomon's servants who lived in their home towns.

Nehemiah 2:13

So I rode in the dark through the Valley Gate toward the Spring of the Serpent and the Refuse Gate, and I inspected Jerusalem's walls that had been knocked over and the gates that had been burned down.

Nehemiah 2:17

Then I said to them, “Look at the trouble we're in! Jerusalem is a heap of rubble, and its gates have been burned down. Come on, let's rebuild the wall of Jerusalem, so that we won't be so ashamed any more.”

Nehemiah 2:3

but I replied to the king, “Long live the king! How can I help being sad? The city where my forefathers are buried is in ruins, and its gates have been burned down.”

Nehemiah 7:6

This is a list of the people of the province who returned from the captivity. These were the exiles who had been taken away to Babylon by King Nebuchadnezzar. They returned to Jerusalem and Judah, to their home towns.

Esther 1:1

This is an account of what happened during the time of King Xerxes, the Xerxes who ruled over 127 provinces from India to Ethiopia.

Psalm 79:4

We have been made a mockery before our neighbors, ridiculed and laughed at by those around us.

Proverbs 25:28

Someone without control is as exposed as a town whose walls have been breached.

Isaiah 43:28

So I treated the priests of the sanctuary with contempt, and I handed Jacob over to be destroyed, and Israel to be scorned.”

Isaiah 5:5

So let me tell you what I'm going to do to my vineyard. I'll remove its hedge, and it will be destroyed. I'll tear down its wall, and it will be trampled underfoot.

Jeremiah 24:9

I'm going to make an example of them that will horrify and offend everyone on earth. They will be disgraced, mocked, ridiculed, and cursed everywhere I've exiled them.

Jeremiah 29:18

I will chase them down with war and famine and disease. I will make all the kingdoms of the earth horrified by them. They will become a curse word, totally ruined, people to be mocked and criticized among all the nations where I scatter them.

Jeremiah 39:8

The Babylonians burned down the king's palace and the people's houses, and they demolished Jerusalem's city walls.

Jeremiah 42:18

This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: In the same way that my furious anger was poured out on the people living in Jerusalem, so will my anger be poured out on you if you go to Egypt. People will be horrified at what happens to you, and you will become a curse word, an insult, an expression of condemnation. You won't ever see your homeland again.

Jeremiah 5:10

Go through her vineyards and damage them, but don't destroy them completely. Rip off her branches, because they don't belong to the Lord.

Jeremiah 52:14

The whole Babylonian army under the commander of the guard knocked down all the walls around Jerusalem.

Lamentations 1:7

As she wanders around in her misery, Jerusalem thinks back to all the wonderful things she once had in the old days. When her enemies conquered her people, she didn't receive any help. Her enemies gloated over her, and laughed at her downfall.

Lamentations 2:9

Her gates have collapsed to the ground; he has destroyed their bars, breaking them apart. Her king and her princes have been exiled to other countries. No one follows the Law anymore, and even her prophets no longer receive visions from the Lord.

Lamentations 3:61

Lord, you have heard how they've insulted me, and what they've plotted against me,

Lamentations 5:1

Lord, please remember what's happened to us. Look at us and see how we've been humiliated!

Leviticus 26:31

I will demolish your towns and destroy your pagan sanctuaries, and I will refuse to accept your sacrifices.

Leviticus 26:33

I'm going to scatter you among the nations. You will be chased out by armies with swords as your land is ruined and your towns are destroyed.