Nehemiah 2:17

God's Word

Then I told them, “You see the trouble we’re in. Jerusalem is in ruins, and its gates are burned down. Let’s rebuild the wall of Jerusalem, and we will no longer be insulted.”

Cross References

Ezra 9:9

We are slaves, but our God hasn’t abandoned us in our slavery. Instead, he has made the kings of Persia treat us kindly. He did this to give us an opportunity to rebuild our God’s temple and restore its ruins and to give us a protective wall in Judah and Jerusalem.

Nehemiah 1:3

They told me, “Those who survived captivity are in the province. They are enduring serious troubles and being insulted. The wall of Jerusalem has been broken down, and its gates have been destroyed by fire.”

Nehemiah 2:13

I went through Valley Gate that night toward Snake Fountain and Dung Gate and examined the places where the walls of Jerusalem were broken down and where its gates had been burned.

Nehemiah 2:16

The officials didn’t know where I had gone or what I had done. I hadn’t yet told the Jews, the priests, the leaders, the other officials, or any of the rest who would be doing the work.

Nehemiah 3:15

Shallun, Col Hozeh’s son, the official in charge of the district of Mizpah, repaired Fountain Gate. He rebuilt it, put a roof over it, and set its doors, locks, and bars in place. He also made repairs on the wall of the Pool of Shelah by the King’s Garden as far as the stairs going down from the City of David.

Psalm 102:15

The nations will fear the Lord’s name. All the kings of the earth will fear your glory.

Psalm 44:13

You made us a disgrace to our neighbors and an object of ridicule and contempt to those around us.

Psalm 44:14

You made our ⌞defeat⌟ a proverb among the nations so that people shake their heads at us.

Psalm 79:12

Pay each one of our neighbors back with seven times the number of insults they used to insult you, O Lord.

Psalm 79:4

We have become a disgrace to our neighbors, an object of ridicule and contempt to those around us.

Jeremiah 24:9

I will make them a horrifying sight to all the kingdoms of the earth. They will be a disgrace and an example. They will become something ridiculed and cursed wherever I scatter them.

Lamentations 2:2

The Lord swallowed up all of Jacob’s pastures without any pity. He tore down the fortified cities of Judah in his fury. He brought the kingdom ⌞of Judah⌟ and its leaders down to the ground in dishonor.

Lamentations 3:51

What I see with my eyes disturbs me deeply because of all the young women in my city.

Ezekiel 5:14

I will turn you into a wasteland and an object of ridicule among the nations around you and in the presence of everyone who passes by you.

Micah 7:11

The day for rebuilding your walls and extending your borders is coming.

1 Samuel 11:2

Nahash the Ammonite responded, “I’ll make a treaty with you on this one condition: I’ll poke out everyone’s right eye and bring disgrace on all Israel.”