Nehemiah 1:3

New American Bible - revised edition

They answered me: “The survivors of the captivity there in the province are in great distress and under reproach. The wall of Jerusalem has been breached, its gates gutted by fire.”

Cross References

1 Kings 9:7

I will cut off Israel from the land I gave them and repudiate the house I have consecrated for my name. Israel shall become a proverb and a byword among all nations,

2 Kings 25:10

The Chaldean troops who were with the captain of the guard tore down the walls that surrounded Jerusalem,

2 Chronicles 36:19

They burnt the house of God, tore down the walls of Jerusalem, burnt down all its palaces, and destroyed all its precious objects.

Ezra 2:1

These are the inhabitants of the province who returned from the captivity of the exiles, whom Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, had carried away to Babylon, and who came back to Jerusalem and Judah, to their various cities

Ezra 5:8

Let it be known to the king that we have visited the province of Judah and the house of the great God: it is being rebuilt of cut stone and the walls are being reinforced with timber; the work is being carried out diligently, prospering under their hands.

Nehemiah 11:3

These are the heads of the province who took up residence in Jerusalem. In the cities of Judah dwelt Israelites, priests, Levites, temple servants, and the descendants of Solomon’s servants, each on the property they owned in their own cities.

Nehemiah 2:13

I rode out at night by the Valley Gate, passed by the Dragon Spring, and came to the Dung Gate, observing how the walls of Jerusalem were breached and its gates consumed by fire.

Nehemiah 2:17

Afterward I said to them: “You see the trouble we are in: how Jerusalem lies in ruins and its gates have been gutted by fire. Come, let us rebuild the wall of Jerusalem, so that we may no longer be a reproach!”

Nehemiah 2:3

I answered the king: “May the king live forever! How could I not look sad when the city where my ancestors are buried lies in ruins, and its gates consumed by fire?”

Nehemiah 7:6

These are the inhabitants of the province who returned from the captivity of the exiles whom Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, had carried away, and who came back to Jerusalem and Judah, to their own cities:

Psalm 79:4

We have become the reproach of our neighbors, the scorn and derision of those around us.

Proverbs 25:28

A city breached and left defenseless are those who do not control their temper.

Isaiah 43:28

Till I repudiated the holy princes, put Jacob under the ban, exposed Israel to scorn.

Isaiah 5:5

Now, I will let you know what I am going to do to my vineyard: Take away its hedge, give it to grazing, break through its wall, let it be trampled!

Jeremiah 24:9

I will make them an object of horror to all the kingdoms of the earth, a reproach and a byword, a taunt and a curse, in all the places to which I will drive them.

Jeremiah 29:18

I will pursue them with sword, famine, and pestilence, and make them an object of horror to all the kingdoms of the earth, a curse, a desolation, a hissing, and a reproach to all the nations among which I have banished them,

Jeremiah 39:8

The Chaldeans set fire to the king’s house and the houses of the people and tore down the walls of Jerusalem.

Jeremiah 42:18

For thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Just as my furious wrath was poured out upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so shall my anger be poured out on you when you reach Egypt. You shall become a malediction and a horror, a curse and a reproach, and you shall never see this place again.

Jeremiah 5:10

Climb her terraces, and ravage them, destroy them completely. Tear away her tendrils, they do not belong to the Lord.

Jeremiah 52:14

Then the Chaldean troops with the captain of the guard tore down all the walls that surrounded Jerusalem.

Lamentations 1:7

Jerusalem remembers in days of wretched homelessness, All the precious things she once had in days gone by. But when her people fell into the hands of the foe, and she had no help, Her foes looked on and laughed at her collapse.

Lamentations 2:9

Her gates sank into the ground; he smashed her bars to bits. Her king and her princes are among the nations; instruction is wanting, Even her prophets do not obtain any vision from the Lord.

Lamentations 3:61

You hear their reproach, Lord, all their plots against me,

Lamentations 5:1

Remember, Lord, what has happened to us, pay attention, and see our disgrace:

Leviticus 26:31

I will lay waste your cities and desolate your sanctuaries, refusing your sweet-smelling offerings.

Leviticus 26:33

And you I will scatter among the nations at the point of my drawn sword, leaving your countryside desolate and your cities deserted.