Nehemiah 1:3

New Century Version

They answered me, “Those who are left from the captivity are back in Judah, but they are in much trouble and are full of shame. The wall around Jerusalem is broken down, and its gates have been burned.”

Cross References

1 Kings 9:7

If you do, I will force Israel to leave the land I have given them, and I will leave this Temple that I have made holy. All the nations will make fun of Israel and speak evil about them.

2 Kings 25:10

The whole Babylonian army, led by the commander of the king’s special guards, broke down the walls around Jerusalem.

2 Chronicles 36:19

Nebuchadnezzar and his army set fire to God’s Temple and broke down Jerusalem’s wall and burned all the palaces. They took or destroyed every valuable thing in Jerusalem.

Ezra 2:1

These are the people of the area who returned from captivity, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had taken away to Babylon. They returned to Jerusalem and Judah, each going back to his own town.

Ezra 5:8

King Darius, you should know that we went to the district of Judah where the Temple of the great God is. The people are building that Temple with large stones, and they are putting timbers in the walls. They are working very hard and are building very fast.

Nehemiah 11:3

These are the area leaders who lived in Jerusalem. (Some people lived on their own land in the cities of Judah. These included Israelites, priests, Levites, Temple servants, and descendants of Solomon’s servants.

Nehemiah 2:13

I went out at night through the Valley Gate. I rode toward the Dragon Well and the Trash Gate, inspecting the walls of Jerusalem that had been broken down and the gates that had been destroyed by fire.

Nehemiah 2:17

Then I said to them, “You can see the trouble we have here. Jerusalem is a pile of ruins, and its gates have been burned. Come, let’s rebuild the wall of Jerusalem so we won’t be full of shame any longer.”

Nehemiah 2:3

I said to the king, “May the king live forever! My face is sad because the city where my ancestors are buried lies in ruins, and its gates have been destroyed by fire.”

Nehemiah 7:6

These are the people of the area who returned from captivity, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had taken away. They returned to Jerusalem and Judah, each going back to his own town.

Esther 1:1

This is what happened during the time of King Xerxes, the king who ruled the one hundred twenty-seven states from India to Cush.

Psalm 79:4

We are a joke to the other nations; they laugh and make fun of us.

Proverbs 25:28

Those who do not control themselves are like a city whose walls are broken down.

Isaiah 43:28

So I will make your holy rulers unholy. I will bring destruction on the people of Jacob, and I will let Israel be insulted.”

Isaiah 5:5

Now I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard: I will remove the hedge, and it will be burned. I will break down the stone wall, and it will be walked on.

Jeremiah 24:9

I will make those people hated as an evil people by all the kingdoms of the earth. People will make fun of them and tell jokes about them and point fingers at them and curse them everywhere I scatter them.

Jeremiah 29:18

I will chase them with war, hunger, and terrible diseases. I will make them hated by all the kingdoms of the earth. People will curse them and be shocked and will use them as a shameful example wherever I make them go.

Jeremiah 39:8

The Babylonians set fire to the palace and to the houses of the people, and they broke down the walls around Jerusalem.

Jeremiah 42:18

“This is what the Lord All-Powerful, the God of Israel, says: ‘I showed my anger against the people of Jerusalem. In the same way I will show my anger against you when you go to Egypt. Other nations will speak evil of you. People will be shocked by what will happen to you. You will become a curse word, and people will insult you. And you will never see Judah again.’

Jeremiah 5:10

“Go along and cut down Judah’s vineyards, but do not completely destroy them. Cut off all her people as if they were branches, because they do not belong to the Lord.

Jeremiah 52:14

The whole Babylonian army, led by the commander of the king’s special guards, broke down all the walls around Jerusalem.

Lamentations 1:7

Jerusalem is suffering and homeless. She remembers all the good things from the past. But her people were defeated by the enemy, and there was no one to help her. When her enemies saw her, they laughed to see her ruined.

Lamentations 2:9

Jerusalem’s gates have fallen to the ground; he destroyed and smashed the bars of the gates. Her king and her princes are among the nations. The teaching of the Lord has stopped, and the prophets do not have visions from the Lord.

Lamentations 3:61

Lord, you have heard their insults and all their evil plans against me.

Lamentations 5:1

Remember, Lord, what happened to us. Look and see our disgrace.

Leviticus 26:31

I will destroy your cities and make your holy places empty, and I will not smell the pleasing smell of your offerings.

Leviticus 26:33

I will scatter you among the nations, and I will pull out my sword and destroy you. Your land will become empty, your cities a waste.