Nehemiah 2:17

New Century Version

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.”

Cross References

Ezra 9:9

Even though we are slaves, our God has not left us. He caused the kings of Persia to be kind to us and has given us new life. We can rebuild the Temple and repair its ruins. And he has given us a wall to protect us in Judah and Jerusalem.

Nehemiah 1:3

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.”

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 2:16

The guards did not know where I had gone or what I was doing. I had not yet said anything to the Jewish people, the priests, the important men, the officers, or any of the others who would do the work.

Nehemiah 3:15

Shallun son of Col-Hozeh, the ruler of the district of Mizpah, repaired the Fountain Gate. He rebuilt it, put a roof over it, and set its doors, bolts, and bars in place. He also repaired the wall of the Pool of Siloam next to the King’s Garden all the way to the steps that went down from the older part of the city.

Psalm 102:15

Nations will fear the name of the Lord, and all the kings on earth will honor you.

Psalm 44:13

You made us a joke to our neighbors; those around us laugh and make fun of us.

Psalm 44:14

You made us a joke to the other nations; people shake their heads.

Psalm 79:12

Repay those around us seven times over for their insults to you, Lord.

Psalm 79:4

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

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.

Lamentations 2:2

The Lord swallowed up without mercy all the houses of the people of Jacob; in his anger he pulled down the strong places of Judah. He threw her kingdom and its rulers down to the ground in dishonor.

Lamentations 3:51

I am sad when I see what has happened to all the women of my city.

Ezekiel 5:14

“I will make you a ruin and a shame among the nations around you, to be seen by all who pass by.

Micah 7:11

The time will come when your walls will be built again, when your country will grow.

1 Samuel 11:2

But he answered, “I will make a treaty with you only if I’m allowed to poke out the right eye of each of you. Then all Israel will be ashamed!”