Nehemiah 2:17

New International Version

Then I said to them, “You see the trouble we are in: Jerusalem lies in ruins, and its gates have been burned with fire. Come, let us rebuild the wall of Jerusalem, and we will no longer be in disgrace.”

Cross References

Ezra 9:9

Though we are slaves, our God has not forsaken us in our bondage. He has shown us kindness in the sight of the kings of Persia: He has granted us new life to rebuild the house of our God and repair its ruins, and he has given us a wall of protection in Judah and Jerusalem.

Nehemiah 1:3

They said to me, “Those who survived the exile and are back in the province are in great trouble and disgrace. The wall of Jerusalem is broken down, and its gates have been burned with fire.”

Nehemiah 2:13

By night I went out through the Valley Gate toward the Jackal Well and the Dung Gate, examining the walls of Jerusalem, which had been broken down, and its gates, which had been destroyed by fire.

Nehemiah 2:16

The officials did not know where I had gone or what I was doing, because as yet I had said nothing to the Jews or the priests or nobles or officials or any others who would be doing the work.

Nehemiah 3:15

The Fountain Gate was repaired by Shallun son of Kol-Hozeh, ruler of the district of Mizpah. He rebuilt it, roofing it over and putting its doors and bolts and bars in place. He also repaired the wall of the Pool of Siloam, by the King’s Garden, as far as the steps going down from the City of David.

Psalm 102:15

The nations will fear the name of the Lord, all the kings of the earth will revere your glory.

Psalm 44:13

You have made us a reproach to our neighbors, the scorn and derision of those around us.

Psalm 44:14

You have made us a byword among the nations; the peoples shake their heads at us.

Psalm 79:12

Pay back into the laps of our neighbors seven times the contempt they have hurled at you, Lord.

Psalm 79:4

We are objects of contempt to our neighbors, of scorn and derision to those around us.

Jeremiah 24:9

I will make them abhorrent and an offense to all the kingdoms of the earth, a reproach and a byword, a curse and an object of ridicule, wherever I banish them.

Lamentations 2:2

Without pity the Lord has swallowed up all the dwellings of Jacob; in his wrath he has torn down the strongholds of Daughter Judah. He has brought her kingdom and its princes down to the ground in dishonor.

Lamentations 3:51

What I see brings grief to my soul because of all the women of my city.

Ezekiel 5:14

“I will make you a ruin and a reproach among the nations around you, in the sight of all who pass by.

Micah 7:11

The day for building your walls will come, the day for extending your boundaries.

1 Samuel 11:2

But Nahash the Ammonite replied, “I will make a treaty with you only on the condition that I gouge out the right eye of every one of you and so bring disgrace on all Israel.”