Nehemiah 1:3

Tree of Life Version

They said to me, “The remnant who have survived the captivity there in the province are in great distress and disgrace. The wall of Jerusalem is broken down and its gates have been burned with fire.”

Cross References

1 Kings 9:7

then will I cut off Israel from the land which I have given them, and this House which I have consecrated for My Name, I will cast out of My sight. So Israel will become a proverb and a byword among all peoples.

2 Kings 25:10

Then the whole Chaldean army that was with the captain of the guard demolished the walls of Jerusalem on every side.

2 Chronicles 36:19

They burned the House of God, broke down the wall of Jerusalem, burned all the palaces with fire and destroyed everything of value.

Ezra 2:1

Now these are the people of the province who went up from the captives of the exile, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had taken captive to Babylon. They returned to Jerusalem and Judah, each to his town.

Ezra 5:8

“Be it known to the king that we went to the province of Judah, to the House of the great God, which is being built with large stones and timber is being set in the walls. Now this work is being done diligently and is succeeding in their hands.

Nehemiah 11:3

These are the leaders of the province who dwelt in Jerusalem. (Some of Israel, the kohanim, the Levites, the Temple servants, and the children of Solomon’s servants dwelt in the towns of Judah, each on his own property in their towns,

Nehemiah 2:13

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

Nehemiah 2:17

Then I said to them, “You see the bad situation we are in: Jerusalem is desolate and its gates have been burnt. Come! Let us rebuild the wall of Jerusalem so that we will no longer be a disgrace.”

Nehemiah 2:3

but I said to the king, “May the king live forever! Why should my face not be sad, when 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 province who returned from the captivity of the exile, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had taken away, and who returned to Jerusalem and to Judah, each man to his own town.

Esther 1:1

This is what happened in the days of Ahasuerus, the Ahasuerus who reigned over 127 provinces from India to Ethiopia.

Psalm 79:4

We have become a taunt to our neighbors, a scorn and derision to those around us.

Proverbs 25:28

Like a city whose walls are broken down is one with no control over his temper.

Isaiah 43:28

So I profaned the Sanctuary officials, and gave Jacob over to destruction, and Israel to scorn.

Isaiah 5:5

So now, I will make known to you what I will do to my vineyard: I will take away the hedge, and it will be eaten up. I will break down the fence, and it will be trodden down.

Jeremiah 24:9

I will even give them as a horror, as an evil thing, among all the kingdoms of the earth—as a disgrace and a proverb, a taunt and a curse—in all places where I will drive them.

Jeremiah 29:18

I will pursue them with the sword, famine and pestilence, and will make them a horror to all the kingdoms of the earth—a curse and an astonishment, a hissing and a disgrace—among all the nations where I have driven them,

Jeremiah 39:8

Then the Chaldeans burned the king’s palace and the houses of the people with fire, and broke down the walls of Jerusalem.

Jeremiah 42:18

For thus says Adonai-Tzva’ot, the God of Israel: “As My anger and My fury were poured out on the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so will My fury be poured out on you, if you will enter Egypt. You will be an execration, a horror, a curse, and a disgrace, and you will never see this place again.”

Jeremiah 5:10

Go up into her vines and ravage them, but do not completely destroy them. Strip away her branches for they are not Adonai’s.

Jeremiah 52:14

Then all the Chaldean army, which was with the captain of the guard, broke down all the walls of Jerusalem all around.

Lamentations 1:7

In the days of her affliction and her wandering, Jerusalem remembers all the treasures that were hers from the days of old. When her people fell into enemy hands, there was no one to help her. Her enemies saw her and mocked at her destruction.

Lamentations 2:9

Her gates sank into the ground. Her bars He destroyed and shattered. Her king and princes are among nations. There is no more Torah. Also her prophets find no vision from Adonai.

Lamentations 3:61

You heard their taunt, Adonai, all their plots against me.

Lamentations 5:1

Remember, Adonai, what has come upon us. Look, and see our disgrace!

Leviticus 26:31

I will lay waste your cities and devastate your sanctuaries. I will not smell your soothing aromas.

Leviticus 26:33

I will scatter you among the nations and I will draw out the sword after you. So your land will become a desolation and your cities will become a waste.