Bible Cross References
For thy servants take pleasure in her stones, and favour the dust thereof.
Psalm 79:1
O God, the heathen have invaded your land. They have desecrated your holy Temple and left Jerusalem in ruins.
Psalm 79:7-10
7
For they have killed your people; they have ruined your country.
8
Do not punish us for the sins of our ancestors. Have mercy on us now; we have lost all hope.
9
Help us, O God, and save us; rescue us and forgive our sins for the sake of your own honor.
10
Why should the nations ask us, "Where is your God?" Let us see you punish the nations for shedding the blood of your servants.
Psalm 137:5
May I never be able to play the harp again if I forget you, Jerusalem!
Psalm 137:6
May I never be able to sing again if I do not remember you, if I do not think of you as my greatest joy!
Ezra 1:5
Then the heads of the clans of the tribes of Judah and Benjamin, the priests and Levites, and everyone else whose heart God had moved got ready to go and rebuild the LORD's Temple in Jerusalem.
Ezra 3:1-3
1
By the seventh month the people of Israel were all settled in their towns. Then they all assembled in Jerusalem,
2
and Joshua son of Jehozadak, his fellow priests, and Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, together with his relatives, rebuilt the altar of the God of Israel, so that they could burn sacrifices on it according to the instructions written in the Law of Moses, the man of God.
3
Even though the returning exiles were afraid of the people who were living in the land, they rebuilt the altar where it had stood before. Then they began once again to burn on it the regular morning and evening sacrifices.
Ezra 7:27
Ezra said, "Praise the LORD, the God of our ancestors! He has made the emperor willing to honor in this way the Temple of the LORD in Jerusalem.
Nehemiah 1:3
They told me that those who had survived and were back in the homeland were in great difficulty and that the foreigners who lived nearby looked down on them. They also told me that the walls of Jerusalem were still broken down and that the gates had not been restored since the time they were burned.
Nehemiah 2:3
and answered, "May Your Majesty live forever! How can I keep from looking sad when the city where my ancestors are buried is in ruins and its gates have been destroyed by fire?"
Nehemiah 2:17
But now I said to them, "See what trouble we are in because Jerusalem is in ruins and its gates are destroyed! Let's rebuild the city walls and put an end to our disgrace."
Nehemiah 4:2
In front of his companions and the Samaritan troops he said, "What do these miserable Jews think they're doing? Do they intend to rebuild the city? Do they think that by offering sacrifices they can finish the work in one day? Can they make building stones out of heaps of burnt rubble?"
Nehemiah 4:6
So we went on rebuilding the wall, and soon it was half its full height, because the people were eager to work.
Nehemiah 4:10
The people of Judah had a song they sang: "We grow weak carrying burdens; There's so much rubble to take away. How can we build the wall today?"
Daniel 9:16
You have defended us in the past, so do not be angry with Jerusalem any longer. It is your city, your sacred hill. All the people in the neighboring countries look down on Jerusalem and on your people because of our sins and the evil our ancestors did.