Bible Cross References
The kings of the earth, and all the inhabitants of the world, would not have believed that the adversary and the enemy should have entered into the gates of Jerusalem.
Deuteronomy 29:24-28
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Then the whole world will ask, 'Why did the LORD do this to their land? What was the reason for his fierce anger?'
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And the answer will be, 'It is because the LORD's people broke the covenant they had made with him, the God of their ancestors, when he brought them out of Egypt.
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They served other gods that they had never worshiped before, gods that the LORD had forbidden them to worship.
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And so the LORD became angry with his people and brought on their land all the disasters written in this book.
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The LORD became furiously angry, and in his great anger he uprooted them from their land and threw them into a foreign land, and there they are today.'
1 Kings 9:8
This Temple will become a pile of ruins, and everyone who passes by will be shocked and amazed. 'Why did the LORD do this to this land and this Temple?' they will ask.
1 Kings 9:9
People will answer, 'It is because they abandoned the LORD their God, who brought their ancestors out of Egypt. They gave their allegiance to other gods and worshiped them. That is why the LORD has brought this disaster on them.' "
Psalm 48:4-6
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The kings gathered together and came to attack Mount Zion.
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But when they saw it, they were amazed; they were afraid and ran away.
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There they were seized with fear and anguish, like a woman about to bear a child,