Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

O Lord, according to all thy righteousness, I beseech thee, let thine anger and thy fury be turned away from thy city Jerusalem, thy holy mountain: because for our sins, and for the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and thy people are become a reproach to all that are about us.

Bible References

According

2 Thessalonians 1:6
seeing it is a righteous thing with God to render affliction to those that afflict you;
1 John 1:9
If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness:

For the

Matthew 23:31
so that ye are witnesses yourselves, that ye are the children of those who killed the prophets:
Luke 11:47
Wo unto you; who build the sepulchres of the prophets, and your fathers killed them.