Nehemiah 1:3

Nehemiah's Prayer For The People

² and Hanani, one of my brethren, came with certain men of Judah, and I asked them how the Jews did that were delivered and escaped from the captivity, and how it went at Jerusalem. ³ And they said unto me, "The remnant of the captivity are there in the land in great misfortune and rebuke. The walls of Jerusalem are broken down, and the gates thereof are burnt with fire." ⁴ When I heard these words, I sat me down and wept, and mourned certain days, and fasted and prayed before the God of heaven,

In Great Distress

Walls of Jerusalem

Destroyed By Fire

Great Distress

Jerusalem

Nehemiah 2:17

And I said unto them, "Ye see the misery that we are in, how Jerusalem lieth waste, and how the gates thereof are burnt with fire. Come, let us build up the walls of Jerusalem, that we be no more a rebuke."

2 Kings 25:10

And all the host of the Chaldeans that were with the chief Marshal brake down the walls of Jerusalem round about.

Nehemiah 2:3

Nevertheless I was sore afraid and said unto the king, "God save the king's life forever, should I not look sadly? The city of my fathers' burial lieth waste and the gates thereof are consumed with fire."

Nehemiah 2:13

And I rode by night unto the valley port before the Dragon well, and to the Dung port, and considered the walls of Jerusalem that were broken down, and the ports thereof consumed with the fire.

Nehemiah 7:6

"These are the sons of the land that went up from the captivity of the carrying away, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had brought away, and came again to Jerusalem and Judah, every one unto his city;

1 Kings 9:7

then I will weed Israel out of the land which I have given them. And this house which I have hallowed for my name, I will put out of my sight. And Israel shall be a proverb and a fable unto all nations.

Ezra 2:1

These are the children of the land that went up out of the captivity, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away unto Babylon, and came again unto Jerusalem and in Judah, every one unto his city;

Ezra 5:8

Be it known unto the king, that we came into Jewry to the house of the great God, which is builded with all manner of stone, and beams are laid in the walls, and the work goeth fast forth, and prospereth in their hands?

Nehemiah 9:36-37

Behold, therefore are we in bondage this day: yea, even in the land that thou gavest unto our fathers, to enjoy the fruits and goods thereof, behold, there are we bondsmen.

Nehemiah 11:3

These are the heads of the land that dwelt at Jerusalem and in the cities of Judah; And every one dwelt in his possession, and in their cities of Israel, the priests, Levites, the Nethinims, and the children of Solomon's servants.

Esther 1:1

It fortuned in the days of Ahasuerus - which reigned from India unto Ethiopia, over a hundred and seven and twenty lands -

Psalm 44:11-14

Thou lettest us be eaten up like sheep, and scatterest us among the Heathen.

Psalm 79:4

We are become an open shame unto our enemies, a very scorn and derision unto them that are round about us.

Psalm 137:1-3

By the waters of Babylon we sat down; and wept, when we remembered Zion.

Isaiah 5:5

Well, now I shall tell you how I will do with my vineyard: I will take the hedge from it, that it may perish, and break down the wall, that it may be trodden under foot.

Isaiah 32:9-14

Up, ye rich and idle women, hearken unto my voice. Ye careless cities, mark my words.

Isaiah 43:28

Therefore I either suspended, or slew the chiefest princes: I did curse Jacob, and gave Israel into reproof."

Isaiah 64:10-11

The cities of thy Sanctuary lie waste: Zion is a wilderness, and Jerusalem a desert.

Jeremiah 5:10

"Climb up upon their walls, beat them down, but destroy them not utterly: cut off their branches because they are not the LORD's.

Jeremiah 24:9

And will make them to be a reproof, a common byword, a laughingstock and shame, in all the places where I shall scatter them.

Jeremiah 29:18

And I will persecute them with the sword, with hunger and death. I will deliver them up to be vexed of all kingdoms, to be cursed, abhorred, laughed to scorn, and put to confusion of all the people, among whom I have scattered them:

Jeremiah 39:8

Moreover, the Chaldeans burnt up the king's palace, with the other houses of the people, and brake down the walls of Jerusalem.

Jeremiah 42:18

For thus sayeth the LORD of Hosts the God of Israel: Like as my wrath and indignation is come upon the inhabiters of Jerusalem, so shall my displeasure go forth upon you also, if ye go into Egypt: For there ye shall be reviled, abhorred, brought to shame and confusion: and as for this place, ye shall never see it more.

Jeremiah 44:8-12

because ye provoke me unto wrath with the works of your own hands: when ye offer unto strange gods in the land of Egypt whereas ye be gone to dwell: That ye might utterly perish, and that ye might be reviled and shamefully intreated of all nations.

Jeremiah 52:14

And the whole Host of the Chaldeans that were with the chief Captain brake down all the walls of Jerusalem round about.

Lamentations 1:7

{Zayin} Now doth Jerusalem remember the time of her misery and disobedience, yea the joy and pleasure that she hath had in times past: seeing her people is brought down through the power of their enemy, and there is no man for to help her. Her enemies stand looking at her, and laughing her Sabbath days to scorn.

Lamentations 3:61

{Shin} Thou hast heard their despiteful words, O LORD; yea, and all their imaginations against me.

Lamentations 5:1

{The Prayer of Jeremiah} Call to remembrance, O LORD, what we have suffered; consider and see our confusion.