¹³ Arise, therefore, and have mercy upon Zion, for it is time to have mercy upon her; yea, the time is come. ¹⁴ And why? Thy servants think upon her stones, and it pitieth them to see her in the dust. ¹⁵ The Heathen shall fear thy name, O LORD, and all the kings of the earth thy majesty,

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Nehemiah 4:2

and said before his brethren and the soldiers of Samaria, "What do these impotent Jews? Shall they be thus suffered? Shall they offer? Shall they perform it in one day? Shall they make the stones whole again that are brought to dust, and burnt?"

Ezra 1:5

Then gat up the principal fathers of Judah and Benjamin, and the priests and the Levites, and all they whose spirit God had raised to go up, and to build the house of the LORD at Jerusalem.

Ezra 3:1-3

And when the seventh month came, and the children of Israel were now in their cities, the people came together, even as one man, unto Jerusalem.

Ezra 7:27

Praised be the LORD God of our fathers, which hath so inspired the king's heart, to garnish the house of God at Jerusalem:

Nehemiah 1:3

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."

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 2:17

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."

Nehemiah 4:6

Yet builded we the wall, and joined it whole together, unto the half height. And the people were well minded to labour.

Nehemiah 4:10

And Judah said, "The strength of the bearers is too feeble, and there is too much dust, we are not able to build on the wall."

Psalm 79:1

{A Psalm of Asaph} O God, the heathen are come into thine inheritance; thy holy temple have they defiled, and made Jerusalem a heap of stones.

Psalm 79:7-10

For they have devoured Jacob, and laid waste his dwelling place.

Psalm 137:5-6

If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my righthand forget her cunning.

Daniel 9:16

O LORD, and done wickedly against all thy righteousness: Yet let thy wrathful displeasure be turned away, I beseech thee, from thy city Jerusalem, thy holy hill. And why? For our sins' sake, and for the wickedness of our forefathers is Jerusalem and thy people abhorred, of all them that are about us.