Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
And they said unto me, The remnant that are left of the captivity there in the province are in great affliction and reproach: the wall of Jerusalem also is broken down, and the gates thereof are burned with fire.
The province
In great
Reproach
The wall
General references
Bible References
The province
Nehemiah 7:6
These are the people of the province who went up among the captive exiles deported by King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon. Each of them returned to Jerusalem and Judah, to his own town.
Nehemiah 11:3
These are the heads of the province who stayed in Jerusalem (but in the villages of Judah each lived on his own property in their towns—the Israelites, priests, Levites, temple servants, and descendants of Solomon’s servants—
Ezra 2:1
These now are the people of the province who came from those captive exiles King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon had deported to Babylon. They returned to Jerusalem and Judah, each to his own town.
Ezra 5:8
Let it be known to the king that we went to the house of the great God in the province of Judah. It is being built with cut stones, and its beams are being set in the walls. This work is being done diligently and succeeding through the people’s efforts.
Esther 1:1
These events took place during the days of Ahasuerus, who ruled 127 provinces from India to Cush.
In great
Nehemiah 9:36 Here we are today,
slaves in the land You gave our ancestors
so that they could enjoy its fruit and its goodness.
Here we are—slaves in it!
slaves in the land You gave our ancestors
so that they could enjoy its fruit and its goodness.
Here we are—slaves in it!
Psalm 44:11 You hand us over to be eaten like sheep
and scatter us among the nations.
and scatter us among the nations.
Psalm 137:1
By the rivers of Babylon—
there we sat down and wept
when we remembered Zion.
there we sat down and wept
when we remembered Zion.
Isaiah 32:9 Stand up, you complacent women;
listen to me.
Pay attention to what I say,
you overconfident daughters.
listen to me.
Pay attention to what I say,
you overconfident daughters.
Lamentations 1:7
ז ZayinDuring the days of her affliction and homelessness
Jerusalem remembers all her precious belongings
that were hers in days of old.
When her people fell into the adversary’s hand,
she had no one to help.
The adversaries looked at her,
laughing over her downfall.
Jerusalem remembers all her precious belongings
that were hers in days of old.
When her people fell into the adversary’s hand,
she had no one to help.
The adversaries looked at her,
laughing over her downfall.
Lamentations 3:61
שׂ Sin/ שׁ ShinLord, You hear their insults,
all their plots against me.
all their plots against me.
Lamentations 5:1 Yahweh, remember what has happened to us.
Look, and see our disgrace!
Look, and see our disgrace!
Reproach
1 Kings 9:7
I will cut off Israel from the land I gave them, and I will reject the temple I have sanctified for My name. Israel will become an object of scorn and ridicule among all the peoples.
Psalm 79:4 We have become an object of reproach
to our neighbors,
a source of mockery and ridicule
to those around us.
to our neighbors,
a source of mockery and ridicule
to those around us.
Isaiah 43:28 So I defiled the officers of the sanctuary,
and set Jacob apart for destruction
and Israel for abuse.
and set Jacob apart for destruction
and Israel for abuse.
Jeremiah 24:9
I will make them an object of horror and disaster to all the kingdoms of the earth, a disgrace, an object of scorn, ridicule, and cursing, wherever I have banished them.
Jeremiah 29:18
I will pursue them with sword, famine, and plague. I will make them a horror to all the kingdoms of the earth—a curse and a desolation, an object of scorn and a disgrace among all the nations where I have banished them.
Jeremiah 42:18
“For this is what the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘Just as My anger and fury were poured out on Jerusalem’s residents, so will My fury pour out on you if you go to Egypt. You will become an object of cursing, scorn, execration, and disgrace, and you will never see this place again.’
Jeremiah 44:8
You are provoking Me to anger by the work of your hands. You are burning incense to other gods in the land of Egypt where you have gone to live for a while. As a result, you will be cut off and become an object of cursing and insult among all the nations of earth.
The wall
Nehemiah 2:17
So I said to them, “You see the trouble we are in. Jerusalem lies in ruins and its gates have been burned down. Come, let’s rebuild Jerusalem’s wall, so that we will no longer be a disgrace.”
2 Kings 25:10
The whole Chaldean army with the commander of the guards tore down the walls surrounding Jerusalem.
Isaiah 5:5 Now I will tell you
what I am about to do to My vineyard:
I will remove its hedge,
and it will be consumed;
I will tear down its wall,
and it will be trampled.
what I am about to do to My vineyard:
I will remove its hedge,
and it will be consumed;
I will tear down its wall,
and it will be trampled.
Isaiah 64:10 Your holy cities have become a wilderness;
Zion has become a wilderness,
Jerusalem a desolation.
Zion has become a wilderness,
Jerusalem a desolation.
Jeremiah 5:10 Go up among her vineyard terraces and destroy them,
but do not finish them off.
Prune away her shoots,
for they do not belong to the Lord.
but do not finish them off.
Prune away her shoots,
for they do not belong to the Lord.
Jeremiah 39:8
The Chaldeans next burned down the king’s palace and the people’s houses and tore down the walls of Jerusalem.
Jeremiah 52:14
The whole Chaldean army with the commander of the guards tore down all the walls surrounding Jerusalem.
General references
Deuteronomy 4:27
The Lord will scatter you among the peoples, and you will be reduced to a few survivors among the nations where the Lord your God will drive you.
Psalm 102:14 For Your servants take delight in its stones
and favor its dust.
and favor its dust.