And he spoke in the presence of his brothers and (A)the [a]wealthy people of Samaria and said, “What are these feeble Jews doing? Are they going to restore the temple for themselves? Can they offer sacrifices? Can they finish it in a day? Can they revive the stones from the (B)heaps of rubble, even the burned ones?”

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  1. Nehemiah 4:2 Or army

Grieving over the Destruction of Jerusalem, and Prayer for Help.

A Psalm of Asaph.

79 God, the (A)nations have [a]invaded (B)Your inheritance;
They have defiled Your (C)holy temple;
They have (D)laid Jerusalem in ruins.

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  1. Psalm 79:1 Lit come into

11 I will make Jerusalem a (A)heap of ruins,
A haunt of (B)jackals;
And I will make the cities of Judah a (C)desolation without inhabitant.”

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12 Therefore on account of you,
(A)Zion will be plowed like a field,
(B)Jerusalem will become a heap of ruins,
And the (C)mountain of the [a]temple will become high places of a forest.

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  1. Micah 3:12 Lit house

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