And they told me, “The remnant who survived the exile are there in the province, in great trouble and disgrace. The wall of Jerusalem is broken down, and its gates have been burned with fire.”
Then I said to them, “You see the trouble we are in. Jerusalem lies in ruins, and its gates have been burned down. Come,
And the whole army of the Chaldeans under the captain of the guard broke down the walls around Jerusalem.
So here we are today as slaves in the land You gave our fathers to enjoy its fruit and goodness—here we are as slaves!
So I went out at night through the Valley Gate toward the Well of the Serpent and the Dung Gate, and I inspected the wal
Let it be known to the king that we went into the province of Judah, to the house of the great God. The people are rebui
and replied to the king, “May the king live forever! Why should I not be sad when the city where my fathers are buried l
These are the people of the province who came up from the captivity of the exiles carried away to Babylon by Nebuchadnez
These are the heads of the provinces who settled in Jerusalem. (In the villages of Judah, however, each lived on his own
And the whole army of the Chaldeans under the captain of the guard broke down all the walls around Jerusalem.
then I will cut off Israel from the land that I have given them, and I will banish from My presence this temple I have s
We have become a reproach to our neighbors, a scorn and derision to those around us.
The Chaldeans set fire to the palace of the king and to the houses of the people, and they broke down the walls of Jerus
O LORD, You have heard their insults, all their plots against me—
Stand up, you complacent women; listen to me. Give ear to my word, you overconfident daughters.
For this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘Just as My anger and wrath were poured out on the resident
Now these are the people of the province who came up from the captivity of the exiles carried away to Babylon by Nebucha
You have given us up as sheep to be devoured; You have scattered us among the nations.
Remember, O LORD, what has happened to us. Look and see our disgrace!
By the rivers of Babylon we sat and wept when we remembered Zion.
So I will disgrace the princes of your sanctuary, and I will devote Jacob to destruction and Israel to reproach.”
Your holy cities have become a wilderness. Zion has become a wasteland and Jerusalem a desolation.
This is what happened in the days of Xerxes, who reigned over 127 provinces from India to Cush.
I will pursue them with sword and famine and plague. I will make them a horror to all the kingdoms of the earth—a curse,
In the days of her affliction and wandering Jerusalem remembers all the treasures that were hers in days of old. When he
Go up through her vineyards and ravage them, but do not finish them off. Strip off her branches, for they do not belong
Why are you provoking Me to anger by the work of your hands by burning incense to other gods in the land of Egypt, where
Now I will tell you what I am about to do to My vineyard: I will take away its hedge, and it will be consumed; I will te
I will make them a horror and an offense to all the kingdoms of the earth, a disgrace and an object of scorn, ridicule,