Lamentations 2:8

                                        LAMENTATIONS

 

                         The faithful love of the LORD never ends! 

                                     His mercies never cease.

                                    Great is his faithfulness;

                            his mercies begin afresh each morning.

                                        Lamentations 3:22-23 

 

            I pray that God, the source of hope, will fill you completely 

        with joy and peace because you trust in him. Then you will overflow 

        with confident hope through the power of the Holy Spirit. Romans 15:13 

                                    🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏

 

The LORD was determined

    to destroy the walls of beautiful Jerusalem.

He made careful plans for their destruction,

    then did what he had planned.

Therefore, the ramparts and walls

    have fallen down before him. 

  

2 Kings 21:10-15

    Then the LORD said through his servants the prophets: "King Manasseh of Judah has done many detestable things. He is even more wicked than the Amorites, who lived in this land before Israel. He has caused the people of Judah to sin with his idols. So this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: I will bring such disaster on Jerusalem and Judah that the ears of those who hear about it will tingle with horror. I will judge Jerusalem by the same standard I used for Samaria (see 2 Kings 18:9-12, Hosea 13:16) and the same measure I used for the family of Ahab (see 1 Kings 22:29-37). I will wipe away the people of Jerusalem as one wipes a dish and turns it upside down. Then I will reject even the remnant of my own people who are left, and I will hand them over as plunder for their enemies. For they have done great evil in my sight and have angered me ever since their ancestors came out of Egypt."  (see all 2 Kings 21)

 

Amos 7:7-9  

Then he showed me another vision. I saw the Lord standing beside a wall that had been built using a plumb line. He was using a plumb line to see if it was still straight. and the LORD said to me, "Amos, what do you see?"

    I answered, "A plumb line."

    And the Lord replied, "I will test my people with this plumb line. I will no longer ignore all their sins. The pagan shrines of your ancestors will be ruined, and the temples of Israel will be destroyed; I will bring the dynasty of King Jeroboam to a sudden end."

 

2 Kings 25:10  

Then he supervised the entire Babylonian army as they tore down the walls of Jerusalem on every side.  (see 2 Kings 25:8-21)

 

Nehemiah 1:1-4  

    These are the memoirs of Nehemiah son of Hacaliah.

In the late autumn, in the month of Kislev, in the twentieth year of Artaxerxes' reign, I was at the fortress of Susa. Hanani, one of my brothers, came to visit me with some other men who had just arrived from Judah. I asked them about the Jews who had returned there from captivity and about how things were going in Jerusalem.

    They said to me, "Things are not going well for those who returned to the province of Judah. They are in great trouble and disgrace. The wall of Jerusalem has been torn down, and the gates have been destroyed by fire."

    When I heard this, I sat down and wept. In fact, for days I mourned, fasted, and prayed to the God of Heaven.  (see all Nehemiah 1) 

 

(parentheses are mine)

 

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