3 Then Tobiah the Ammonite, who was beside him, said, “If even a fox were to climb up on what they are building, it would break down their wall of stones!” 4 Hear us, O God, for we are despised. Turn their scorn back upon their own heads, and let them be taken as plunder to a land of captivity. 5 Do not cover up their iniquity or let their sin be blotted out from Your sight, for they have provoked the builders.
Nehemiah 4:3–5
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Nehemiah 4:10–12
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Psalms 44:12–14
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Baruch 2:19–21
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Psalms 40:14–16
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Psalms 137:6–8
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Psalms of Solomon 2:23–25
23 And I saw and entreated the Lord and said, Long enough, O Lord has Thine hand been heavy on Israel, in bringing the nations upon them. (PSS) 24 For they have made sport unsparingly in wrath and fierce anger; And they will make an utter end, unless Thou, O Lord, rebuke… (PSS) 25 … (PSS)
Jeremiah 51:50–52
50 You who have escaped the sword, depart and do not linger! Remember the LORD from far away, and let Jerusalem come to mind.” 51 “We are ashamed because we have heard reproach; disgrace has covered our faces, because foreigners have entered the holy places of the L…
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