Psalms 48:12

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Make your way about Zion, and go round it, numbering its towers.

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  • Neh 12:31-40 : 31 Then I made the rulers of Judah come up on the wall, and I put in position two great bands of them who gave praise, walking in ordered lines; one went to the right on the wall, in the direction of the doorway where the waste was put; 32 And after them went Hoshaiah and half of the rulers of Judah, 33 And Azariah, Ezra, and Meshullam, 34 Judah and Benjamin and Shemaiah and Jeremiah, 35 And certain of the priests' sons with wind instruments; Zechariah, the son of Jonathan, the son of Shemaiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Micaiah, the son of Zaccur, the son of Asaph, 36 And his brothers, Shemaiah, and Azarel, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethanel and Judah, Hanani, with the music-instruments of David, the man of God; and Ezra the scribe was at their head; 37 And by the doorway of the fountain and straight in front of them, they went up by the steps of the town of David, at the slope up of the wall, over the house of David, as far as the water-doorway to the east. 38 And the other band of those who gave praise went to the left, and I went after them with half the people, on the wall, over the tower of the ovens, as far as the wide wall; 39 And over the doorway of Ephraim and by the old door and the fish door and the tower of Hananel and the tower of Hammeah, as far as the sheep door: and at the doorway of the watchmen they came to a stop. 40 So the two bands of those who gave praise took up their positions in the house of God, and I and half of the chiefs with me:
  • Isa 33:18-20 : 18 Your heart will give thought to the cause of your fear: where is the scribe, where is he who made a record of the payments, where is he by whom the towers were numbered? 19 Never again will you see the cruel people, a people whose tongue has no sense for you; whose language is strange to you. 20 Let your eyes be resting on Zion, the town of our holy feasts: you will see Jerusalem, a quiet resting-place, a tent which will not be moved, whose tent-pins will never be pulled up, and whose cords will never be broken.
  • Matt 24:1-2 : 1 And Jesus went out of the Temple, and on the way his disciples came to him, pointing out the buildings of the Temple. 2 But he, answering, said to them, See you not all these things? truly I say to you that here there will not be one stone resting on another, which will not be pulled down.

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    13Take note of its strong walls, looking well at its fair buildings; so that you may give word of it to the generation which comes after.

  • Ps 48:11
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    11Let there be joy in the mountain of Zion, and let the daughters of Judah be glad, because of your wise decisions.

  • Ps 48:1-4
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    4For see! the kings came together by agreement, they were joined together.

  • Isa 2:14-15
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    14And on all the high mountains, and on all the hills which are lifted up;

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    12Give praise to the Lord, O Jerusalem; give praise to your God, O Zion.

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    2As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, so the Lord is round about his people, from this time and for ever.

  • Ps 122:2-3
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    2At last our feet were inside your doors, O Jerusalem.

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  • Jer 31:38-39
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    38See, the days are coming, says the Lord, for the building of the Lord's town, from the tower of Hananel to the doorway of the angle.

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  • Ps 51:18
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    18Do good to Zion in your good pleasure, building up the walls of Jerusalem.

  • Mic 4:11
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    11And now a number of nations have come together against you, and they say, Let her be made unclean and let our eyes see the fate of Zion.

  • Ps 55:10
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    10By day and night they go round the town, on the walls; trouble and sorrow are in the heart of it.

  • Neh 12:37-38
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    37And by the doorway of the fountain and straight in front of them, they went up by the steps of the town of David, at the slope up of the wall, over the house of David, as far as the water-doorway to the east.

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  • Jer 5:10
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    10Go up against her vines and make waste; let the destruction be complete: take away her branches, for they are not the Lord's.

  • Isa 12:6
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    6Let your voice be sounding in a cry of joy, O daughter of Zion, for great is the Holy One of Israel among you.

  • Isa 62:10
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    10Go through, go through the doors; make ready the way of the people; let the highway be lifted up; let the stones be taken away; let a flag be lifted up over the peoples.

  • Lam 5:18
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    18Because of the mountain of Zion which is a waste; jackals go over it.

  • Jer 4:16
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    16Make this come to the minds of the nations, make a statement openly against Jerusalem, that attackers are coming from a far country and their voices will be loud against the towns of Judah.

  • Isa 52:8
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    8The voice of your watchmen! their voices are loud in song together; for they will see him, eye to eye, when the Lord comes back to Zion.

  • Mic 4:8
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  • Ezek 4:2
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    2The fair and delicate one, the daughter of Zion, will be cut off by my hand.

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    1The word about the valley of vision. Why have all your people gone up to the house-tops?

  • Zech 2:4
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    2And I said to the angel who was talking to me, What are these? And he said to me, These are the horns which have sent Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem in flight.

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    67%

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  • Nah 2:5
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    5The war-carriages are rushing through the streets, pushing against one another in the wide ways, looking like burning lights, running like thunder-flames.

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    20Let your eyes be resting on Zion, the town of our holy feasts: you will see Jerusalem, a quiet resting-place, a tent which will not be moved, whose tent-pins will never be pulled up, and whose cords will never be broken.

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    5May the Lord send you blessing out of Zion: may you see the good of Jerusalem all the days of your life.

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  • Jer 17:19
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    19This is what the Lord has said to me: Go and take your place in the doorway of Benjamin, where the kings of Judah come in and by which they go out, and in all the doorways of Jerusalem;

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    10And you had the houses of Jerusalem numbered, pulling down the houses to make the wall stronger.

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    9You who give good news to Zion, get up into the high mountain; you who give good news to Jerusalem, let your voice be strong; let it be sounding without fear; say to the towns of Judah, See, your God!