Verse 17

Afterward I said vnto them, Ye see the miserie that we are in, how Ierusalem lyeth waste, and the gates thereof are burnt with fire: come and let vs buylde the wall of Ierusalem, that we be no more a reproche.

Referenced Verses

  • Neh 1:3 : 3 And they sayde vnto me, The residue that are left of the captiuitie there in the prouince, are in great affliction and in reproche, & the wall of Ierusalem is broken downe, & the gates thereof are burnt with fire.
  • Ezek 5:14 : 14 Moreouer, I will make thee waste, and abhorred among the nations, that are round about thee, and in the sight of all that passe by.
  • Lam 3:45-46 : 45 Thou hast made vs as the ofscouring and refuse in the middes of the people. 46 All our enemies haue opened their mouth against vs.
  • Ps 44:13 : 13 Thou makest vs a reproche to our neighbours, a iest and a laughing stocke to them that are round about vs.
  • Ps 79:4 : 4 Wee are a reproche to our neighbours, euen a scorne and derision vnto them that are round about vs.
  • Jer 24:9 : 9 I will euen giue them for a terrible plague to all the kingdomes of the earth, and for a reproche, and for a prouerbe, for a common talke, and for a curse, in all places where I shall cast them.
  • Lam 2:2 : 2 The Lord hath destroyed al the habitations of Iaakob, & not spared: he hath throwen downe in his wrath ye strong holds of the daughter of Iudah: he hath cast the downe to ye ground: he hath polluted the kingdome and the princes thereof.
  • Lam 2:8-9 : 8 The Lorde hath determined to destroy the wall of the daughter of Zion: hee stretched out a lyne: hee hath not withdrawen his hande from destroying: therefore hee made the rampart and the wall to lament: they were destroyed together. 9 Her gates are sunke to the grounde: he hath destroyed and broken her barres: her King and her princes are among the Gentiles: the Lawe is no more, neither can her Prophets receiue any vision from the Lord.
  • 1 Sam 11:2 : 2 And Nahash ye Ammonite answered them, On this condition will I make a couenant with you, that I may thrust out all your right eies, and bring that shame vpon all Israel.
  • Ezra 5:1-2 : 1 Then Haggai a Prophet & Zechariah the sonne of Iddo a Prophet prophecied vnto the Iewes that were in Iudah, and Ierusalem, in the name of the God of Israel, euen vnto them. 2 Then Zerubbabel the sonne of Shealtiel, and Ieshua the sonne of Iozadak arose, and began to builde the house of God at Ierusalem, and with them were the Prophetes of God, which helped them.
  • Ezra 10:2-4 : 2 Then Shechaniah the sonne of Iehiel one of the sonnes of Elam answered, & sayd to Ezra, We haue trespassed against our God, & haue taken strange wiues of the people of the land, yet nowe there is hope in Israel concerning this. 3 Now therfore let vs make a couenant with our God, to put away all the wiues (and such as are borne of them) according to the counsell of the Lord, and of those that feare the commandements of our God, and let it be done according to the Lawe. 4 Arise: for the matter belogeth vnto thee: we also wil be with thee: be of comfort and do it.
  • Ps 79:12 : 12 And render to our neighbours seuen folde into their bosome their reproche, wherewith they haue reproched thee, O Lord.
  • Ps 89:50-51 : 50 Remember, O Lord, the rebuke of thy seruants, which I beare in my bosome of all the mightie people. 51 For thine enemies haue reproched thee, O Lorde, because they haue reproched the footesteps of thine Anointed.
  • Isa 35:3-4 : 3 Strengthen the weake handes, and comfort the feeble knees. 4 Say vnto them that are fearefull, Bee you strong, feare not: beholde, your God commeth with vengeance: euen God with a recompense, he will come and saue you.
  • Lam 3:51 : 51 Mine eye breaketh mine heart because of all the daughters of my citie.
  • Ezek 22:4-5 : 4 Thou hast offended in thy blood, that thou hast shed, & hast polluted thy selfe in thine idols, which thou hast made, and thou hast caused thy dayes to draw neere, & art come vnto thy terme: therefore haue I made thee a reproch to the heathen, and a mocking to all countreys. 5 Those that be neere, & those that be farre from thee, shall mocke thee, which art vile in name and sore in affliction.