And this house will become (A)a heap of ruins; everyone who passes by it will be appalled and [a]hiss and say, ‘(B)Why has the Lord done such a thing to this land and this house?’

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  1. 1 Kings 9:8 Or whistle

And (A)he burned the house of the Lord, (B)the king’s house, and all the houses of Jerusalem; even every great house he burned with fire.

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19 Then (A)they burned the house of God and broke down the wall of Jerusalem, and burned all its fortified buildings with fire and destroyed all its valuable articles.

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And now they break down [a]all its (A)carved work
With axe and hammers.
They have [b](B)burned Your sanctuary [c]to the ground;
They have (C)defiled the dwelling place of Your name.
They (D)said in their heart, “Let’s [d]completely [e]subdue them.”
They have burned all the meeting places of God in the land.

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  1. Psalm 74:6 Lit altogether
  2. Psalm 74:7 Lit set on fire
  3. Psalm 74:7 Or To the ground they...
  4. Psalm 74:8 Lit altogether
  5. Psalm 74:8 Or oppress

Grieving over the Destruction of Jerusalem, and Prayer for Help.

A Psalm of Asaph.

79 God, the (A)nations have [a]invaded (B)Your inheritance;
They have defiled Your (C)holy temple;
They have (D)laid Jerusalem in ruins.

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  1. Psalm 79:1 Lit come into

10 Your (A)holy cities have become a (B)wilderness,
Zion has become a wilderness,
Jerusalem a desolation.
11 Our holy and beautiful (C)house,
Where our fathers praised You,
Has been burned by fire;
And (D)all our precious things have become a ruin.

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The Lord has (A)rejected His altar,
He has [a]repudiated His sanctuary;
He (B)has handed over
The walls of her palaces to the enemy.
They have made a (C)noise in the house of the Lord
As on the day of an appointed feast.

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  1. Lamentations 2:7 I.e., scornfully rejected

12 Therefore on account of you,
(A)Zion will be plowed like a field,
(B)Jerusalem will become a heap of ruins,
And the (C)mountain of the [a]temple will become high places of a forest.

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  1. Micah 3:12 Lit house

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