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Jeremiah 7:4
Do not trust deceitful words, chanting: This is the temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord.
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2 Kings 25 9
He burned the Lord’s temple, the king’s palace, and all the houses of Jerusalem; he burned down all the great houses.
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Deuteronomy 28:52
They will besiege you within all your gates until your high and fortified walls, that you trust in, come down throughout your land. They will besiege you within all your gates throughout the land the Lord your God has given you.
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Jeremiah 7:10
Then do you come and stand before Me in this house called by My name and say,‘ We are delivered, so we can continue doing all these detestable acts’?
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Matthew 24:1-2
As Jesus left and was going out of the temple complex, His disciples came up and called His attention to the temple buildings.Then He replied to them,“ Don’t you see all these things? I assure you: Not one stone will be left here on another that will not be thrown down!”
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Ezekiel 9:5-7
He spoke as I listened to the others,“ Pass through the city after him and start killing; do not show pity or spare them!Slaughter the old men, the young men and women, as well as the older women and little children, but do not come near anyone who has the mark. Now begin at My sanctuary.” So they began with the elders who were in front of the temple.Then He said to them,“ Defile the temple and fill the courts with the slain. Go!” So they went out killing people in the city.
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Psalms 78:60
He abandoned the tabernacle at Shiloh, the tent where He resided among men.
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Jeremiah 52:13-23
He burned the Lord’s temple, the king’s palace, all the houses of Jerusalem, and all the houses of the nobles.The whole Chaldean army with the commander of the guards tore down all the walls surrounding Jerusalem.Nebuzaradan, the commander of the guards, deported some of the poorest of the people, as well as the rest of the people who were left in the city, the deserters who had defected to the king of Babylon, and the rest of the craftsmen.But some of the poorest people of the land Nebuzaradan, the commander of the guards, left to be vinedressers and farmers.Now the Chaldeans broke into pieces the bronze pillars for the Lord’s temple and the water carts and the bronze reservoir that were in the Lord’s temple, and carried all the bronze to Babylon.They took the pots, shovels, wick trimmers, sprinkling basins, dishes, and all the bronze articles used in the temple service.The commander of the guards took away the bowls, firepans, sprinkling basins, pots, lampstands, pans, and drink offering bowls— whatever was gold or silver.As for the two pillars, the one reservoir, and the 12 bronze bulls under the water carts that King Solomon had made for the Lord’s temple, the weight of the bronze of all these articles was beyond measure.One pillar was 27 feet tall, had a circumference of 18 feet, was hollow— four fingers thick—and had a bronze capital on top of it. One capital, encircled by bronze latticework and pomegranates, stood 7 1/2 feet high. The second pillar was the same, with pomegranates.Each capital had 96 pomegranates all around it. All the pomegranates around the latticework numbered 100.
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Deuteronomy 12:5
Instead, you must turn to the place Yahweh your God chooses from all your tribes to put His name for His dwelling and go there.
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Jeremiah 26:18
“ Micah the Moreshite prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah and said to all the people of Judah,‘ This is what the Lord of Hosts says: Zion will be plowed like a field, Jerusalem will become ruins, and the temple mount a forested hill.’
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Ezekiel 7:20-22
He appointed His beautiful ornaments for majesty, but they made their abhorrent images from them, their detestable things. Therefore, I have made these into something filthy for them.I will hand these things over to foreigners as plunder and to the wicked of the earth as spoil, and they will profane them.I will turn My face from the wicked as they profane My treasured place. Violent men will enter it and profane it.
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Isaiah 64:11
Our holy and beautiful temple, where our fathers praised You, has been burned with fire, and all that was dear to us lies in ruins.
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Lamentations 4:1
How the gold has become tarnished, the fine gold become dull! The stones of the temple lie scattered at the corner of every street.
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2 Chronicles 36 18-2 Chronicles 36 19
He took everything to Babylon— all the articles of God’s temple, large and small, the treasures of the Lord’s temple, and the treasures of the king and his officials.Then the Chaldeans burned God’s temple. They tore down Jerusalem’s wall, burned down all its palaces, and destroyed all its valuable articles.
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Micah 3:11-12
Her leaders issue rulings for a bribe, her priests teach for payment, and her prophets practice divination for money. Yet they lean on the Lord, saying,“ Isn’t the Lord among us? No disaster will overtake us.”Therefore, because of you, Zion will be plowed like a field, Jerusalem will become ruins, and the hill of the temple mount will be a thicket.
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Psalms 74:6-8
then smashing all the carvings with hatchets and picks.They set Your sanctuary on fire; they utterly desecrated the dwelling place of Your name.They said in their hearts,“ Let us oppress them relentlessly.” They burned down every place throughout the land where God met with us.
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1 Samuel 4 10-1 Samuel 4 11
So the Philistines fought, and Israel was defeated, and each man fled to his tent. The slaughter was severe— 30,000 of the Israelite foot soldiers fell.The ark of God was captured, and Eli’s two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, died.
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1 Kings 9 7-1 Kings 9 8
I will cut off Israel from the land I gave them, and I will reject the temple I have sanctified for My name. Israel will become an object of scorn and ridicule among all the peoples.Though this temple is now exalted, everyone who passes by will be appalled and will mock. They will say: Why did the Lord do this to this land and this temple?
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Acts 6:13-14
They also presented false witnesses who said,“ This man does not stop speaking blasphemous words against this holy place and the law.For we heard him say that Jesus, this Nazarene, will destroy this place and change the customs that Moses handed down to us.”
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Ezekiel 24:21
‘ Say to the house of Israel: This is what the Lord God says: I am about to desecrate My sanctuary, the pride of your power, the delight of your eyes, and the desire of your heart. Also, the sons and daughters you left behind will fall by the sword.
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Jeremiah 26:6-9
I will make this temple like Shiloh. I will make this city an object of cursing for all the nations of the earth.”The priests, the prophets, and all the people heard Jeremiah speaking these words in the temple of the Lord.He finished the address the Lord had commanded him to deliver to all the people. Then the priests, the prophets, and all the people took hold of him, yelling,“ You must surely die!How dare you prophesy in the name of Yahweh,‘ This temple will become like Shiloh and this city will become an uninhabited ruin’!” Then all the people assembled against Jeremiah at the Lord’s temple.
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2 Chronicles 7 21
As for this temple, which was exalted, everyone who passes by will be appalled and will say: Why did the Lord do this to this land and this temple?
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Jeremiah 7:12
“ But return to My place that was at Shiloh, where I made My name dwell at first. See what I did to it because of the evil of My people Israel.
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Lamentations 2:7
The Lord has rejected His altar, repudiated His sanctuary; He has handed the walls of her palaces over to the enemy. They have raised a shout in the house of the Lord as on the day of an appointed festival.