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Jeremiah 51:51
‘ We are ashamed because we have been insulted. Our faces show our disgrace. For foreigners have invaded the holy rooms in the LORD’s temple.’
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Deuteronomy 23:3
An Ammonite or Moabite may not enter the assembly of the LORD; to the tenth generation none of their descendants shall ever do so,
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Nehemiah 13:1
On that day the book of Moses was read aloud in the hearing of the people. They found written in it that no Ammonite or Moabite may ever enter the assembly of God,
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Lamentations 1:7
Jerusalem remembers, when she became a poor homeless person, all her treasures that she owned in days of old. When her people fell into an enemy’s grip, none of her allies came to her rescue. Her enemies gloated over her; they sneered at her downfall.ח( Khet)
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Isaiah 64:10-11
Your chosen cities have become a desert; Zion has become a desert, Jerusalem is a desolate ruin.Our holy temple, our pride and joy, the place where our ancestors praised you, has been burned with fire; all our prized possessions have been destroyed.
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Psalms 74:4-8
Your enemies roar in the middle of your sanctuary; they set up their battle flags.They invade like lumberjacks swinging their axes in a thick forest.And now they are tearing down all its engravings with axes and crowbars.They set your sanctuary on fire; they desecrate your dwelling place by knocking it to the ground.They say to themselves,“ We will oppress all of them.” They burn down all the places where people worship God in the land.
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Ezekiel 44:7
When you bring foreigners, those uncircumcised in heart and in flesh, into my sanctuary, you desecrate it– even my house– when you offer my food, the fat and the blood. You have broken my covenant by all your abominable practices.
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Mark 13:14
“ But when you see the abomination of desolation standing where it should not be( let the reader understand), then those in Judea must flee to the mountains.
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Jeremiah 52:17-20
The Babylonians broke the two bronze pillars in the temple of the LORD, as well as the movable stands and the large bronze basin called the“ The Sea.” They took all the bronze to Babylon.They also took the pots, shovels, trimming shears, basins, pans, and all the bronze utensils used by the priests.The captain of the royal guard took the gold and silver bowls, censers, basins, pots, lampstands, pans, and vessels.The bronze of the items that King Solomon made for the LORD’s temple( including the two pillars, the large bronze basin called“ The Sea,” the twelve bronze bulls under“ The Sea,” and the movable stands) was too heavy to be weighed.
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Jeremiah 52:13
He burned down the LORD’s temple, the royal palace, and all the houses in Jerusalem, including every large house.
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Psalms 79:1-7
O God, foreigners have invaded your chosen land; they have polluted your holy temple and turned Jerusalem into a heap of ruins.They have given the corpses of your servants to the birds of the sky; the flesh of your loyal followers to the beasts of the earth.They have made their blood flow like water all around Jerusalem, and there is no one to bury them.We have become an object of disdain to our neighbors; those who live on our borders taunt and insult us.How long will this go on, O LORD? Will you stay angry forever? How long will your rage burn like fire?Pour out your anger on the nations that do not acknowledge you, on the kingdoms that do not pray to you!For they have devoured Jacob and destroyed his home.
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Isaiah 5:13-14
Therefore my people will be deported because of their lack of understanding. Their leaders will have nothing to eat, their masses will have nothing to drink.So Death will open up its throat, and open wide its mouth; Zion’s dignitaries and masses will descend into it, including those who revel and celebrate within her.
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Isaiah 63:18
For a short time your special nation possessed a land, but then our adversaries knocked down your holy sanctuary.
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Jeremiah 20:5
I will hand over all the wealth of this city to their enemies. I will hand over to them all the fruits of the labor of the people of this city and all their prized possessions, as well as all the treasures of the kings of Judah. Their enemies will seize it all as plunder and carry it off to Babylon.
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Ezekiel 7:22
I will turn my face away from them and they will desecrate my treasured place. Vandals will enter it and desecrate it.
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Jeremiah 15:13
I will give away your wealth and your treasures as plunder. I will give it away free of charge for the sins you have committed throughout your land.
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Ezekiel 9:7
He said to them,“ Defile the temple and fill the courtyards with corpses. Go!” So they went out and struck people down throughout the city.