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. Cross References Deuteronomy 29:23 All its soil will be a burning waste of sulfur and salt, unsown and unproductive, with no plant growing on it, just like the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which the LORD overthrew in His fierce anger. 2 Kings 25:9 He burned down the house of the LORD, the royal palace, and all the houses of Jerusalem--every significant building. Psalm 74:5 like men wielding axes in a thicket of trees Isaiah 63:18 For a short while Your people possessed Your holy place, but our enemies have trampled Your sanctuary. Jeremiah 52:13 He burned down the house of the LORD, the royal palace, and all the houses of Jerusalem--every significant building. Lamentations 1:7 In the days of her affliction and wandering Jerusalem remembers all the treasures that were hers in days of old. When her people fell into enemy hands she received no help. Her enemies looked upon her, laughing at her downfall. Lamentations 1:10 The adversary has seized all her treasures. For she has seen the nations enter her sanctuary--those You had forbidden to enter Your assembly. Lamentations 2:1 How the Lord has covered the Daughter of Zion with the cloud of His anger! He has cast the glory of Israel from heaven to earth. He has abandoned His footstool in the day of His anger. Lamentations 2:7 The Lord has rejected His altar; He has abandoned His sanctuary; He has delivered the walls of her palaces into the hand of the enemy. They have raised a shout in the house of the LORD as on the day of an appointed feast. Treasury of Scripture Our holy and our beautiful house, where our fathers praised you, is burned up with fire: and all our pleasant things are laid waste. holy 2 Kings 25:9 2 Chronicles 36:19 Psalm 74:5-7 where 1 Kings 8:14,56 2 Chronicles 6:4 2 Chronicles 7:3,6 all our Lamentations 1:7,10,11 |