Ezra 4:12
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12 Let it be known to the king that the Jews who came up from you have come to us at Jerusalem, and are building the (A)rebellious and evil city, and are finishing its (B)walls and repairing the foundations.
Ezra 5:9
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9 Then we asked those elders, and spoke thus to them: (A)“Who commanded you to build this temple and to finish these walls?”
Ezra 5:3
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3 At the same time (A)Tattenai the governor of the region beyond [a]the River and Shethar-Boznai and their companions came to them and spoke thus to them: (B)“Who has commanded you to build this [b]temple and finish this wall?”
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2 Chronicles 36:13
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13 And he also (A)rebelled against King Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him swear an oath by God; but he (B)stiffened his neck and hardened his heart against turning to the Lord God of Israel.
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1 Peter 2:13-15
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Submission to Government(A)
13 (B)Therefore submit yourselves to every [a]ordinance of man for the Lord’s sake, whether to the king as supreme, 14 or to governors, as to those who are sent by him for the punishment of evildoers and for the praise of those who do good. 15 For this is the will of God, that by doing good you may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men—
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- 1 Peter 2:13 institution
1 Thessalonians 5:22
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22 Abstain from every form of evil.
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Acts 24:5
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5 (A)For we have found this man a plague, a creator of dissension among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes.
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Luke 23:2-5
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2 And they began to (A)accuse Him, saying, “We found this fellow (B)perverting [a]the nation, and (C)forbidding to pay taxes to Caesar, saying (D)that He Himself is Christ, a King.”
3 (E)Then Pilate asked Him, saying, “Are You the King of the Jews?”
He answered him and said, “It is as you say.”
4 So Pilate said to the chief priests and the crowd, (F)“I find no fault in this Man.”
5 But they were the more fierce, saying, “He stirs up the people, teaching throughout all Judea, beginning from (G)Galilee to this place.”
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- Luke 23:2 NU our
Luke 13:34
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Jesus Laments over Jerusalem(A)
34 (B)“O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the one who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, but you were not willing!
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Daniel 9:25
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25 “Know therefore and understand,
That from the going forth of the command
To restore and build Jerusalem
Until (A)Messiah (B)the Prince,
There shall be seven weeks and sixty-two weeks;
The [a]street shall be built again, and the [b]wall,
Even in troublesome times.
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- Daniel 9:25 Or open square
- Daniel 9:25 Or moat
Ezekiel 17:12-21
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12 “Say now to (A)the rebellious house: ‘Do you not know what these things mean?’ Tell them, ‘Indeed (B)the king of Babylon went to Jerusalem and took its king and princes, and led them with him to Babylon. 13 (C)And he took the king’s offspring, made a covenant with him, (D)and put him under oath. He also took away the mighty of the land, 14 that the kingdom might be (E)brought low and not lift itself up, but that by keeping his covenant it might stand. 15 But (F)he rebelled against him by sending his ambassadors to Egypt, (G)that they might give him horses and many people. (H)Will he prosper? Will he who does such things escape? Can he break a covenant and still be delivered?
16 ‘As I live,’ says the Lord God, ‘surely (I)in the place where the king dwells who made him king, whose oath he despised and whose covenant he broke—with him in the midst of Babylon he shall die. 17 (J)Nor will Pharaoh with his mighty army and great company do anything in the war, (K)when they heap up a siege mound and build a [a]wall to cut off many persons. 18 Since he despised the oath by breaking the covenant, and in fact (L)gave[b] his hand and still did all these things, he shall not escape.’ ”
19 Therefore thus says the Lord God: “As I live, surely My oath which he despised, and My covenant which he broke, I will recompense on his own head. 20 I will (M)spread My net over him, and he shall be taken in My snare. I will bring him to Babylon and (N)try him there for the [c]treason which he committed against Me. 21 (O)All his [d]fugitives with all his troops shall fall by the sword, and those who remain shall be (P)scattered to every wind; and you shall know that I, the Lord, have spoken.”
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- Ezekiel 17:17 Or siege wall
- Ezekiel 17:18 Took an oath
- Ezekiel 17:20 Lit. unfaithful act
- Ezekiel 17:21 So with MT, Vg.; many Heb. mss., Syr. choice men; Tg. mighty men; LXX omits All his fugitives
Jeremiah 52:3
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3 For because of the anger of the Lord this happened in Jerusalem and Judah, till He finally cast them out from His presence. Then Zedekiah (A)rebelled against the king of Babylon.
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Isaiah 1:21-23
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The Degenerate City
21 (A)How the faithful city has become a [a]harlot!
It was full of justice;
Righteousness lodged in it,
But now (B)murderers.
22 (C)Your silver has become dross,
Your wine mixed with water.
23 (D)Your princes are rebellious,
And (E)companions of thieves;
(F)Everyone loves bribes,
And follows after rewards.
They (G)do not defend the fatherless,
Nor does the cause of the widow come before them.
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- Isaiah 1:21 Unfaithful
Psalm 48:1-2
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The Glory of God in Zion
A Song. A Psalm of the sons of Korah.
48 Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised
In the (A)city of our God,
In His holy mountain.
2 (B)Beautiful in [a]elevation,
The joy of the whole earth,
Is Mount Zion on the sides of the north,
The city of the great King.
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- Psalm 48:2 height
Nehemiah 1:3
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3 And they said to me, “The survivors who are left from the captivity in the (A)province are there in great distress and (B)reproach. (C)The wall of Jerusalem (D)is also broken down, and its gates are burned with fire.”
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Ezra 4:19
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19 And [a]I gave the command, and a search has been made, and it was found that this city in former times has revolted against kings, and rebellion and sedition have been fostered in it.
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- Ezra 4:19 Lit. by me a decree has been put forth
Ezra 4:15
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15 that search may be made in the book of the records of your fathers. And you will find in the book of the records and know that this city is a rebellious city, harmful to kings and provinces, and that they have incited sedition within the city in former times, for which cause this city was destroyed.
2 Kings 24:1
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Judah Overrun by Enemies
24 In (A)his days Nebuchadnezzar king of (B)Babylon came up, and Jehoiakim became his vassal for three years. Then he turned and rebelled against him.
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2 Kings 18:20
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20 You speak of having plans and power for war; but they are [a]mere words. And in whom do you trust, that you rebel against me?
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- 2 Kings 18:20 Lit. a word of the lips
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