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Daniel 6:10-11
When Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house( now his windows were open in his room toward Jerusalem) and he kneeled on his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did before.Then these men assembled together, and found Daniel making petition and supplication before his God.
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Nehemiah 1:2-4
Hanani, one of my brothers, came, he and certain men out of Judah; and I asked them about the Jews who had escaped, who were left of the captivity, and concerning Jerusalem.They said to me,“ The remnant who are left of the captivity there in the province are in great affliction and reproach. The wall of Jerusalem is also broken down, and its gates are burned with fire.”When I heard these words, I sat down and wept, and mourned several days; and I fasted and prayed before the God of heaven,
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Psalms 84:10
For a day in your courts is better than a thousand. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.
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Zechariah 11:17
Woe to the worthless shepherd who leaves the flock! The sword will be on his arm, and on his right eye. His arm will be completely withered, and his right eye will be totally blinded!”
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Nehemiah 2:2-3
The king said to me,“ Why is your face sad, since you are not sick? This is nothing else but sorrow of heart.” Then I was very much afraid.I said to the king,“ Let the king live forever! Why shouldn’t my face be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers’ tombs, lies waste, and its gates have been consumed with fire?”
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Psalms 122:5-9
For there are set thrones for judgment, the thrones of David’s house.Pray for the peace of Jerusalem. Those who love you will prosper.Peace be within your walls, and prosperity within your palaces.For my brothers’ and companions’ sakes, I will now say,“ Peace be within you.”For the sake of the house of Yahweh our God, I will seek your good.
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Psalms 102:13-14
You will arise and have mercy on Zion; for it is time to have pity on her. Yes, the set time has come.For your servants take pleasure in her stones, and have pity on her dust.
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Jeremiah 51:50
You who have escaped the sword, go! Don’t stand still! Remember Yahweh from afar, and let Jerusalem come into your mind.”
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Isaiah 62:1
For Zion’s sake I will not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem’s sake I will not rest, until her righteousness shines out like the dawn, and her salvation like a burning lamp.
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Isaiah 62:6-7
I have set watchmen on your walls, Jerusalem. They will never be silent day nor night. You who call on Yahweh, take no rest,and give him no rest, until he establishes, and until he makes Jerusalem a praise in the earth.
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Psalms 84:1-2
How lovely are your dwellings, Yahweh of Armies!My soul longs, and even faints for the courts of Yahweh. My heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.