Neh 4:2, Psa 79:1, Isa 25:2, Jer 26:18, 51:37, Mic 1:6, 3:12 | ESV | STEP | And he said in the presence of his brothers and of the army of Samaria , What are these feeble Jews doing ? Will they restore it for themselves? Will they sacrifice ? Will they finish up in a day ? Will they revive the stones out of the heaps of rubbish , and burned ones at that?

n[See ver. 1 above]

o[ch. 3:12]

p[1 Kgs. 16:24]

q Ezek. 13:14

rCited Jer. 26:18

s[ch. 1:6]

t ch. 4:2

u[Luke 13:35]

Nehemiah 4:2

2 And he said in the presence of his brothers and of the army of ^aSamaria, “What are these feeble Jews doing? Will they restore it for themselves? ^{▼▼Or Will they commit themselves to God?} Will they sacrifice? Will they finish up in a day? Will they revive the stones out of the heaps of rubbish, and burned ones at that?”

Psalms 79:1

How Long, O Lord?

A Psalm of ^cAsaph.

1 O God, ^dthe nations have come into your ^einheritance;
they have defiled your ^fholy temple;
they have ^glaid Jerusalem in ruins.

Isaiah 25:2

2 For you have made the city ^ha heap,
the fortified city a ruin;
the foreigners’ palace is a city no more;
it will never be rebuilt.

Jeremiah 26:18

18 “Micah of Moresheth prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and said to all the people of Judah: ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts,

ⁱ“‘Zion shall be plowed as a field;
Jerusalem shall become a heap of ruins,
and the mountain of the house a wooded height.’

Jeremiah 51:37

37 and Babylon shall become ^ja heap of ruins,
^kthe haunt of jackals,
^la horror ^mand a hissing,
without inhabitant.

Micah 1:6

6 Therefore I will make ⁿSamaria ^oa heap in the open country,
a place for planting vineyards,
and I will pour down her stones ^pinto the valley
and ^quncover her foundations.

Micah 3:12

12 Therefore because of you
^rZion shall be plowed as a field;
Jerusalem ^sshall become a heap of ruins,
and ^tthe mountain of the house ^ua wooded height.