Psalms 102:13-14
102:13 You will rise up and have compassion on Zion.
For it is time to have mercy on her,
for the appointed time has come.
102:14 Indeed, your servants take delight in her stones,
and feel compassion for the dust of her ruins.
Nehemiah 1:3
1:3 They said to me, “The remnant that remains from the exile there in the province are experiencing considerable adversity and reproach. The wall of Jerusalem lies breached, and its gates have been burned down!”
Nehemiah 2:3
2:3 I replied to the king, “O king, live forever! Why would I not appear dejected when the city with the graves of my ancestors lies desolate and its gates destroyed by fire?”
Nehemiah 2:13
2:13 I proceeded through the Valley Gate by night, in the direction of the Well of the Dragons
and the Dung Gate,
inspecting
the walls of Jerusalem that had been breached and its gates that had been destroyed by fire.
Isaiah 64:10-11
64:10 Your chosen cities have become a desert;
Zion has become a desert,
Jerusalem is a desolate ruin.
64:11 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.
Daniel 9:17
9:17 “So now, our God, accept the prayer and requests of your servant, and show favor to your devastated sanctuary for your own sake.
Micah 3:12
3:12 Therefore, because of you, Zion will be plowed up like a field,
Jerusalem will become a heap of ruins,
and the Temple Mount will become a hill overgrown with brush!
Luke 21:24
21:24 They
will fall by the edge
of the sword and be led away as captives
among all nations. Jerusalem
will be trampled down by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.
Revelation 11:2
11:2 But
do not measure the outer courtyard
of the temple; leave it out,
because it has been given to the Gentiles,
and they will trample on the holy city
for forty-two months.