Quotes about Jerusalem
“As for the incense you burned in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem—you, your fathers, your kings, your officials, and the people of the land—did the LORD not remember and bring this to mind?
— Jeremiah 44:21
May the violence done to me and to my flesh be upon Babylon,” says the dweller of Zion. “May my blood be on the dwellers of Chaldea,” says Jerusalem.
— Jeremiah 51:35
You who have escaped the sword, depart and do not linger! Remember the LORD from far away, and let Jerusalem come to mind.”
— Jeremiah 51:50
Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eleven years. His mother’s name was Hamutal daughter of Jeremiah; she was from Libnah.
— Jeremiah 52:1
For because of the anger of the LORD, all this happened in Jerusalem and Judah, until He finally banished them from His presence. And Zedekiah also rebelled against the king of Babylon.
— Jeremiah 52:3
So in the ninth year of Zedekiah’s reign, on the tenth day of the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon marched against Jerusalem with his entire army. They encamped outside the city and built a siege wall all around it.
— Jeremiah 52:4
On the tenth day of the fifth month, in the nineteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar’s reign over Babylon, Nebuzaradan captain of the guard, a servant of the king of Babylon, entered Jerusalem.
— Jeremiah 52:12
He burned down the house of the LORD, the royal palace, and all the houses of Jerusalem—every significant building.
— Jeremiah 52:13
And the whole army of the Chaldeans under the captain of the guard broke down all the walls around Jerusalem.
— Jeremiah 52:14
Nebuzaradan captain of the guard took them and brought them to the king of Babylon at Riblah.
— Jeremiah 52:26
in Nebuchadnezzar’s eighteenth year, 832 people from Jerusalem;
— Jeremiah 52:29
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 1:7