Cross references

Nehemiah 2:17

Then I said to them, “You see the trouble we are in. Jerusalem lies in ruins, and its gates have been burned down. Come, let us rebuild the wall of Jerusalem, so that we will no longer be a disgrace.”

Nehemiah 2:17 BSB

Nehemiah 2:17 has 16 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 14 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Ezekiel 5:14 (9 votes) and Isaiah 35:3–4 (8 votes). 13 other verses point back to it. It links with 10 other books, from Leviticus 26 to Micah 7.

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Which verses does Nehemiah 2:17 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. I will make you a ruin and a disgrace among the nations around you, in the sight of all who pass by.

  2. Strengthen the limp hands and steady the feeble knees! Say to those with anxious hearts: “Be strong, do not fear! Behold, your God will come with vengeance. With divine retribution He will come to save you.”

  3. And they told me, “The remnant who survived the exile are there in the province, in great trouble and disgrace. The wall of Jerusalem is broken down, and its gates have been burned with fire.”

  4. Psalm 79:47 votes

    We have become a reproach to our neighbors, a scorn and derision to those around us.

  5. You have made us scum and refuse among the nations. All our enemies open their mouths against us.

  6. My eyes bring grief to my soul because of all the daughters of my city.

  7. Remember, O Lord, the reproach of Your servants, which I bear in my heart from so many people— how Your enemies have taunted, O LORD, and have mocked every step of Your anointed one!

  8. The LORD determined to destroy the wall of the Daughter of Zion. He stretched out a measuring line and did not withdraw His hand from destroying. He made the ramparts and walls lament; together they waste away. Her gates have sunk into the ground; He has destroyed and shattered their bars. Her king and her princes are exiled among the nations, the law is no more, and even her prophets find no vision from the LORD.

  9. you are guilty of the blood you have shed, and you are defiled by the idols you have made. You have brought your days to a close and have come to the end of your years. Therefore I have made you a reproach to the nations and a mockery to all the lands. Those near and far will mock you, O infamous city, full of turmoil.

  10. Later, the prophets Haggai and Zechariah son of Iddo prophesied to the Jews in Judah and Jerusalem in the name of the God of Israel, who was over them. Then Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel and Jeshua son of Jozadak rose up and began to rebuild the house of God in Jerusalem. And the prophets of God were with them, helping them.

  11. You have made us a reproach to our neighbors, a mockery and derision to those around us.

Which verses point to Nehemiah 2:17?

The 10 strongest of 13.