Quotes About City

Let it now be known to the king that if that city is rebuilt and its walls are restored, they will not pay tribute, duty, or toll, and the royal treasury will suffer.

that a search should be made of the record books of your fathers. In these books you will discover and verify that the city is a rebellious city, harmful to kings and provinces, inciting sedition from ancient times. That is why this city was destroyed.

We advise the king that if this city is rebuilt and its walls are restored, you will have no dominion west of the Euphrates.

I issued a decree, and a search was conducted. It was discovered that this city has revolted against kings from ancient times, engaging in rebellion and sedition.

Now, therefore, issue an order for these men to stop, so that this city will not be rebuilt until I so order.

and replied to the king, “May the king live forever! Why should I not be sad when the city where my fathers are buried lies in ruins, and its gates have been destroyed by fire?”

and answered the king, “If it pleases the king, and if your servant has found favor in your sight, I ask that you send me to Judah, to the city where my fathers are buried, so that I may rebuild it.”

Now the city was large and spacious, but there were few people in it, and the houses had not yet been rebuilt.

Joel son of Zichri was the officer over them, and Judah son of Hassenuah was over the Second District of the city.

The Levites in the holy city totaled 284.

At the Fountain Gate they climbed the steps of the City of David on the ascent to the wall and passed above the house of David to the Water Gate on the east.

Did not your forefathers do the same things, so that our God brought all this disaster on us and on this city? And now you are rekindling His wrath against Israel by profaning the Sabbath!”

Once or twice, the merchants and those who sell all kinds of goods camped outside Jerusalem,

The couriers left, spurred on by the kingís command, and the edict was issued in the citadel of Susa. Then the king and Haman sat down to drink, but the city of Susa was in confusion.

When Mordecai learned of all that had happened, he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth and ashes, and went out into the middle of the city, wailing loudly and bitterly.

From the city, men groan, and the souls of the wounded cry out, yet God charges no one with wrongdoing.

He scorns the tumult of the city and never hears the shouts of a driver.

There is a river whose streams delight the city of God, the holy place where the Most High dwells.

A song. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, His holy mountain.

Beautiful in loftiness, the joy of all the earth, like the peaks of Zaphon is Mount Zion, the city of the great King.

As we have heard, so we have seen in the city of the LORD of Hosts, in the city of our God: God will establish her forever. Selah

March around Zion, encircle her, count her towers,

O Lord, confuse and confound their speech, for I see violence and strife in the city.

They return in the evening, snarling like dogs and prowling around the city.