Quotes About Jerusalem

When the evening shadows began to fall on the gates of Jerusalem, just before the Sabbath, I ordered that the gates be shut and not opened until after the Sabbath. I posted some of my servants at the gates so that no load could enter on the Sabbath day.

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

He had been carried into exile from Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon among those taken captive with Jeconiah king of Judah.

In Your good pleasure, cause Zion to prosper; build up the walls of Jerusalem.

Because of Your temple at Jerusalem kings will bring You gifts.

A Psalm of Asaph. The nations, O God, have invaded Your inheritance; they have defiled Your holy temple and reduced Jerusalem to rubble.

They have poured out their blood like water all around Jerusalem, and there is no one to bury the dead.

For Your servants delight in her stones and take pity on her dust.

that they may proclaim the name of the LORD in Zion and praise Him in Jerusalem,

in the courts of the LORDís house, in your midst, O Jerusalem. Hallelujah!

Our feet are standing in your gates, O Jerusalem.

Jerusalem is built up as a city united together,

Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: “May those who love you prosper.

As the mountains surround Jerusalem, so the LORD surrounds His people, both now and forevermore.

May the LORD bless you from Zion, that you may see the prosperity of Jerusalem all the days of your life,

Blessed be the LORD from Zion—He who dwells in Jerusalem. Hallelujah!

If I forget you, O Jerusalem, may my right hand cease to function.

May my tongue cling to the roof of my mouth if I do not remember you, if I do not exalt Jerusalem as my greatest joy!

Remember, O LORD, the sons of Edom on the day Jerusalem fell: “Destroy it,” they said, “tear it down to its foundations!”

The LORD builds up Jerusalem; He gathers the exiles of Israel.

Exalt the LORD, O Jerusalem; praise your God, O Zion!

These are the words of the Teacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem:

I said to myself, “Behold, I have grown and increased in wisdom beyond all those before me who were over Jerusalem, and my mind has observed a wealth of wisdom and knowledge.”

I acquired menservants and maidservants, and servants were born in my house. I also owned more herds and flocks than anyone in Jerusalem before me,