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1 Kings 9:8

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
- 8 And this house itself will become heaps of ruins.*+ Everyone passing by it will stare in amazement+ and will certainly whistle and say, ‘For what reason did Jehovah do like that to this land and this house?’+

2 Kings 25:9

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
- 9 And he proceeded to burn the house+ of Jehovah and the king’s house+ and all the houses of Jerusalem;+ and the house of every great man* he burned with fire.+

2 Chronicles 7:21

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
- 21 As for this house that had become heaps of ruins,*+ everyone passing by it will stare in amazement+ and be certain to say, ‘For what reason did Jehovah do like that to this land and to this house?’+

2 Chronicles 36:19

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
- 19 And he proceeded to burn the house of the [true] God+ and pull down the wall+ of Jerusalem; and all its dwelling towers they burned with fire and also all its desirable articles,+ so as to cause ruin.+

Psalm 74:8

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
- 8 They, even their offspring, have said together in their own heart:
  “All the meeting places of God* must be burned in the land.”+

Psalm 79:1

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
- 79 O God, the nations have come into your inheritance;+
  They have defiled your holy temple;+
  They have laid Jerusalem in a heap of ruins.+

Jeremiah 26:18

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
- 18 “Miʹcah*+ of Moʹresh·eth*+ himself happened to be prophesying in the days of Hez·e·kiʹah* the king of Judah+ and went on to say to all the people of Judah, ‘This is what Jehovah of armies has said: “Zion herself will be plowed up as a mere field,+ and Jerusalem herself will become mere heaps of ruins,+ and the mountain of the House will be for high places of a forest.”’+

Lamentations 2:7

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
- 7 Jehovah* has cast off his altar.+ He has spurned his sanctuary.+
  Into the hand of the enemy he has surrendered the walls of her dwelling towers.+
  In the house of Jehovah they have let out [their] own voice, as in the day of a festival.+

Ezekiel 24:21

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
- 21 ‘Say to the house of Israel: “This is what the Sovereign Lord Jehovah has said, ‘Here I am profaning my sanctuary,+ the pride of YOUR strength,+ the thing desirable to YOUR eyes+ and the object of YOUR soul’s compassion, and YOUR sons and YOUR daughters whom YOU people have left behind—by the sword they will fall.+