Leviticus 26:31
And I will turn your cities into ruins, and bring mikdesheichem (your sanctuaries) unto desolation, and I will not take delight in your re'ach nicho'ach.
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2 Kings 25:4And the Ir was broken through, and all the anshei hamilchamah fled by lailah by the way of the gate between two walls, which was near the Gan HaMelech; (now the Kasdim + 25:4 Chaldeans were surrounding the Ir); and HaMelech fled by the derech HaAravah.
2 Chronicles 36:19And they burned the Beis HaElohim, and broke down the Chomat Yerushalayim, and burned all the palaces thereof with eish, and destroyed all its precious vessels. + 36:19 Tisha B'Av
Nehemiah 2:3And said unto HaMelech, HaMelech l'olam yicheyeh. Why should not my countenance look sad, when HaIr, the Bais Kivrot Avotai, lieth in ruins, and the gates thereof are consumed with eish?
Psalms 74:3Lift up Thy footsteps unto the mashu'ot netzach (perpetual ruins); 1 even all that the oyev hath done wickedly in the Kodesh. + 74:3 the Beis HaMikdash 1
Isaiah 1:7Your country is desolate, 1 your cities are burned with eish; 1 your land, zarim devour it in your presence, 1 and it is desolate, as overthrown by zarim. 1
Isaiah 1:13Bring no more futile minchot; 1 ketoret is an abomination unto Me; 1 Rosh Chodesh (New Moon) and Shabbos, the calling of assemblies — 1 I cannot endure aven (wickedness) and atzarah (solemn convocation). 1
Matthew Henry on Leviticus 26:15-40
Threatenings. ( b. c. 1490.) 14 But if ye will not hearken unto me, and will not do all these commandments; 15 And if ye shall despise my statutes, or if your soul abhor my judgments, so that ye will not do all my commandments, but that ye break my covenant: 16 I also will do this unto you; I will even appoint over you terror, consumption, and the burning ague, that shall consume the eyes, and cause sorrow of heart: and ye shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it. 17 And I will set my face… Read the whole commentary →