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Bible Verses About Walls

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  1. Moreover Uzziah built towers in Jerusalem at the corner gate, and at the valley gate, and at the turning of the wall, and fortified them.

  2. And he took courage, and built up all the wall that was broken down, and raised it up to the towers, and the other wall without, and strengthened Millo in the city of David, and made weapons and shields in abundance.

  3. And they burnt the house of God, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem, and burnt all the palaces thereof with fire, and destroyed all the goodly vessels thereof.

  4. Be it known unto the king, that we went into the province of Judah, to the house of the great God, which is builded with great stones, and timber is laid in the walls; and this work goeth on with diligence and prospereth in their hands.

  5. And they said unto me, The remnant that are left of the captivity there in the province are in great affliction and reproach: the wall of Jerusalem also is broken down, and the gates thereof are burned with fire.

  6. And I arose in the night, I and some few men with me; neither told I any man what my God put into my heart to do for Jerusalem; neither was there any beast with me, save the beast that I rode upon.

  7. And I went out by night by the valley gate, even toward the jackal’s well, and to the dung gate, and viewed the walls of Jerusalem, which were broken down, and the gates thereof were consumed with fire.

  8. Then I went on to the fountain gate and to the king’s pool: but there was no place for the beast that was under me to pass.

  9. Then went I up in the night by the brook, and viewed the wall; and I turned back, and entered by the valley gate, and so returned.

  10. And the rulers knew not whither I went, or what I did; neither had I as yet told it to the Jews, nor to the priests, nor to the nobles, nor to the rulers, nor to the rest that did the work.

  11. Then said I unto them, Ye see the evil case that we are in, how Jerusalem lieth waste, and the gates thereof are burned with fire: come, and let us build up the wall of Jerusalem, that we be no more a reproach.

  12. And at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem they sought the Levites out of all their places, to bring them to Jerusalem, to keep the dedication with gladness, both with thanksgivings, and with singing, with cymbals, psalteries, and with harps.

  13. Walk about Zion, and go round about her; Number the towers thereof;

  14. Day and night they go about it upon the walls thereof: Iniquity also and mischief are in the midst of it.

  15. How long will ye set upon a man, That ye may slay him, all of you, Like a leaning wall, like a tottering fence?

  16. The rich man’s wealth is his strong city, And as a high wall in his own imagination.

  17. And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, The face thereof was covered with nettles, And the stone wall thereof was broken down.

  18. The words of the wise are as goads; and as nails well fastened are the words of the masters of assemblies, which are given from one shepherd.

  19. My beloved is like a roe or a young hart: Behold, he standeth behind our wall; He looketh in at the windows; He glanceth through the lattice.

  20. The watchmen that go about the city found me, They smote me, they wounded me; The keepers of the walls took away my mantle from me.

  21. If she be a wall, We will build upon her a turret of silver: And if she be a door, We will inclose her with boards of cedar.

  22. I am a wall, and my breasts like the towersthereof Then was I in his eyes as one that found peace.

  23. and upon every lofty tower, and upon every fortified wall,

  24. And now I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard: I will take away the hedge thereof, and it shall be eaten up; I will break down the wall thereof, and it shall be trodden down:

  25. and ye numbered the houses of Jerusalem, and ye brake down the houses to fortify the wall;