Bible Cross References
build up Zion
Jeremiah 22:13-17
13
Doomed is the one who builds his house by injustice and enlarges it by dishonesty; who makes his people work for nothing and does not pay their wages.
14
Doomed is the one who says, "I will build myself a mansion with spacious rooms upstairs." So he puts windows in his house, panels it with cedar, and paints it red.
15
Does it make you a better king if you build houses of cedar, finer than those of others? Your father enjoyed a full life. He was always just and fair, and he prospered in everything he did.
16
He gave the poor a fair trial, and all went well with him. That is what it means to know the LORD.
17
But you can only see your selfish interests; you kill the innocent and violently oppress your people. The LORD has spoken.
Ezekiel 22:25-28
25
The leaders are like lions roaring over the animals they have killed. They kill the people, take all the money and property they can get, and by their murders leave many widows.
26
The priests break my law and have no respect for what is holy. They make no distinction between what is holy and what is not. They do not teach the difference between clean and unclean things, and they ignore the Sabbath. As a result the people of Israel do not respect me.
27
The government officials are like wolves tearing apart the animals they have killed. They commit murder in order to get rich.
28
The prophets have hidden these sins like workers covering a wall with whitewash. They see false visions and make false predictions. They claim to speak the word of the Sovereign LORD, but I, the LORD, have not spoken to them.
Habakkuk 2:9-12
9
You are doomed! You have made your family rich with what you took by violence, and have tried to make your own home safe from harm and danger!
10
But your schemes have brought shame on your family; by destroying many nations you have only brought ruin on yourself.
11
Even the stones of the walls cry out against you, and the rafters echo the cry.
12
You are doomed! You founded a city on crime and built it up by murder.
Zephaniah 3:3
Its officials are like roaring lions; its judges are like hungry wolves, too greedy to leave a bone until morning.
Matthew 27:25
The whole crowd answered, "Let the responsibility for his death fall on us and on our children!"
John 11:50
Don't you realize that it is better for you to have one man die for the people, instead of having the whole nation destroyed?"