1 Esdras 1:55
“As for the house of the Lord they burnt it, brake downe the walles of Ierusalem, set fire vpon her towres.”
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1 Esdras 1:55 Context
53Who flew their yong men with the sword, yea euen within the compasse of their holy Temple, & spared neither yong man nor maid, old man nor child among them, for hee deliuered all into their hands. 54And they tooke all the holy vessels of the Lord, both great and small, with the vessels of the Ark of God, and the kings treasures, and caried them away into Babylon. 55As for the house of the Lord they burnt it, brake downe the walles of Ierusalem, set fire vpon her towres. 56And as for her glorious things, they neuer ceased til they had consumed and brought them all to nought, and the people that were not slaine with the sword, he caried vnto Babylon: 57Who became seruants to him and his children, till the Persians reigned, to fulfill the word of the Lord spoken by the mouth of Ieremie:
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As for the house of the Lord, they burnt it, and brake down the walls of Jerusalem, and set fire upon her towers:
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