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Nehemiah 1:3

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They said to me, “The remnant who are left of the captivity there in the province are in great affliction and reproach. The wall of Jerusalem is also broken down, and its gates are burned with fire.”

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Nehemiah 1:3 in other translations

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.

Nehemiah 1:3 · American Standard Version

Nehemiah 1:3 in context

  1. 1The words of Nehemiah the son of Hacaliah.
    Now in the month Chislev, in the twentieth year, as I was in Susa the palace,
  2. 2Hanani, one of my brothers, came, he and certain men out of Judah; and I asked them about the Jews who had escaped, who were left of the captivity, and concerning Jerusalem.
  3. 3They said to me, “The remnant who are left of the captivity there in the province are in great affliction and reproach. The wall of Jerusalem is also broken down, and its gates are burned with fire.”
  4. 4When I heard these words, I sat down and wept, and mourned several days; and I fasted and prayed before the God of heaven,
  5. 5and said, “I beg you, Yahweh, the God of heaven, the great and awesome God, who keeps covenant and loving kindness with those who love him and keep his commandments: