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They said to me, “The remnant that remains from the exile there in the province are experiencing considerable[a] adversity and reproach. The wall of Jerusalem lies breached, and its gates have been burned down!”[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Nehemiah 1:3 tn Heb “great.”
  2. Nehemiah 1:3 tn Heb “have been burned with fire” (so also in Neh 2:17). The expression “burned with fire” is redundant in contemporary English; the translation uses “burned down” for stylistic reasons.

They said to me, “Those who survived the exile and are back in the province are in great trouble and disgrace. The wall of Jerusalem is broken down, and its gates have been burned with fire.(A)

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