Then I said to them, Ye see this evil, in which we are, how Jerusalem is desolate, and her gates have been set on fire: come, and let us build throughout the wall of Jerusalem, and we shall be no longer a reproach.
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Nehemiah 2:17
Then I said to them, “You see the bad situation that we are in, how Jerusalem lies waste, and its gates are burned with fire. Come, let’s build up the wall of Jerusalem, that we won’t be disgraced.”
Parallel Translations
Then I said to them, You⌃ see this evil, in which we are, how Jerusalem is desolate, and her gates have been set on fire: come, and let us build throughout the wall of Jerusalem, and we shall be no longer a reproach.
Then said I unto them, Ye see the distress 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.
Cross References
Ezekiel 5:14Isaiah 35:3–4Lamentations 3:51Psalms 79:4Lamentations 3:45–46Nehemiah 1:3Lamentations 2:8–9Ezekiel 22:4–5Psalms 89:50–51Psalms 79:12Psalms 44:13Lamentations 2:2Jeremiah 24:9Ezra 5:1–2Ezra 10:2–4
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