Nehemiah 2:17

So I said unto them, Ye, can see the misfortune that, we, are in, how that, Jerusalem, lieth waste, and, the gates thereof, are burned with fire: Come, and let us build the wall of Jerusalem, that we may remain, no longer, a reproach.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

16Now, the deputies, knew not whither I had gone, nor what I was doing,—not even to the Jews, nor to the priests, nor to the nobles, nor to the deputies, nor to the rest who were doing the work, had I as yet told it.

18Then told I them, of the hand of my God, that, it, had been good upon me, as also of the words of the king, which he had spoken unto me,—so they said, We will arise and build! and they strengthened their hands right well.

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Cross References

Ezra 5:1Then were moved to prophesy, Haggai the prophet, and Zechariah son of Iddo, the prophets, unto the Jews who were in Judaea and in Jerusalem,—in the name of the God of Israel, unto them.

Ezra 10:2Then responded Shecaniah son of Jehiel of the sons of Elam, and said unto Ezra, We, have been faithful with our God, and have married foreign women from among the peoples of the land,—yet, now, there is hope for Israel concerning this thing.

Psalms 44:13Thou dost make us, A reproach to our neighbours, A mockery and a derision to them who are round about us:

Psalms 79:4We have become, A reproach to our neighbours,—A mockery and a derision, to them who are round about us.

Psalms 89:50Remember, O My Lord, the reproach of thy servants, I have carried in my bosom the insult of the peoples:

Isaiah 35:3Strengthen ye the weak hands,—The trembling knees, make ye firm:

Matthew Henry on Nehemiah 2:10-20

Nehemiah's Journey to Jerusalem; the Malice of Sanballat, &c. ( b. c. 445.) 9 Then I came to the governors beyond the river, and gave them the king's letters. Now the king had sent captains of the army and horsemen with me. 10 When Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, heard of it, it grieved them exceedingly that there was come a man to seek the welfare of the children of Israel. 11 So I came to Jerusalem, and was there three days. 12 And I arose in the night, I and some few men with me;… Read the whole commentary →

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