KJV King James Version
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.
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Nehemiah 1:3
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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
And they told me, “The remnant who survived the exile are there in the province, in great trouble and disgrace. The wall of Jerusalem is broken down, and its gates have been burned with fire.”
WEB World English Bible
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 also is broken down, and its gates are burned with fire.”
ASV American Standard Version
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.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and they say to me, ‘Those left, who have been left of the captivity there in the province, are in great evil, and in reproach, and the wall of Jerusalem is broken down, and its gates have been burnt with fire.’
Surrounding context — Nehemiah 1
1 The words of Nehemiah the son of Hachaliah. And it came to pass in the month Chisleu, in the twentieth year, as I was in Shushan the palace,
2 That Hanani, one of my brethren, came, he and [certain] men of Judah; and I asked them concerning the Jews that had escaped, which were left of the captivity, and concerning Jerusalem.
3 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.
4 And it came to pass, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned [certain] days, and fasted, and prayed before the God of heaven,
5 And said, I beseech thee, O LORD God of heaven, the great and terrible God, that keepeth covenant and mercy for them that love him and observe his commandments:
6 Let thine ear now be attentive, and thine eyes open, that thou mayest hear the prayer of thy servant, which I pray before thee now, day and night, for the children of Israel thy servants, and confess the sins of the children of Israel, which we have sinned against thee: both I and my father’s house have sinned.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וַיֹּאמְרוּ֮H559 · a.marto sayלִי֒H9030 · nimeהַֽנִּשְׁאָרִ֞יםH7604 · sha.arto remainאֲשֶֽׁר־H834 · a.sherwhichנִשְׁאֲר֤וּH7604 · sha.arto remainמִן־H4480 · minfromהַשְּׁבִי֙H7628 · she.vicaptivityשָׁ֣םH8033 · shamthereבַּמְּדִינָ֔הH4082 · me.di.nahprovinceבְּרָעָ֥הH7451 · rabad: harmfulגְדֹלָ֖הH1419 · ga.dolgreat: largeוּבְחֶרְפָּ֑הH2781 · cher.pahreproachוְחוֹמַ֤תH2346 · cho.mahwallיְרוּשָׁלִַ֙ם֙H3389 · ye.ru.sha.laimJerusalemמְפֹרָ֔צֶתH6555 · pa.ratsto break throughוּשְׁעָרֶ֖יהָH8179 · sha.argateנִצְּת֥וּH3341 · ya.tsatto kindleבָאֵֽשׁ׃H784 · eshfire
Cross-references
Nehemiah 2:17Then 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.2 Kings 25:10And all the army of the Chaldees, that [were with] the captain of the guard, brake down the walls of Jerusalem round about.Nehemiah 2:13And I went out by night by the gate of the valley, even before the dragon well, and to the dung port, and viewed the walls of Jerusalem, which were broken down, and the gates thereof were consumed with fire.Ezra 5:8Be it known unto the king, that we went into the province of Judea, to the house of the great God, which is builded with great stones, and timber is laid in the walls, and this work goeth fast on, and prospereth in their hands.Nehemiah 7:6These [are] the children of the province, that went up out of the captivity, of those that had been carried away, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away, and came again to Jerusalem and to Judah, every one unto his city;Nehemiah 2:3And said unto the king, Let the king live for ever: why should not my countenance be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers’ sepulchres, [lieth] waste, and the gates thereof are consumed with fire?Nehemiah 9:36-37Behold, we [are] servants this day, and [for] the land that thou gavest unto our fathers to eat the fruit thereof and the good thereof, behold, we [are] servants in it:Nehemiah 11:3Now these [are] the chief of the province that dwelt in Jerusalem: but in the cities of Judah dwelt every one in his possession in their cities, [to wit], Israel, the priests, and the Levites, and the Nethinims, and the children of Solomon’s servants.Psalm 44:11-14Thou hast given us like sheep [appointed] for meat; and hast scattered us among the heathen.Jeremiah 39:8And the Chaldeans burned the king’s house, and the houses of the people, with fire, and brake down the walls of Jerusalem.Jeremiah 5:10Go ye up upon her walls, and destroy; but make not a full end: take away her battlements; for they [are] not the LORD’S.Psalm 137:1-3By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion.Jeremiah 44:8-12In that ye provoke me unto wrath with the works of your hands, burning incense unto other gods in the land of Egypt, whither ye be gone to dwell, that ye might cut yourselves off, and that ye might be a curse and a reproach among all the nations of the earth?Jeremiah 24:9And I will deliver them to be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth for [their] hurt, [to be] a reproach and a proverb, a taunt and a curse, in all places whither I shall drive them.Isaiah 64:10-11Thy holy cities are a wilderness, Zion is a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation.1 Kings 9:7Then will I cut off Israel out of the land which I have given them; and this house, which I have hallowed for my name, will I cast out of my sight; and Israel shall be a proverb and a byword among all people:Ezra 2:1Now these [are] the children of the province that went up out of the captivity, of those which had been carried away, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away unto Babylon, and came again unto Jerusalem and Judah, every one unto his city;Lamentations 5:1Remember, O LORD, what is come upon us: consider, and behold our reproach.
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