Discovery BoxNehemiah 1:3 
Context1:3 They said to me, “The remnant that remains from the exile there in the province are experiencing considerable 1 adversity and reproach. The wall of Jerusalem lies breached, and its gates have been burned down!” 2
Nehemiah 1:8-9
Context1:8 Please recall the word you commanded your servant Moses: ‘If you act unfaithfully, I will scatter you among the nations. 3 1:9 But if you repent 4 and obey 5 my commandments and do them, then even if your dispersed people are in the most remote location, 6 I will gather them from there and bring them to the place I have chosen for my name to reside.’
1 tn Heb “great.”
2 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.
3 tn Heb “peoples.”
4 tn Heb “turn to me.”
5 tn Heb “keep.” See the note on the word “obey” in Neh 1:5.
6 tn Heb “at the end of the heavens.”
