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Nehemiah 1:3

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1:3 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 7:6

Context

7:6 These are the people 3  of the province who returned 4  from the captivity of the exiles, whom King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon had forced into exile. 5  They returned to Jerusalem and to Judah, each to his own city.

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 “the sons of”; KJV, ASV “the children of”; NAB “the inhabitants of.”

4 tn Heb “who were going up.”

5 tc One medieval Hebrew manuscript has “to Babylon.” Cf. Ezra 2:1.



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