Nehemiah 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 

1Ki 9:7; 2Ki 25:10; Ezr 2:1; Ezr 5:8; Ne 2:17; Ne 7:6; Ne 9:36,37; Ne 11:3; Es 1:1; Ps 44:11-14; Ps 79:4; Ps 137:1-3; Isa 5:5; Isa 32:9-14; Isa 43:28; Isa 64:10,11; Jer 5:10; Jer 24:9; Jer 29:18; Jer 39:8; Jer 42:18; Jer 44:8-12; Jer 52:14; La 1:7; La 3:61; La 5:1

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.