Nehemiah 2:17
Then I said to them, “You see the trouble we are in. Jerusalem lies in ruins, and its gates have been burned down. Come, let us rebuild the wall of Jerusalem, so that we will no longer be a disgrace.”
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.
Then I said to them, “You see the bad situation that we are in, how Jerusalem lies waste, and its gates are burned with fire. Come, let’s build up the wall of Jerusalem, that we won’t be disgraced.”
Then said I unto them, Ye see the evil case 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.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- Ye see
- Lamentations 2:2, 8, 9; Lamentations 3:51
- come
- Ezra 5:1, 2; Ezra 10:2–4; Isaiah 35:3, 4
- a reproach
- Nehemiah 1:3; 1 Samuel 11:2; Psalm 44:13; Psalm 79:4, 12; Psalm 89:50, 51; Jeremiah 24:9; Lamentations 3:45, 46; Ezekiel 5:14; Ezekiel 22:4, 5