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Nehemiah 1:2-4
Contemporary English Version
Nehemiah 1:2-4
Contemporary English Version
2 when my brother Hanani came with some men from Judah. So I asked them about the Jews who had escaped[a] from being captives in Babylonia. I also asked them about the city of Jerusalem.
3 They told me, “Those captives who have come back are having all kinds of troubles. They are terribly disgraced, Jerusalem's walls are broken down, and its gates have been burned.”
4 When I heard this, I sat down on the ground and cried. Then for several days, I mourned; I went without eating to show my sorrow, and I prayed:
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- 1.2 escaped: Or “returned.”
Nehemiah 1:2-4
New International Version
Nehemiah 1:2-4
New International Version
2 Hanani,(A) one of my brothers, came from Judah with some other men, and I questioned them about the Jewish remnant(B) that had survived the exile, and also about Jerusalem.
3 They said to me, “Those who survived the exile and are back in the province are in great trouble and disgrace. The wall of Jerusalem is broken down, and its gates have been burned with fire.(C)”
4 When I heard these things, I sat down and wept.(D) For some days I mourned and fasted(E) and prayed before the God of heaven.
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