Nehemiah 2:17
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“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.””
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“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.””
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
King James Version · Public Domain“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.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“and I say unto them, `Ye are seeing the evil that we are in, in that Jerusalem <FI>is<Fi> waste, and its gates have been burnt with fire; come and we build the wall of Jerusalem, and we are not any more a reproach.'”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Nehemiah 2:17 — 20 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 1 Samuel 11:2But Nahash the Ammonite replied, “I will make a treaty with you on one condition, that I may put out everyone’s right eye and bring reproach upon all Israel.”
- Ezra 5:1Later, the prophets Haggai and Zechariah son of Iddo prophesied to the Jews in Judah and Jerusalem in the name of the God of Israel, who was over them.
- Ezra 9:9Though we are slaves, our God has not forsaken us in our bondage, but He has extended to us grace in the sight of the kings of Persia, giving us new life to rebuild the house of our God and repair its ruins, and giving us a wall of protection in Judah and Jerusalem.
- Ezra 10:2Then Shecaniah son of Jehiel, an Elamite, said to Ezra: “We have been unfaithful to our God by marrying foreign women from the people of the land, yet in spite of this, there is hope for Israel.
- Nehemiah 1:3And they told me, “The remnant who survived the exile are there in the province, in great trouble and disgrace. The wall of Jerusalem is broken down, and its gates are burned with fire.”
- Psalms 44:13You have made us a reproach to our neighbors, a mockery and derision to those around us.
- Psalms 44:14You have made us a byword among the nations, a laughingstock among the peoples.
- Psalms 79:4We have become a reproach to our neighbors, a scorn and derision to those around us.
- Psalms 79:12Pay back into the laps of our neighbors sevenfold the reproach they hurled at You, O Lord.
- Psalms 89:50Remember, O Lord, the reproach of Your servants, which I bear in my heart from so many people—
- Psalms 102:15So the nations will fear the name of the LORD, and all the kings of the earth will fear Your glory.
- Isaiah 35:3Strengthen the limp hands and steady the feeble knees!
- Jeremiah 24:9I will make them a horror and an offense to all the kingdoms of the earth, a disgrace and an object of scorn, ridicule, and cursing wherever I have banished them.
- Lamentations 2:2Without pity the Lord has swallowed up all the dwellings of Jacob. In His wrath He has demolished the fortified cities of the Daughter of Judah. He brought to the ground and defiled her kingdom and its princes.
- Lamentations 2:8The LORD determined to destroy the wall of the Daughter of Zion. He stretched out a measuring line and did not withdraw His hand from destroying. He made the ramparts and walls lament; together they waste away.
- Lamentations 3:45You have made us scum and refuse among the nations.
- Lamentations 3:51My eyes bring grief to my soul because of all the daughters of my city.
- Ezekiel 5:14I will make you a ruin and a disgrace among the nations around you, in the sight of all who pass by.
- Ezekiel 22:4you are guilty of the blood you have shed, and you are defiled by the idols you have made. You have brought your days to a close and have come to the end of your years. Therefore I have made you a reproach to the nations and a mockery to all the lands.
- Micah 7:11The day for rebuilding your walls will come— the day for extending your boundary.
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