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Nehemiah 2:17

Jerusalem
Courage and strengthFellowship and the churchShameServing others

15 so I went up the valley by night and inspected the wall. Then I headed back and reentered through the Valley Gate.

16 The officials did not know where I had gone or what I was doing, for I had not yet told the Jews or priests or nobles or officials or any other workers.

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.”

18 I also told them about the gracious hand of my God upon me, and what the king had said to me. “Let us start rebuilding,” they replied, and they set their hands to this good work.

19 But when Sanballat the Horonite, Tobiah the Ammonite official, and Geshem the Arab heard about this, they mocked us and ridiculed us, saying, “What is this you are doing? Are you rebelling against the king?”

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BSB
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.”
KJV
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.
WEB
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.”
ASV
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.
DARBY
And I said to them, Ye see the distress that we are in, that Jerusalem lies waste, and its gates are burned with fire. Come, and let us build up the wall of Jerusalem, that we be no more a reproach.
BLB
And I said to them, “You⁺ see the distress that we [are] in—that Jerusalem [is] waste and its gates are burned with the fire. Come and let us build the wall of Jerusalem, that we may not be anymore a reproach.”
ÅB
Men nå sa jeg til dem: Dere ser selv den ulykke vi er i, at Jerusalem ligger øde og dets porter er brent opp; kom og la oss bygge opp igjen Jerusalems mur, så vi ikke mere skal være til spott!
OTB
Så sa jeg til dem: “Dere kan se situasjonen vi er i: Jerusalem ligger i ruiner, og dens porter er blitt brent. Kom, la oss gjenoppbygge Jerusalems mur, så vi ikke lenger vil være i vanære.”
B1930
Men nu sa jeg til dem: I ser selv den ulykke vi er i, at Jerusalem ligger øde og dets porter er opbrent; kom og la oss bygge op igjen Jerusalems mur, så vi ikke mere skal være til spott!

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