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.
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Interpretation
When Nehemiah had considered the matter, he told the Jews that God had put it into his heart to build the wall of Jerusalem. He does not undertake to do it without them.
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This thought runs through Nehemiah 2:17-20.
Glossary
- Jerusalem Place
- Biblical settlement. Modern identification: Jerusalem.