Nehemiah 2:17

Easy To Read Version

Then I said to all those people, “You can see the trouble we have here: Jerusalem is a pile of ruins, and its gates have been burned with fire. Come, let’s build the wall of Jerusalem again. Then we won’t be ashamed any more.”

Cross References

Ezra 9:9

Yes, we were slaves, but you would not let us be slaves forever. You were kind to us. You made the kings of Persia be kind to us. Your temple was ruined. But you gave us new life so we can build your temple again and fix it like new. God, you helped us build a wall to protect Judah and Jerusalem.

Nehemiah 1:3

Hanani and the men with him said, “Nehemiah, those Jews that escaped captivity and are in the land of Judah are in much trouble. Those people are having many problems and are full of shame. Why? Because the wall of Jerusalem is broken down, and its gates have been burned with fire.”

Nehemiah 2:13

While it was dark I went out through the Valley Gate. I rode toward the Dragon Well and the Gate of the Ash Piles. I was inspecting the walls of Jerusalem that had been broken down. And the gates in the wall that had been burned with fire.

Nehemiah 2:16

The officials and important people of Israel didn’t know where I had gone. They didn’t know what I was doing. I had not yet said anything to the Jews, the priests, the king’s family, the officials, or any of the other people that would be doing the work.

Nehemiah 3:15

Shallun son of Col-Hozeh fixed the Fountain Gate. Shallun was the governor of the district of Mizpah. He fixed that gate and put a roof over it. He put the doors on the hinges. Then he put the locks and bolts on the doors. Shallun also fixed the wall of the Pool of Siloam that is next to the King’s Garden. He fixed the wall all the way to the steps that go down from the City of David. {\cf2\super [10]}

Psalm 102:15

People will worship the Lord’s name.\par God, all the kings on earth will honor you.\par

Psalm 44:13

You made us a joke to our neighbors.\par They laugh at us and make fun of us.\par

Psalm 44:14

We are one of the funny stories people tell.\par Even people without a nation of their own\par laugh at us and shake their heads.\par

Psalm 79:12

God, punish the people around us\par seven times for what they did to us.\par Punish those people for insulting you.\par

Psalm 79:4

The countries around us insulted us.\par The people around us laughed at us\par and made fun of us.\par

Jeremiah 24:9

“I will punish those people. The punishment will shock all the people on earth. People will make fun of those people from Judah. People will tell jokes about them. People will curse them in all the places where I scatter them.

Lamentations 2:2

The Lord destroyed the houses of Jacob. {\cf2\super [9]} \par He destroyed them without mercy.\par He destroyed in his anger\par the fortresses of the Daughter of Judah. {\cf2\super [10]} \par The Lord threw the kingdom of Judah\par and its rulers to the ground.\par He ruined the kingdom of Judah.\par

Lamentations 3:51

My eyes make me sad,\par when I see what happened\par to the girls in my city.\par

Micah 7:11

The time \{will come\} when your walls\par will be built again.\par At that time, the country will grow.\par

1 Samuel 11:2

But Nahash the Ammonite answered, “I will make a treaty with you people only if I can poke out the right eye of each person. Then all Israel will be ashamed!”