Nehemiah 2:17

The Scriptures 1998

Then I said to them, “You see the evil which we are in, how Yerushalayim lies waste, and its gates are burned with fire. Come and let us build the wall of Yerushalayim, and let us no longer be a reproach.”

Cross References

Ezekiel 5:14

‘And I shall make you a waste and a reproach among the gentiles that are all around you, before the eyes of all who pass by.

Nehemiah 1:3

And they said to me, “The remnant who are left of the captivity in the province are there in great evil and reproach. And the wall of Yerushalayim is broken down, and its gates are burned with fire.”

Psalm 79:4

We have become a reproach to our neighbours, A scorn and a mockery to those who are around us.

Lamentations 3:51

My eye pains my being Because of all the daughters of my city.

Lamentations 2:2

יהוה  has swallowed up, without compassion, All the pastures of Yaʽ

Jeremiah 24:9

‘And I shall make them a horror to all the reigns of the earth, for evil, to be a reproach and a byword, a mockery and a curse, in all the places to which I drive them.

Psalm 79:12

And repay to our neighbours sevenfold Their reproach, into their bosom, With which they have reproached You, O יהוה.

Psalm 44:13

You make us a reproach to our neighbours, A scorn and a mockery to those round about us.

1 Samuel 11:2

Then Naḥ

Nehemiah 2:13

And I went out by night through the Valley Gate to the Jackals’ Fountain and the Dung Gate, and examined the walls of Yerushalayim which were broken down and its gates which were burned with fire.

Nehemiah 2:16

And the deputy rulers did not know where I had gone nor what I had done. Nor had I yet informed the Yehuḏ

Nehemiah 3:15

And the Fountain Gate was repaired by Shallun son of Kol-Ḥ

Ezra 9:9

“For we were slaves, but in our bondage our Elohim did not forsake us, and extended kindness to us in the presence of the sovereigns of Persia, to revive us, to raise up the House of our Elohim, to restore its ruins, and to give us a wall in Yehuḏ

Psalm 44:14

You make us a proverb among the nations, A shaking of the head among the peoples.

Psalm 102:15

And the nations shall fear the Name of יהוה, And all the sovereigns of the earth Your esteem,

Micah 7:11

The day for building your walls! Let the decree go far and wide in that day –