So Joab sent someone to Tekoa to bring a wise woman from there. He told her, ‘Pretend to be in mourning: dress in mourning clothes and don’t put on any oil. Act like a woman who has been mourning for the dead for a long time.
Nehemiah 3:5 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Beside them the Tekoites made repairs, but their nobles did not lift a finger to help their supervisors. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And next unto them the Tekoites repaired; but their nobles put not their necks to the work of their Lord. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Next to them the Tekoites repaired, but their nobles or lords did not put their necks to the work of their Lord. American Standard Version (1901) And next unto them the Tekoites repaired; but their nobles put not their necks to the work of their lord. Common English Bible Next to them the people from Tekoa made repairs, but their officials wouldn’t help with the work of their supervisors. Catholic Public Domain Version And beside them, the Tekoites built. But the nobles among them did not put their necks to the work of their Lord. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And next to them the Thecuites built: but their great men did not put their necks to the work of their Lord. |
So Joab sent someone to Tekoa to bring a wise woman from there. He told her, ‘Pretend to be in mourning: dress in mourning clothes and don’t put on any oil. Act like a woman who has been mourning for the dead for a long time.
Next to him the Tekoites made repairs to another section from a point opposite the great tower that juts out, as far as the wall of Ophel.
Next to them Meremoth son of Uriah, son of Hakkoz, made repairs. Beside them Meshullam son of Berechiah, son of Meshezabel, made repairs. Next to them Zadok son of Baana made repairs.
Joiada son of Paseah and Meshullam son of Besodeiah repaired the Old Gate. They built it with beams and installed its doors, bolts, and bars.
I spoke to King Zedekiah of Judah in the same way: ‘Put your necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon, serve him and his people, and live!
This is what the Lord said to me: ‘Make chains and yoke bars for yourself and put them on your neck.
‘ “ ‘As for the nation or kingdom that does not serve King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon and does not place its neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, that nation I will punish by sword, famine, and plague #– #this is the Lord’s declaration #– #until through him I have destroyed it.
‘Run for cover out of Jerusalem, Benjaminites. Sound the ram’s horn in Tekoa; raise a smoke signal over Beth-haccherem, for disaster threatens from the north, even a crushing blow.
The words of Amos, who was one of the sheep breeders , from Tekoa #– #what he saw regarding Israel in the days of King Uzziah of Judah and Jeroboam son of Jehoash, king of Israel, two years before the earthquake.
Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, because I am lowly and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.
Now then, why are you testing God by putting a yoke on the disciples’ necks that neither our ancestors nor we have been able to bear?
Brothers and sisters, consider your calling: Not many were wise from a human perspective, not many powerful, not many of noble birth.
‘Curse Meroz,’ says the angel of the Lord, ‘Bitterly curse her inhabitants, for they did not come to help the Lord, to help the Lord with the warriors.’