Devine Scripture

Nehemiah 1:3

Nehemiah chapter 1 · verse 3 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And they said unto me, The remnant that are left of the captivity there in the province are in great affliction and reproach: the wall of Jerusalem also is broken down, and the gates thereof are burned with fire.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And they said unto me, The remnant that are left of the captivity there in the province are in great affliction and reproach: the wall of Jerusalem also is broken down, and the gates thereof are burned with fire.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And they said unto me, The remnant that are left of the captivity there in the province are in great affliction and reproach: the wall of Jerusalem also is broken down, and the gates thereof are burned with fire.

Context

v.2that Hanani, one of my brethren, came, he and certain men out of Judah; and I asked them concerning the Jews that had escaped, that were left of the captivity, and concerning Jerusalem.

v.3This passage

v.4And it came to pass, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned certain days; and I fasted and prayed before the God of heaven,

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Isaiah 43:28

    Therefore I will profane the princes of the sanctuary; and I will make Jacob a curse, and Israel a reviling.

  • Psalms 44:11

    Thou hast made us like sheep appointed for food, And hast scattered us among the nations.

  • Jeremiah 52:14

    And all the army of the Chaldeans, that were with the captain of the guard, brake down all the walls of Jerusalem round about.

  • Isaiah 32:9

    Rise up, ye women that are at ease, andhear my voice; ye careless daughters, give ear unto my speech.

  • Isaiah 64:10

    Thy holy cities are become a wilderness, Zion is become a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation.

  • Nehemiah 2:3

    And I said unto the king, Let the king live for ever: why should not my countenance be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers’ sepulchres, lieth waste, and the gates thereof are consumed with fire?