Nehemiah 2:17

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Then I said to them, “You see the trouble we are in. Jerusalem lies in ruins, and its gates have been burned down. Come, let us rebuild the wall of Jerusalem, so that we will no longer be a disgrace.”
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
Then I said to them, “You see the evil case that we are in, how Jerusalem lies waste, and its gates are burned with fire. Come, let us build up the wall of Jerusalem, that we won’t be disgraced.”
World English Bible (WEB)
Then said{H559}{(H8799)} I unto them, Ye see{H7200}{(H8802)} the distress{H7451} that we are in, how Jerusalem{H3389} lieth waste{H2720}, and the gates{H8179} thereof are burned{H3341}{(H8738)} with fire{H784}: come{H3212}{(H8798)}, and let us build up{H1129}{(H8799)} the wall{H2346} of Jerusalem{H3389}, that we be no more a reproach{H2781}.
Strong's King James
Then I said to them, "You see this evil, which in it, we are in! So that Yerushalayim is a wasteland, and its gates burned by fire. Come! Let's rebuild the wall of Yerushalayim, so that we won't be a disgrace anymore."
The F.O.G
The F.O.G Paraphrase
and I say unto them, ‘Ye are seeing the evil that we are in, in that Jerusalem is waste, and its gates have been burnt with fire; come and we build the wall of Jerusalem, and we are not any more a reproach.’
Young's Literal Translation

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