Nehemia 2:17

2:17 Then I said to them, “You see the problem that we have: Jerusalem is desolate and its gates are burned. Come on! Let’s rebuild the wall of Jerusalem so that this reproach will not continue.”

Yesaya 58:12

58:12 Your perpetual ruins will be rebuilt; ¹ 

you will reestablish the ancient foundations.

You will be called, ‘The one who repairs broken walls,

the one who makes the streets inhabitable again.’ ² 

Daniel 9:25

9:25 So know and understand:

From the issuing of the command ³  to restore and rebuild

Jerusalem ⁴  until an anointed one, a prince arrives, ⁵ 

there will be a period of seven weeks ⁶  and sixty-two weeks.

It will again be built, ⁷  with plaza and moat,

but in distressful times.

Mikha 7:11

7:11 It will be a day for rebuilding your walls;

in that day your boundary will be extended. ⁸ 

Zakharia 2:5

2:5 But I (the Lord says) will be a wall of fire surrounding Jerusalem ⁹  and the source of glory in her midst.’”

[58:12]  ¹ tn Heb “and they will build from you ancient ruins.”

[58:12]  ² tc The Hebrew text has “the one who restores paths for dwelling.” The idea of “paths to dwell in” is not a common notion. Some have proposed emending נְתִיבוֹת (nÿtivot, “paths”) to נְתִיצוֹת (nÿtitsot, “ruins”), a passive participle from נָתַץ (natats, “tear down”; see HALOT 732 s.v. *נְתִיצָה), because tighter parallelism with the preceding line is achieved. However, none of the textual sources support this emendation. The line may mean that paths must be repaired in order to dwell in the land.

[9:25]  ³ tn Or “decree” (NASB, NIV); or “word” (NAB, NRSV).

[9:25]  ⁴ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[9:25]  ⁵ tn The word “arrives” is added in the translation for clarification.

[9:25]  ⁶ tn Heb “sevens” (also later in this line and in v. 26).

[9:25]  sn The accents in the MT indicate disjunction at this point, which would make it difficult, if not impossible, to identify the “anointed one/prince” of this verse as messianic. The reference in v. 26 to the sixty-two weeks as a unit favors the MT accentuation, not the traditional translation. If one follows the MT accentuation, one may translate “From the going forth of the message to restore and rebuild Jerusalem until an anointed one, a prince arrives, there will be a period of seven weeks. During a period of sixty-two weeks it will again be built, with plaza and moat, but in distressful times.” The present translation follows a traditional reading of the passage that deviates from the MT accentuation.

[9:25]  ⁷ tn Heb “it will return and be built.” The expression is a verbal hendiadys.

[7:11]  ⁸ sn Personified Jerusalem declares her confidence in vv. 8-10; in this verse she is assured that she will indeed be vindicated.

[2:5]  ⁹ tn Heb “her”; the referent (Jerusalem) has been specified in the translation for clarity.