Nehemia 1:3

1:3 They said to me, “The remnant that remains from the exile there in the province are experiencing considerable ¹  adversity and reproach. The wall of Jerusalem lies breached, and its gates have been burned down!” ² 

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.”

Nehemia 5:15

5:15 But the former governors who preceded me had burdened the people and had taken food and wine from them, in addition to ³  forty shekels of silver. Their associates were also domineering over the people. But I did not behave in this way, due to my fear of God.

Nehemia 6:1

Opposition to the Rebuilding Efforts Continues

6:1 When Sanballat, Tobiah, Geshem the Arab, and the rest of our enemies heard that I had rebuilt the wall and no breach remained in it (even though up to that time I had not positioned doors in the gates),

Nehemia 8:4

8:4 Ezra the scribe stood on a towering wooden platform ⁴  constructed for this purpose. Standing near him on his right were Mattithiah, Shema, Anaiah, Uriah, Hilkiah, and Masseiah. On his left were Pedaiah, Mishael, Malkijah, Hashum, Hashbaddanah, Zechariah, and Meshullam.

Nehemia 9:8

9:8 When you perceived that his heart was faithful toward you, you established a ⁵  covenant with him to give his descendants ⁶  the land of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, and the Girgashites. You have fulfilled your promise, ⁷  for you are righteous.

Nehemia 9:27

9:27 Therefore you delivered them into the hand of their adversaries, who oppressed them. But in the time of their distress they called to you, and you heard from heaven. In your abundant compassion you provided them with deliverers to rescue them from ⁸  their adversaries.

Nehemia 9:35

9:35 Even when they were in their kingdom and benefiting from your incredible ⁹  goodness that you had lavished ¹⁰  on them in the spacious and fertile land you had set ¹¹  before them, they did not serve you, nor did they turn from their evil practices.

Nehemia 9:37

9:37 Its abundant produce goes to the kings you have placed over us due to our sins. They rule over our bodies and our livestock as they see fit, ¹²  and we are in great distress!

Nehemia 13:6

13:6 During all this time I was not in Jerusalem, ¹³  for in the thirty-second year of King Artaxerxes of Babylon, I had gone back to the king. After some time ¹⁴  I had requested leave of the king,

Nehemia 13:18

13:18 Isn’t this the way your ancestors ¹⁵  acted, causing our God to bring on them and on this city all this misfortune? And now you are causing even more wrath on Israel, profaning the Sabbath like this!”

[1:3]  ¹ tn Heb “great.”

[1:3]  ² tn Heb “have been burned with fire” (so also in Neh 2:17). The expression “burned with fire” is redundant in contemporary English; the translation uses “burned down” for stylistic reasons.

[5:15]  ³ tc The Hebrew term אַחַר (’akhar) is difficult here. It normally means “after,” but that makes no sense here. Some scholars emend it to אַחַד (’akhad) and supply the word “day,” which yields the sense “daily.” Cf. TEV “40 silver coins a day for food and wine.”

[8:4]  ⁴ tn Heb “a tower of wood.”

[9:8]  ⁵ tn Heb “the” (so NAB).

[9:8]  ⁶ tn Heb “seed.”

[9:8]  ⁷ tn Heb “your words.”

[9:27]  ⁸ tn Heb “from the hand of” (so NASB, NIV); NAB “from the power of.”

[9:35]  ⁹ tn Heb “great.”

[9:35]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “given them.”

[9:35]  ¹¹ tn Heb “given.”

[9:37]  ¹² tn Heb “according to their desire.”

[13:6]  ¹³ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[13:6]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “to the end of days.”

[13:18]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “your fathers.”