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The wall of Jerusalem is broken down, and its gates have been burned with fire.&#8221 <a href="/nlt/nehemiah/1.htm">New Living Translation</a> They said to me, “Things are not going well for those who returned to the province of Judah. They are in great trouble and disgrace. The wall of Jerusalem has been torn down, and the gates have been destroyed by fire.” <a href="/esv/nehemiah/1.htm">English Standard Version</a> And they said to me, “The remnant there in the province who had survived the exile is in great trouble and shame. The wall of Jerusalem is broken down, and its gates are destroyed by fire.” <a href="/bsb/nehemiah/1.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> And they told me, “The remnant who survived the exile are there in the province, in great trouble and disgrace. The wall of Jerusalem is broken down, and its gates have been burned with fire.” <a href="/kjv/nehemiah/1.htm">King James Bible</a> 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. <a href="/nkjv/nehemiah/1.htm">New King James Version</a> And they said to me, “The survivors who are left from the captivity in the province are there in great distress and reproach. The wall of Jerusalem is also broken down, and its gates are burned with fire.” <a href="/nasb_/nehemiah/1.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> And they said to me, “The remnant there in the province who survived the captivity are in great distress and disgrace, and the wall of Jerusalem is broken down and its gates have been burned with fire.” <a href="/nasb/nehemiah/1.htm">NASB 1995</a> They said to me, &#8220The remnant there in the province who survived the captivity are in great distress and reproach, and the wall of Jerusalem is broken down and its gates are burned with fire.&#8221 <a href="/nasb77/nehemiah/1.htm">NASB 1977 </a> And they said to me, “The remnant there in the province who survived the captivity are in great distress and reproach, and the wall of Jerusalem is broken down and its gates are burned with fire.” <a href="/lsb/nehemiah/1.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> They said to me, “The remnant there in the province who remain from the captivity are in great calamity and reproach, and the wall of Jerusalem is broken down and its gates are burned with fire.” <a href="/amp/nehemiah/1.htm">Amplified Bible</a> They said to me, “The remnant there in the province who survived the captivity are in great distress and reproach; the wall of Jerusalem is broken down and its [fortified] gates have been burned (destroyed) by fire.” <a href="/csb/nehemiah/1.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> They said to me, “The remnant in the province, who survived the exile, are in great trouble and disgrace. Jerusalem’s wall has been broken down, and its gates have been burned.” <a href="/hcsb/nehemiah/1.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> They said to me, &#8220The remnant in the province, who survived the exile, are in great trouble and disgrace. Jerusalem&#8217s wall has been broken down, and its gates have been burned down.&#8221 <a href="/asv/nehemiah/1.htm">American Standard Version</a> 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. <a href="/cev/nehemiah/1.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> They told me, "Those captives who have come back are having all kinds of troubles. They are terribly disgraced, Jerusalem's walls are broken down, and its gates have been burned." <a href="/erv/nehemiah/1.htm">English Revised Version</a> 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. <a href="/gwt/nehemiah/1.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> They told me, "Those who survived captivity are in the province. They are enduring serious troubles and being insulted. The wall of Jerusalem has been broken down, and its gates have been destroyed by fire." <a href="/gnt/nehemiah/1.htm">Good News Translation</a> They told me that those who had survived and were back in the homeland were in great difficulty and that the foreigners who lived nearby looked down on them. They also told me that the walls of Jerusalem were still broken down and that the gates had not been restored since the time they were burned. <a href="/isv/nehemiah/1.htm">International Standard Version</a> They told me, "The survivors of the captivity there in the province are living in great distress and shame. Furthermore, the Jerusalem wall remains broken down and its gates have been burned by fire." <a href="/net/nehemiah/1.htm">NET Bible</a> They said to me, "The remnant that remains from the exile there in the province are experiencing considerable adversity and reproach. The wall of Jerusalem lies breached, and its gates have been burned down!" <a href="/nheb/nehemiah/1.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> They said to me, "The remnant who are left of the captivity there in the province are in great trouble and disgrace. The wall of Jerusalem also is broken down, and its gates are burned with fire." <a href="/wbt/nehemiah/1.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> And they said to 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 its gates are burned with fire.<div class="vheading2">Majority Text Translations</div><a href="/msb/nehemiah/1.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> And they told me, “The remnant who survived the exile are there in the province, in great trouble and disgrace. The wall of Jerusalem is broken down, and its gates have been burned with fire.” <a href="/web/nehemiah/1.htm">World English Bible</a> They said to me, “The remnant who are left of the captivity there in the province are in great affliction and reproach. The wall of Jerusalem is also broken down, and its gates are burned with fire.” <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/nehemiah/1.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> and they say to me, “Those left, who have been left of the captivity there in the province, [are] in great evil, and in reproach, and the wall of Jerusalem is broken down, and its gates have been burned with fire.” <a href="/ylt/nehemiah/1.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> and they say to me, 'Those left, who have been left of the captivity there in the province, are in great evil, and in reproach, and the wall of Jerusalem is broken down, and its gates have been burnt with fire.' <a href="/slt/nehemiah/1.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And they will say to me, They being left which were left of the captivity there in the province, in great evil and in reproach: and the walls of Jerusalem being broken down, and its gates were burnt with fire.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/nehemiah/1.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> And they said to me: They that have remained, and are left of the captivity there in the province, are in great affliction, and reproach: and the wall of Jerusalem is broken down, and the gates thereof are burnt with fire. <a href="/cpdv/nehemiah/1.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> And they said to me: “Those who have remained and have been left behind from the captivity, there in the province, are in great affliction and in disgrace. And the wall of Jerusalem has been broken apart, and its gates have been burned with fire.” <a href="/nabre/nehemiah/1.htm">New American Bible</a> They answered me: “The survivors of the captivity there in the province are in great distress and under reproach. The wall of Jerusalem has been breached, its gates gutted by fire.” <a href="/nrsvce/nehemiah/1.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> They replied, “The survivors there in the province who escaped captivity are in great trouble and shame; the wall of Jerusalem is broken down, and its gates have been destroyed by fire.”<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/nehemiah/1.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> And these men whom I asked said to me, The men who had escaped the captivity, behold, they are there in the city, dwelling in misery and reproach; the wall of Jerusalem also is broken down, and its gates have been burned with fire. <a href="/hpbt/nehemiah/1.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> And these men whom I asked were saying to me: “Those men who escaped from the captivity, behold, they are in the city dwelling in great affliction and in much reproach, and behold, the wall of Jerusalem is broken down and its gates are burned up in fire!”<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/nehemiah/1.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> 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.' <a href="/sep/nehemiah/1.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> And they said to me, The remnant, even those that are left of the captivity, are there in the land, in great distress and reproach: and the walls of Jerusalem are thrown down, and its gates are burnt with fire. <a href="/parallel/nehemiah/1-3.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ZsQrw7rBvgc?start=23" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/nehemiah/1.htm">Nehemiah's Prayer</a> …2Hanani, one of my brothers, arrived with men from Judah. So I questioned them about the remnant of the Jews who had survived the exile, and also about Jerusalem. 3<a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: way·yō·mə·rū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3mp) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say.">And they told</a> <a href="/hebrew/lî (Prep:: 1cs) -- ">me,</a> <a href="/hebrew/7604.htm" title="7604: han·niš·’ā·rîm (Art:: V-Nifal-Prtcpl-mp) -- To remain, be left over. A primitive root; properly, to swell up, i.e. Be redundant.">“The remnant</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer- (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.">who</a> <a href="/hebrew/7604.htm" title="7604: niš·’ă·rū (V-Nifal-Perf-3cp) -- To remain, be left over. A primitive root; properly, to swell up, i.e. Be redundant.">survived</a> <a href="/hebrew/4480.htm" title="4480: min- (Prep) -- From. Or minniy; or minney; for men; properly, a part of; hence, from or out of in many senses."></a> <a href="/hebrew/7628.htm" title="7628: haš·šə·ḇî (Art:: N-ms) -- Exiled, captured, exile, booty. From shbuw; exiled; captured; as noun, exile; by extension, booty.">the exile</a> <a href="/hebrew/8033.htm" title="8033: šām (Adv) -- There, thither. A primitive particle; there then; often thither, or thence.">are there</a> <a href="/hebrew/4082.htm" title="4082: bam·mə·ḏî·nāh (Prep-b, Art:: N-fs) -- A province. From diyn; properly, a judgeship, i.e. Jurisdiction; by implication, a district; generally, a region.">in the province,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1419.htm" title="1419: ḡə·ḏō·lāh (Adj-fs) -- Great. Or gadol; from gadal; great; hence, older; also insolent.">in great</a> <a href="/hebrew/7451.htm" title="7451: bə·rā·‘āh (Prep-b:: Adj-fs) -- Bad, evil. From ra'a'; bad or evil.">trouble</a> <a href="/hebrew/2781.htm" title="2781: ū·ḇə·ḥer·pāh (Conj-w, Prep-b:: N-fs) -- A reproach. From charaph. contumely, disgrace, the pudenda.">and disgrace.</a> <a href="/hebrew/2346.htm" title="2346: wə·ḥō·w·maṯ (Conj-w:: N-fsc) -- A wall. Feminine active participle of an unused root apparently meaning to join; a wall of protection.">The wall</a> <a href="/hebrew/3389.htm" title="3389: yə·rū·šā·lim (N-proper-fs) -- Probably foundation of peace, capital city of all Isr. ">of Jerusalem</a> <a href="/hebrew/6555.htm" title="6555: mə·p̄ō·rā·ṣeṯ (V-Pual-Prtcpl-fs) -- To break through. A primitive root; to break out.">is broken down,</a> <a href="/hebrew/8179.htm" title="8179: ū·šə·‘ā·re·hā (Conj-w:: N-mpc:: 3fs) -- A gate. From sha'ar in its original sense; an opening, i.e. Door or gate.">and its gates</a> <a href="/hebrew/3341.htm" title="3341: niṣ·ṣə·ṯū (V-Nifal-Perf-3cp) -- To kindle, burn. A primitive root; to burn or set on fire; figuratively, to desolate.">are burned</a> <a href="/hebrew/784.htm" title="784: ḇā·’êš (Prep-b, Art:: N-cs) -- A fire. A primitive word; fire.">with fire.”</a> 4When I heard these words, I sat down and wept. I mourned for days, fasting and praying before the God of heaven.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/ezra/4-12.htm">Ezra 4:12-16</a> Let it be known to the king that the Jews who came from you to us have returned to Jerusalem and are rebuilding that rebellious and wicked city. They are restoring its walls and repairing its foundations. / Let it now be known to the king that if that city is rebuilt and its walls are restored, they will not pay tribute, duty, or toll, and the royal treasury will suffer. / Now because we are in the service of the palace and it is not fitting for us to allow the king to be dishonored, we have sent to inform the king ... <a href="/lamentations/1-3.htm">Lamentations 1:3-4</a> Judah has gone into exile under affliction and harsh slavery; she dwells among the nations but finds no place to rest. All her pursuers have overtaken her in the midst of her distress. / The roads to Zion mourn, because no one comes to her appointed feasts. All her gates are deserted; her priests groan, her maidens grieve, and she herself is bitter with anguish. <a href="/jeremiah/52-12.htm">Jeremiah 52:12-14</a> On the tenth day of the fifth month, in the nineteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar’s reign over Babylon, Nebuzaradan captain of the guard, a servant of the king of Babylon, entered Jerusalem. / He burned down the house of the LORD, the royal palace, and all the houses of Jerusalem—every significant building. / And the whole army of the Chaldeans under the captain of the guard broke down all the walls around Jerusalem. <a href="/2_kings/25-8.htm">2 Kings 25:8-10</a> On the seventh day of the fifth month, in the nineteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar’s reign over Babylon, Nebuzaradan captain of the guard, a servant of the king of Babylon, entered Jerusalem. / He burned down the house of the LORD, the royal palace, and all the houses of Jerusalem—every significant building. / And the whole army of the Chaldeans under the captain of the guard broke down the walls around Jerusalem. <a href="/isaiah/64-10.htm">Isaiah 64:10-11</a> Your holy cities have become a wilderness. Zion has become a wasteland and Jerusalem a desolation. / Our holy and beautiful temple, where our fathers praised You, has been burned with fire, and all that was dear to us lies in ruins. <a href="/psalms/79-1.htm">Psalm 79:1-4</a> A Psalm of Asaph. The nations, O God, have invaded Your inheritance; they have defiled Your holy temple and reduced Jerusalem to rubble. / They have given the corpses of Your servants as food to the birds of the air, the flesh of Your saints to the beasts of the earth. / They have poured out their blood like water all around Jerusalem, and there is no one to bury the dead. ... <a href="/daniel/9-16.htm">Daniel 9:16-19</a> O Lord, in keeping with all Your righteous acts, I pray that Your anger and wrath may turn away from Your city Jerusalem, Your holy mountain; for because of our sins and the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and Your people are a reproach to all around us. / So now, our God, hear the prayers and petitions of Your servant. For Your sake, O Lord, cause Your face to shine upon Your desolate sanctuary. / Incline Your ear, O my God, and hear; open Your eyes and see the desolation of the city that bears Your name. For we are not presenting our petitions before You because of our righteous acts, but because of Your great compassion. ... <a href="/2_chronicles/36-19.htm">2 Chronicles 36:19-21</a> Then the Chaldeans set fire to the house of God and broke down the wall of Jerusalem. They burned down all the palaces and destroyed every article of value. / Those who escaped the sword were carried by Nebuchadnezzar into exile in Babylon, and they became servants to him and his sons until the kingdom of Persia came to power. / So the land enjoyed its Sabbath rest all the days of the desolation, until seventy years were completed, in fulfillment of the word of the LORD spoken through Jeremiah. <a href="/jeremiah/39-8.htm">Jeremiah 39:8</a> The Chaldeans set fire to the palace of the king and to the houses of the people, and they broke down the walls of Jerusalem. <a href="/ezekiel/36-4.htm">Ezekiel 36:4</a> therefore, O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord GOD. This is what the Lord GOD says to the mountains and hills, to the ravines and valleys, to the desolate ruins and abandoned cities, which have become a spoil and a mockery to the rest of the nations around you. <a href="/matthew/24-2.htm">Matthew 24:2</a> “Do you see all these things?” He replied. “Truly I tell you, not one stone here will be left on another; every one will be thrown down.” <a href="/luke/19-41.htm">Luke 19:41-44</a> As Jesus approached Jerusalem and saw the city, He wept over it / and said, “If only you had known on this day what would bring you peace! But now it is hidden from your eyes. / For the days will come upon you when your enemies will barricade you and surround you and hem you in on every side. ... <a href="/acts/15-16.htm">Acts 15:16</a> ‘After this I will return and rebuild the fallen tent of David. Its ruins I will rebuild, and I will restore it, <a href="/hebrews/11-30.htm">Hebrews 11:30</a> By faith the walls of Jericho fell, after the people had marched around them for seven days. <a href="/revelation/18-2.htm">Revelation 18:2</a> And he cried out in a mighty voice: “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great! She has become a lair for demons and a haunt for every unclean spirit, every unclean bird, and every detestable beast.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>And they said to 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.the province<a href="/nehemiah/7-6.htm">Nehemiah 7:6</a> These are the children of the province, that went up out of the captivity, of those that had been carried away, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away, and came again to Jerusalem and to Judah, every one unto his city;<a href="/nehemiah/11-3.htm">Nehemiah 11:3</a> Now these are the chief of the province that dwelt in Jerusalem: but in the cities of Judah dwelt every one in his possession in their cities, to wit, Israel, the priests, and the Levites, and the Nethinims, and the children of Solomon's servants.<a href="/ezra/2-1.htm">Ezra 2:1</a> Now these are the children of the province that went up out of the captivity, of those which had been carried away, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away unto Babylon, and came again unto Jerusalem and Judah, every one unto his city;in great<a href="/nehemiah/9-36.htm">Nehemiah 9:36,37</a> Behold, we are servants this day, and for the land that thou gavest unto our fathers to eat the fruit thereof and the good thereof, behold, we are servants in it: … <a href="/psalms/44-11.htm">Psalm 44:11-14</a> Thou hast given us like sheep appointed for meat; and hast scattered us among the heathen… <a href="/psalms/137-1.htm">Psalm 137:1-3</a> By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion… reproach<a href="/1_kings/9-7.htm">1 Kings 9:7</a> Then will I cut off Israel out of the land which I have given them; and this house, which I have hallowed for my name, will I cast out of my sight; and Israel shall be a proverb and a byword among all people:<a href="/psalms/79-4.htm">Psalm 79:4</a> We are become a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and derision to them that are round about us.<a href="/isaiah/43-28.htm">Isaiah 43:28</a> Therefore I have profaned the princes of the sanctuary, and have given Jacob to the curse, and Israel to reproaches.the wall<a href="/nehemiah/2-17.htm">Nehemiah 2:17</a> Then said I unto them, Ye see the distress that we are in, how Jerusalem lieth waste, and the gates thereof are burned with fire: come, and let us build up the wall of Jerusalem, that we be no more a reproach.<a href="/2_kings/25-10.htm">2 Kings 25:10</a> And all the army of the Chaldees, that were with the captain of the guard, brake down the walls of Jerusalem round about.<a href="/isaiah/5-5.htm">Isaiah 5:5</a> And now go to; I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard: I will take away the hedge thereof, and it shall be eaten up; and break down the wall thereof, and it shall be trodden down:<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/ezra/9-5.htm">Affliction</a> <a href="/ezra/8-22.htm">Band</a> <a href="/ezra/10-10.htm">Broken</a> <a href="/ezra/3-6.htm">Burned</a> <a href="/ezra/8-35.htm">Burnt</a> <a href="/nehemiah/1-2.htm">Captivity</a> <a href="/ezra/5-12.htm">Destroyed</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/33-12.htm">Distress</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/8-5.htm">Doorways</a> <a href="/nehemiah/1-2.htm">Escaped</a> <a href="/ezra/9-13.htm">Evil</a> <a href="/nehemiah/1-2.htm">Exile</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/36-19.htm">Fire</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/31-2.htm">Gates</a> <a href="/ezra/10-13.htm">Great</a> <a href="/nehemiah/1-2.htm">Jerusalem</a> <a href="/nehemiah/1-2.htm">Jews</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/32-31.htm">Left</a> <a href="/ezra/8-36.htm">Province</a> <a href="/nehemiah/1-2.htm">Remnant</a> <a href="/2_kings/19-16.htm">Reproach</a> <a href="/ezra/9-7.htm">Shame</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/36-18.htm">Small</a> <a href="/nehemiah/1-2.htm">Survived</a> <a href="/ezra/1-4.htm">Survivors</a> <a href="/ezra/10-14.htm">Thereof</a> <a href="/ezra/4-22.htm">Trouble</a> <a href="/ezra/9-9.htm">Wall</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/nehemiah/9-9.htm">Affliction</a> <a href="/job/12-18.htm">Band</a> <a href="/nehemiah/2-13.htm">Broken</a> <a href="/nehemiah/2-3.htm">Burned</a> <a href="/nehemiah/10-33.htm">Burnt</a> <a href="/nehemiah/4-4.htm">Captivity</a> <a href="/nehemiah/2-3.htm">Destroyed</a> <a href="/nehemiah/2-17.htm">Distress</a> <a href="/nehemiah/2-3.htm">Doorways</a> <a href="/job/1-15.htm">Escaped</a> <a href="/nehemiah/2-10.htm">Evil</a> <a href="/nehemiah/7-6.htm">Exile</a> <a href="/nehemiah/2-3.htm">Fire</a> <a href="/nehemiah/2-3.htm">Gates</a> <a href="/nehemiah/1-5.htm">Great</a> <a href="/nehemiah/2-11.htm">Jerusalem</a> <a href="/nehemiah/2-16.htm">Jews</a> <a href="/isaiah/9-20.htm">Left</a> <a href="/nehemiah/2-7.htm">Province</a> <a href="/job/20-21.htm">Remnant</a> <a href="/nehemiah/2-17.htm">Reproach</a> <a href="/nehemiah/4-4.htm">Shame</a> <a href="/nehemiah/7-4.htm">Small</a> <a href="/psalms/106-11.htm">Survived</a> <a href="/job/27-15.htm">Survivors</a> <a href="/nehemiah/2-3.htm">Thereof</a> <a href="/nehemiah/2-17.htm">Trouble</a> <a href="/nehemiah/2-8.htm">Wall</a><div class="vheading2">Nehemiah 1</div>1. <a href="/nehemiah/1-1.htm">Nehemiah, understanding by Hanani the misery of Jerusalem, mourns, fasts, and prays</a> 5. <a href="/nehemiah/1-5.htm">His prayer</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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It sets the stage for Nehemiah's response and subsequent actions. The use of "they" indicates a group of people, possibly fellow Jews who had returned from Jerusalem, emphasizing the communal nature of the Jewish people during the exile.The remnant who survived the exile The term "remnant" refers to the small group of Jews who returned to Jerusalem after the Babylonian exile. This concept of a remnant is significant throughout the Bible, often symbolizing God's faithfulness in preserving a portion of His people despite judgment. The exile was a pivotal event in Jewish history, marking a period of punishment and purification, as prophesied in books like Jeremiah and Isaiah.are there in the province The "province" refers to the region of Judah, which was under Persian control at the time. This highlights the geopolitical situation of the Jews, who were living under foreign rule. The term underscores the diminished status of Judah, no longer an independent kingdom but a mere province within the vast Persian Empire.in great trouble and disgrace This phrase describes the dire situation of the Jewish remnant. "Great trouble" suggests severe hardship, while "disgrace" indicates a loss of honor and respect. This reflects the social and spiritual condition of the people, who were struggling to reestablish their identity and faith amidst external and internal challenges. The disgrace could also be seen as a consequence of their past disobedience to God.The wall of Jerusalem is broken down The broken wall symbolizes vulnerability and defenselessness. In ancient times, city walls were crucial for protection against enemies. The destruction of Jerusalem's wall, initially by the Babylonians, left the city exposed to further attacks and symbolized the broken state of the nation. This physical ruin also represents spiritual decay, as walls often symbolize separation from sin and protection by God.and its gates have been burned with fire Burned gates signify complete destruction and loss of security. Gates were not only entry points but also places of commerce and justice. Their destruction indicates a breakdown of social order and governance. The burning of the gates is a vivid image of devastation, echoing the prophecies of judgment found in books like Lamentations and Ezekiel. This destruction sets the stage for Nehemiah's mission to rebuild, which can be seen as a type of Christ's redemptive work in restoring what is broken.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/n/nehemiah.htm">Nehemiah</a> A Jewish cupbearer to the Persian king Artaxerxes, Nehemiah is deeply concerned about the welfare of Jerusalem and its people. 2. <a href="/topical/t/the_remnant.htm">The Remnant</a> The Jewish people who survived the Babylonian exile and returned to Jerusalem. They are described as being in "great trouble and disgrace." 3. <a href="/topical/j/jerusalem.htm">Jerusalem</a> The holy city of the Jewish people, which is in a state of disrepair with its walls broken and gates burned. 4. <a href="/topical/t/the_exile.htm">The Exile</a> Refers to the period when the Jews were taken captive to Babylon, a significant event in Jewish history that led to the destruction of Jerusalem. 5. <a href="/topical/t/the_wall_of_jerusalem.htm">The Wall of Jerusalem</a> Symbolizes protection and security for the city. Its destruction represents vulnerability and shame for the people.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_intercession.htm">The Importance of Intercession</a> Nehemiah's immediate response to the news is prayer. This teaches us the importance of turning to God in times of distress and seeking His guidance. <a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_leadership.htm">The Role of Leadership</a> Nehemiah's concern for Jerusalem demonstrates the heart of a true leader who is willing to take action for the welfare of others. <a href="/topical/r/rebuilding_and_restoration.htm">Rebuilding and Restoration</a> The broken walls symbolize areas in our lives that need restoration. We are called to partner with God in rebuilding what is broken. <a href="/topical/f/facing_opposition.htm">Facing Opposition</a> Just as Nehemiah faced challenges, we too will encounter opposition in our efforts to follow God's will. Perseverance and faith are crucial. <a href="/topical/c/community_and_unity.htm">Community and Unity</a> The plight of the remnant highlights the need for community support and unity in overcoming adversity.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_nehemiah_1.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Nehemiah 1</a> <a href="/q/names_of_jerusalem's_gates.htm">What are the names of Jerusalem's gates?</a> <a href="/q/nehemiah's_role_in_rebuilding_walls.htm">What was Nehemiah's role in rebuilding Jerusalem's walls?</a> <a href="/q/do_nehemiah_1_2-3's_reports_match_history.htm">In Nehemiah 1:2–3, do the reported conditions of Jerusalem’s walls and gates align with known historical or archaeological findings? </a> <a href="/q/why_would_god_allow_curses,_not_forgiveness.htm">Nehemiah 4:4–5: Why would a just and merciful God sanction curses against enemies, conflicting with later teachings of forgiveness? </a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/nehemiah/1.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(3) And they said.--Nehemiah's question and his friends answer refer first to the people and then to the city. As to the former the terms used have a deep pathos. Those who had returned to their country--now only the province--are, in the question, the Jews that had escaped; in the answer they are the Remnant that are left: both being from the captivity.In great affliction and reproach.--In distress because of the contempt of the people around. All these expressions are familiar in the prophets; but they are united here in a peculiar and affecting combination. As to the city, the report is that the walls were still "broken down": lying prostrate, with partial exceptions, as Nebuchadnezzar left them a hundred and forty-two years before (<a href="/2_kings/25-10.htm" title="And all the army of the Chaldees, that were with the captain of the guard, broke down the walls of Jerusalem round about.">2Kings 25:10</a>), and, moreover, what had not been recorded, "the gates thereof burned with fire." Though the Temple had been rebuilt, there is no valid reason for supposing that. the walls of the city had been in part restored and again demolished.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/nehemiah/1.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 3. - The wall of Jerusalem also is broken down. It has been supposed, either that the demolition of the wall here referred to was quite recent, having occurred during the space of twelve years which intervenes between the Books of Ezra and Nehemiah, or else that it belonged to a time of depression which followed shortly after the completion of the temple by Zerubbabel (Ewald, 'History of Israel,' vol. 5. pp. 120, 121, and 148, note 3, E. Tr.); but there is really no reason to believe that the demolition effected under the orders of Nebuchadnezzar (<a href="/2_kings/25-10.htm">2 Kings 25:10</a>) had ever hitherto been repaired, or the restoration of the wall even attempted. The Samaritan accusation in <a href="/ezra/4-12.htm">Ezra 4:12</a> falls short of a statement that the wall was restored, and, if it asserted the fact, would be insufficient authority for it. The supposition of Ewald, that "as soon as the city was rebuilt, the attempt would be made to fortify it" (p. 121, note 3), ignores the jealousy of the Persians and their power to step in and prevent a subject town from fortifying itself. <a href="/commentaries/nehemiah/1-3.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>And they told וַיֹּאמְרוּ֮ (way·yō·mə·rū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_559.htm">Strong's 559: </a> To utter, say me, לִי֒ (lî) Preposition | first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/.htm">Strong's Hebrew</a> “The remnant הַֽנִּשְׁאָרִ֞ים (han·niš·’ā·rîm) Article | Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7604.htm">Strong's 7604: </a> To swell up, be, redundant who אֲשֶֽׁר־ (’ă·šer-) Pronoun - relative <a href="/hebrew/strongs_834.htm">Strong's 834: </a> Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that survived נִשְׁאֲר֤וּ (niš·’ă·rū) Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7604.htm">Strong's 7604: </a> To swell up, be, redundant the exile הַשְּׁבִי֙ (haš·šə·ḇî) Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7628.htm">Strong's 7628: </a> Exiled, captured, exile, booty [are] there שָׁ֣ם (šām) Adverb <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8033.htm">Strong's 8033: </a> There, then, thither in the province, בַּמְּדִינָ֔ה (bam·mə·ḏî·nāh) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4082.htm">Strong's 4082: </a> A judgeship, jurisdiction, a district, a region in great גְדֹלָ֖ה (ḡə·ḏō·lāh) Adjective - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1419.htm">Strong's 1419: </a> Great, older, insolent trouble בְּרָעָ֥ה (bə·rā·‘āh) Preposition-b | Adjective - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7451.htm">Strong's 7451: </a> Bad, evil and disgrace. וּבְחֶרְפָּ֑ה (ū·ḇə·ḥer·pāh) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2781.htm">Strong's 2781: </a> Contumely, disgrace, the pudenda The wall וְחוֹמַ֤ת (wə·ḥō·w·maṯ) Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2346.htm">Strong's 2346: </a> A wall of protection of Jerusalem יְרוּשָׁלִַ֙ם֙ (yə·rū·šā·lim) Noun - proper - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3389.htm">Strong's 3389: </a> Jerusalem -- probably 'foundation of peace', capital city of all Israel [is] broken down, מְפֹרָ֔צֶת (mə·p̄ō·rā·ṣeṯ) Verb - Pual - Participle - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6555.htm">Strong's 6555: </a> To break through and its gates וּשְׁעָרֶ֖יהָ (ū·šə·‘ā·re·hā) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8179.htm">Strong's 8179: </a> An opening, door, gate [are burned] נִצְּת֥וּ (niṣ·ṣə·ṯū) Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3341.htm">Strong's 3341: </a> To burn, set on fire, to desolate with fire.” בָאֵֽשׁ׃ (ḇā·’êš) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_784.htm">Strong's 784: </a> A fire <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/nehemiah/1-3.htm">Nehemiah 1:3 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/nehemiah/1-3.htm">Nehemiah 1:3 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/nehemiah/1-3.htm">Nehemiah 1:3 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/nehemiah/1-3.htm">Nehemiah 1:3 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/nehemiah/1-3.htm">Nehemiah 1:3 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/nehemiah/1-3.htm">Nehemiah 1:3 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/nehemiah/1-3.htm">Nehemiah 1:3 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/nehemiah/1-3.htm">Nehemiah 1:3 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/nehemiah/1-3.htm">Nehemiah 1:3 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/nehemiah/1-3.htm">Nehemiah 1:3 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/nehemiah/1-3.htm">OT History: Nehemiah 1:3 They said to me The remnant who (Neh Ne) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/nehemiah/1-2.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Nehemiah 1:2"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Nehemiah 1:2" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/nehemiah/1-4.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Nehemiah 1:4"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Nehemiah 1:4" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>