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
7:6 These are the people 3 of the province who returned 4 from the captivity of the exiles, whom King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon had forced into exile. 5 They returned to Jerusalem and to Judah, each to his own city.
11:3 These are the provincial leaders 6 who settled in Jerusalem. (While other Israelites, the priests, the Levites, the temple attendants, and the sons of the servants of Solomon settled in the cities of Judah, each on his own property in their cities,
1 tn Heb “great.”
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.
3 tn Heb “the sons of”; KJV, ASV “the children of”; NAB “the inhabitants of.”
4 tn Heb “who were going up.”
5 tc One medieval Hebrew manuscript has “to Babylon.” Cf. Ezra 2:1.
5 tn Heb “the heads of the province.”