Nehemiah 2:3

2:3 I replied to the king, “O king, live forever! Why would I not appear dejected when the city with the graves of my ancestors ¹  lies desolate and its gates destroyed ²  by fire?”

Nehemiah 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.”

Nehemiah 10:31

10:31 We will not buy ³  on the Sabbath or on a holy day from the neighboring peoples who bring their wares and all kinds of grain to sell on the Sabbath day. We will let the fields lie fallow every seventh year, and we will cancel every loan. ⁴ 

Nehemiah 6:8

6:8 I sent word back to him, “We are not engaged in these activities you are describing. ⁵  All of this is a figment of your imagination.” ⁶ 

Nehemiah 1:3

1:3 They said to me, “The remnant that remains from the exile there in the province are experiencing considerable ⁷  adversity and reproach. The wall of Jerusalem lies breached, and its gates have been burned down!” ⁸ 

[2:3]  ¹ tn Heb “fathers” (also in v. 5).

[2:3]  ² tn Heb “devoured” or “eaten” (so also in Neh 2:13).

[10:31]  ³ tn Heb “take.”

[10:31]  ⁴ tn Heb “debt of every hand,” an idiom referring to the hand that holds legally binding contractual agreements.

[6:8]  ⁵ tn Heb “We are not according to these matters that you are saying.”

[6:8]  ⁶ tn Heb “For from your heart you are inventing them.”

[1:3]  ⁷ tn Heb “great.”

[1:3]  ⁸ 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.