Nehemiah · נְחֶמְיָה

Nehemiah 2:17

וָאֹמַ֣ר אֲלֵהֶ֡ם אַתֶּ֡ם רֹאִ֡ים הָרָעָ֡ה אֲשֶׁ֣ר אֲנַ֡חְנוּ בָ֡הּ אֲשֶׁ֣ר יְרוּשָׁלִַ֡ם חֲרֵבָ֡ה וּשְׁעָרֶ֡יהָ נִצְּת֡וּ בָאֵ֡שׁ לְכ֡וּ וְנִבְנֶ֡ה אֶת חוֹמַ֣ת יְרוּשָׁלִַ֡ם וְלֹ֡א נִהְיֶ֡ה עוֹד֩ חֶרְפָּֽה׃
vaʾomar ʾalehem ʾatem roʾiym haraʿah ʾasher ʾanaḥnv bah ʾasher yrvshaliam ḥarebah vshʿareyha niṣtv baʾesh lkv vnibneh ʾet ḥvomat yrvshaliam vloʾ nihyeh ʿvod ḥerpah
King James Version (KJV)

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.

Modern English

Then I said to them: You see the trouble we are in, how Jerusalem lies in ruins with its gates burned. Come, let us build the wall of Jerusalem, that we may no longer suffer derision.

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