Nehemiah 2:17 Meaning, Study, & Commentary | NKJV

Then I said to them, “You see the distress that we are in, how Jerusalem lies waste, and its gates are burned with fire. Come and let us build the wall of Jerusalem, that we may no longer be a reproach.”

Commentaries

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century

Anglican

19th Century

Nehemiah’s cautious preliminaries.

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century

Reformed Baptist

17th Century

Then said I unto them
The priests and princes of the Jews:

you see the distress that we are in

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century

Presbyterian

17th Century

When Nehemiah had considered the matter, he told the Jews that God had put it into his heart to build the wall of Jerusalem. He does not undertake …