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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 also is broken down, and the gates of it are burned with fire.
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A Long-Standing Desolation
Commentators clarify that the broken walls and burned gates were not from a recent attack but were the lingering ruins from Nebuchadnezzar's destruction 142 years earlier. The people, described as a 'remnant,' were living in a state of prolonged affliction and shame, despised by their neighbors.
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Nehemiah
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The attempt to rebuild the wall in the time of the Pseudo-Smerdis (Ezra 4:12–24) had been stopped. It still remained in ruins. The Assy…
19th Century
Anglican
Introductory: News brought to Nehemiah concerning the sad state of Jerusalem and the people.
Baptist
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 Jerus…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And they said unto me, the remnant that are left of the captivity there in the province
Nehemiah was the Persian king's cup-bearer. When God has work to do, He will never lack instruments to do it with. Nehemiah lived at ease and in ho…
