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耶路撒冷的慘況

哈迦利亞的兒子尼希米的言行錄:亞達薛西王二十年基斯流月,我在書珊宮中, 我的一位兄弟哈拿尼和幾個人一起從猶大來到;我詢問他們關於那些從被擄逃脫的猶大餘民和關於耶路撒冷的景況。 他們對我說:“那些從被擄剩下的餘民,在猶大省那裡遭遇大患難,受到凌辱。耶路撒冷的城牆倒塌,城門也被火燒毀。”

尼希米為耶路撒冷禁食禱告

我聽見了這些事,就坐下哭泣,悲傷了好幾天,在天上的 神面前禁食禱告,

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Report from Jerusalem

The words of (A)Nehemiah the son of Hacaliah.

Now it happened in the month of (B)Chislev, (C)in the twentieth year, as I was in (D)Susa the citadel, that (E)Hanani, one of my brothers, came with certain men from Judah. And I asked them concerning the Jews who escaped, who had survived the exile, and concerning Jerusalem. And they said to me, “The remnant there in the province who had survived the exile is in great trouble and (F)shame. (G)The wall of Jerusalem is broken down, (H)and its gates are destroyed by fire.”

Nehemiah's Prayer

As soon as I heard these words I (I)sat down and wept and mourned for days, and I continued fasting and praying before the (J)God of heaven.

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