Neh 1:3, 2:19 | ESV | STEP | And they said to me, The remnant there in the province who had survived the exile is in great trouble and shame . The wall of Jerusalem is broken down , and its gates are destroyed by fire .

Nehemiah 1:3

3 And they said to me, “The remnant there in the province who had survived the exile is in great trouble and ^ashame. ^bThe wall of Jerusalem is broken down, ^cand its gates are destroyed by fire.”

Nehemiah 2:19

19 But when Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the Ammonite servant and ^dGeshem the Arab heard of it, ^ethey jeered at us and despised us and said, “What is this thing that you are doing? ^fAre you rebelling against the king?”