Neh 2:3-4, Hag 1:13 | ESV | STEP | I said to the king , Let the king live forever ! Why should not my face be sad , when the city , the place of my fathers ’ graves , lies in ruins , and its gates have been destroyed by fire ?

c ver. 20; ch. 1:4, 5; Ezra 5:12; Dan. 2:18

Nehemiah 2:3-4

3 I said to the king, ^a“Let the king live forever! Why should not my face be sad, ^bwhen the city, the place of my fathers’ graves, lies in ruins, and its gates have been destroyed by fire?” 4 Then the king said to me, “What are you requesting?” So I prayed ^cto the God of heaven.

Haggai 1:13

13 Then Haggai, the messenger of the Lord, spoke to the people with the Lord’s message, ^d“I am with you, declares the Lord.”