SEV Biblia, Chapter 1:3
Y me dijeron: El remanente, los que quedaron de la cautividad allí en la provincia, están en gran mal y afrenta, y el muro de Jerusalén derribado, y sus puertas quemadas a fuego.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - Nehemiah 1:3
Verse 3. The wall of Jerusalem also is broken down] This must refer to the walls, which had been rebuilt after the people returned from their captivity: for it could not refer to the walls which were broken down and levelled with the dust by Nebuchadnezzar; for to hear of this could be no news to Nehemiah.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 3. And they said unto me, the remnant that are left of the captivity there in the province , etc.] In Judea, now reduced to a province of the Persian empire: are in great affliction and reproach ; harassed and distressed, calumniated and vilified, by their enemies the Samaritans: the wall of Jerusalem also is broken down, and the gates thereof are burnt with fire ; that is, its wall and gates were in the same condition in which Nebuchadnezzar had left them, for since his times as yet they had never been set up; for this is not to be understood of what was lately done by their adversaries, which is not at all probable.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Nehemiah's distress for the misery of Jerusalem, His prayer. --Nehemiah was the Persian king's cup-bearer. When God has work to do he will never want instruments to do it with. Nehemiah lived at ease and in honour, but does not forget that he is an Israelite, and tha his brethren are in distress. He was ready to do them all the goo offices he could; and that he might know how best to do them kindness, he makes inquiries about them. We should inquire especiall concerning the state of the church and religion. Every Jerusalem of this side the heavenly one will have some defect, which will requir the help and services of its friends. Nehemiah's first application wa to God, that he might have the fuller confidence in his application to the king. Our best pleas in prayer are taken from the promise of God the word on which he has caused us to hope. Other means must be used but the effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man avails most Communion with God will best prepare us for our dealings with men. When we have intrusted our concerns to God, the mind is set at liberty; i feels satisfaction and composure, and difficulties vanish. We know tha if the affair be hurtful, he can easily hinder it; and if it be goo for us, he can as easily forward it __________________________________________________________________
Original Hebrew
ויאמרו 559 לי הנשׁארים 7604 אשׁר 834 נשׁארו 7604 מן 4480 השׁבי 7628 שׁם 8033 במדינה 4082 ברעה 7451 גדלה 1419 ובחרפה 2781 וחומת 2346 ירושׁלם 3389 מפרצת 6555 ושׁעריה 8179 נצתו 3341 באשׁ׃ 784
