Then I said to them, “You see the trouble we are in. Jerusalem lies in ruins, and its gates have been burned down. Come, let us rebuild the wall of Jerusalem, so that we will no longer be a disgrace.”Then I said to them, “You see the bad situation that we are in, how Jerusalem lies waste, and its gates are burned with fire. Come, let’s build up the wall of Jerusalem, that we won’t be disgraced.”Then said I unto them, Ye see the distress that we are in, how Jerusalem lieth waste, and the gates thereof are burned with fire: come, and let us build up the wall of Jerusalem, that we be no more a reproach.Then said I unto them, Ye see the evil case that we are in, how Jerusalem lieth waste, and the gates thereof are burned with fire: come, and let us build up the wall of Jerusalem, that we be no more a reproach.
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Let's go to verse 17 first. Then I said to them, this is Nehemiah talking. This is kind of his journal. Think about him journaling before we get to 19. Then I said to them, you see the trouble we're in. Jerusalem lies in ruins and its gates have been burned with fire. Come, let us rebuild the wall of Jerusalem and we will no longer be in disgrace. Verse 18. I also told them about the gracious hand of my God on me. What the king had said to me, they, you got it, replied, let us start rebuilding. So, begin this good work. Hmm, that's interesting. Now let's get down to verse 19, Nehemiah chapter two. But when Sanballat the Horonite, Tobiah the Amorite official, and Gishim the Arab heard about it, they mocked and ridiculed us. What is this you're doing? They asked, are you rebelling against the king? Nehemiah spoke faith to the builders. The haters spoke fear to the builders. Thirteen times in Nehemiah, when he was ambushed by the arrows of the bullies, he prayed. …
… Let me read chapter two, verse 17. Then I said to them, you see the distress that we are in, how Jerusalem lies waste and its gates are burned with fire. Come and let us build the wall of Jerusalem that we may no longer be a reproach. He was stressed out because his hometown, his home people were stressed out and troubled. He picked up that same burden. He had a burden for something to be done. He had a passion. And I'm here to tell you that God will give you a passion about something that would drive you to want to do something about it. And that's what Nehemiah did. And this is what was manifested in my own personal life when I was a teenager. I was around 14 years of age. When I was 14, I would go to church. I was in the choir. I was in the Sunbeam choir. I was a URSA. I was in Sunday school. I was actively involved in church. And I even sang in the United Voices choir as a teenager. I was 14. But my peers, my friends in church was joking, laughing, sleeping. While the pastor was preaching, they were uninterested. …
… Otherwise, I'll put it here on the screen if you want to follow along that way. Nehemiah 2, verse 17. Listen as I read it for us. Then I, Nehemiah, said to them, You see the trouble that we are in, how Jerusalem lies in ruins with its gates burned. Come, let us build the wall of Jerusalem, that we may no longer suffer derision. We jump down to chapter 3, verse 1. And then Eliashib, the high priest, rose up with his brothers, the priest, and they built the sheep gate. They consecrated it and set its doors. Verse two, and next to him, the men of Jericho built. And next to them, Zakur, the son of Emri built. Verse three, the sons of Hasenah built the fish gate. They laid its beams and set its doors, its bolts and its bars. And next to them, Merimoth, the son of Uriah, and Hachos repaired. Next to them, Ashulam, the son of Berechiah. son of Meshazabel, repaired. And next to them, Zadok, the son of Baana, repaired. …