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Nehemiah 2:3

and replied to the king, “May the king live forever! Why should I not be sad when the city where my fathers are buried lies in ruins, and its gates have been destroyed by fire?”

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ASV

And I said unto the king, Let the king live for ever: why should not my countenance be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers’ sepulchres, lieth waste, and the gates thereof are consumed with fire?

KJV

And said unto the king, Let the king live for ever: why should not my countenance be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers’ sepulchres, lieth waste, and the gates thereof are consumed with fire?

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18 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וָאֹמַ֣רva.'o.Marand I saidH559 →
לַמֶּ֔לֶךְla.Me.lekhto the kingH4428 →
הַמֶּ֖לֶךְha.Me.lekhthe kingH4428 →
לְעוֹלָ֣םle.'o.Lamfor everH5769 →
יִחְיֶ֑הyich.Yehmay he liveH2421 →
מַדּ֜וּעַma.Du.a'why?H4069 →
לֹא־lo'-notH3808 →
יֵרְע֣וּye.re.'Uwill they be sadH7489 →
פָנַ֗יfa.Naiface myH6440 →
אֲשֶׁ֨ר'a.SherthatH834 →
הָעִ֜ירha.'Irthe cityH5892 →
בֵּית־beit-[the] house ofH1004 →
קִבְר֤וֹתkiv.Rot[the] tombs ofH6913 →
אֲבֹתַי֙'a.vo.Taiancestors myH1 →
חֲרֵבָ֔הcha.re.Vah[is] desolateH2720 →
וּשְׁעָרֶ֖יהָu.she.'a.Rei.haand gates itsH8179 →
אֻכְּל֥וּ'u.ke.Luthey have been consumedH398 →
בָאֵֽשׁ׃ סva.'Eshby <the> fireH784 →

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Nehemiah 1:3And they told me, “The remnant who survived the exile are there in the province, in great trouble and disgrace. The wall of Jerusalem is broken down, and its gates are burned with fire.”1 Kings 1:31Bathsheba bowed facedown in homage to the king and said, “May my lord King David live forever!”Nehemiah 2:13So I went out at night through the Valley Gate toward the Well of the Serpent and the Dung Gate, and I inspected the walls of Jerusalem that had been broken down and the gates that had been destroyed by fire.Psalms 137:6May my tongue cling to the roof of my mouth if I do not remember you, if I do not exalt Jerusalem as my greatest joy!Daniel 2:4Then the astrologers answered the king in Aramaic, “O king, may you live forever! Tell your servants the dream, and we will give the interpretation.”Daniel 5:10Hearing the outcry of the king and his nobles, the queen entered the banquet hall. “O king, may you live forever!” she said. “Do not let your thoughts terrify you, or your face grow pale.Leviticus 26:31I will reduce your cities to rubble and lay waste your sanctuaries, and I will refuse to smell the pleasing aroma of your sacrifices.Lamentations 2:9Her gates have sunk into the ground; He has destroyed and shattered their bars. Her king and her princes are exiled among the nations, the law is no more, and even her prophets find no vision from the LORD.2 Chronicles 28:27And Ahaz rested with his fathers and was buried in the city of Jerusalem, but he was not placed in the tombs of the kings of Israel. And his son Hezekiah reigned in his place.Daniel 6:6So the administrators and satraps went together to the king and said, “O King Darius, may you live forever!2 Chronicles 21:20Jehoram was thirty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years. He died, to no one’s regret, and was buried in the City of David, but not in the tombs of the kings.2 Chronicles 32:33And Hezekiah rested with his fathers and was buried in the upper tombs of David’s descendants. All Judah and the people of Jerusalem paid him honor at his death. And his son Manasseh reigned in his place.Daniel 6:21Then Daniel replied, “O king, may you live forever!Isaiah 44:26who confirms the message of His servant and fulfills the counsel of His messengers, who says of Jerusalem, ‘She will be inhabited,’ and of the cities of Judah, ‘They will be rebuilt, and I will restore their ruins,’Psalms 137:1By the rivers of Babylon we sat and wept when we remembered Zion.Psalms 102:14For Your servants delight in her stones and take pity on her dust.Daniel 3:9saying to King Nebuchadnezzar, “O king, may you live forever!Psalms 74:3Turn Your steps to the everlasting ruins, to everything in the sanctuary the enemy has destroyed.

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Nehemiah Views the Ruins of Jerusalem's Walls — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Nehemiah Views the Ruins of Jerusalem's Walls — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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