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The words of ^(a)Nehemiah the son of Hacaliah. Now it happened in ^(b)the month Chislev, ^(c)in the twentieth year, while I was in ^(d)Susa the ^[a]capitol,

that ^(e)Hanani, one of my brothers, and ^[b]some men from Judah came; and I asked them concerning the Jews who had escaped and had survived the captivity, and about Jerusalem.

They said to me, "The remnant there in the ^(f)province who survived the captivity are in great distress and ^(g)reproach, and ^(h)the wall of Jerusalem is broken down and ⁽ⁱ⁾its gates are burned with fire."