Re:Verse passage – Nehemiah 1:1–3, 11 (day three)
“The wall of Jerusalem is broken down and its gates are burned with fire.”
From the time David made Jerusalem the center of his kingdom until this news reached Nehemiah’s ears, a whole world had come and gone. The uniting of Israel, the return of the Ark, the expansion of territory, the building of the temple, the pilgrimages of the nations to the holy city to hear storied wisdom, the dark hours, the secession of ten tribes, the fall of the northern kingdom, the revivals, the faltering, the persecutions, reduction to vassal state, the destruction of the temple, deportation and captivity. By order of Cyrus, Jerusalem began to be rebuilt from the ashes, and hope had sprung to life. Now, in the bitterest turn of events, this nascent hope had died. Bad news comes. Even to those whom God loves.
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