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Nehemiah 1:3

Nehemiah 1:3

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the province: Nehemiah 7:6, Nehemiah 11:3; Ezra 2:1, Ezra 5:8; Esther 1:1

in great: Nehemiah 9:36-37; Psalms 44:11-14, Psalms 137:1-3; Isaiah 32:9-14; Lamentations 1:7, Lamentations 3:61, Lamentations 5:1

reproach: 1 Kings 9:7; Psalms 79:4; Isaiah 43:28; Jeremiah 24:9, Jeremiah 29:18, Jeremiah 42:18, Jeremiah 44:8-12

the wall: Nehemiah 2:17; 2 Kings 25:10; Isaiah 5:5, Isaiah 64:10-11; Jeremiah 5:10, Jeremiah 39:8, Jeremiah 52:14

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