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Hanani, one of my brothers, arrived from Judah with another group, and I asked them about Jerusalem and about the other Jews who had returned from exile in[a] Babylonia. They told me that those who had survived and were back in the homeland[b] were in great difficulty and that the foreigners who lived nearby looked down on them. They also told me that the walls of Jerusalem were still broken down and that the gates had not been restored since the time they were burned. When I heard all this, I sat down and wept.

For several days I mourned and did not eat. I prayed to God,

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  1. Nehemiah 1:2 had returned from exile in; or had not been exiled to.
  2. Nehemiah 1:3 had survived and … homeland; or had remained in the homeland and had not gone into exile.

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