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Then I said to them, "You see the badsituation we are in, that Jerusalem is desolate and its gatesburned by fire. Come, let us rebuild the wall of Jerusalemso that we will nolonger be a reproach."
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I told them how the hand of my God had been favorable to me and also about the king'swordswhich he had spoken to me. Then they said, "Let us arise and build." So they put their hands to the good work.