A day will come for rebuilding your walls; on that day your boundary will be extended.

以色列啊，日子必到，你的墙垣必重修；到那日，你的境界必开展。

你的城墙重修的日子到了！到那日，边界必扩展。

你的城墙重修的日子到了！到那日，边界必扩展。

以色列啊，终有一日你会重建自己的城墙。到那日，你必扩张自己的疆域。

必有一天，你要重建你的城墙；到那日，你的地界必扩展到远方。

以色列啊，日子必到，你的牆垣必重修；到那日，你的境界必開展。

你的城牆重修的日子到了！到那日，邊界必擴展。

你的城牆重修的日子到了！到那日，邊界必擴展。

以色列啊，終有一日你會重建自己的城牆。到那日，你必擴張自己的疆域。

必有一天，你要重建你的城牆；到那日，你的地界必擴展到遠方。

必有一日可以重建你的牆；那日你的界限必擴展到遠方。

建築牆垣之日、爾之地界廣拓、

耶和華有命、使遐邇咸歸於爾、爾之邑垣、必復建造、

爾之城垣、復建有日、是日地疆遠展、地疆遠展或作主命遠傳

The day for building your walls will come, the day for extending your boundaries.

People of Jerusalem, the time will come when your walls will be rebuilt. Land will be added to your territory.

A day for the building of your walls! In that day the boundary shall be far extended.

In that day, Israel, your cities will be rebuilt, and your borders will be extended.

It will be a day for building your walls. On that day your boundary will be extended.

In the day when your walls are to be built, In that day the decree shall go far and wide.

A day for building thy walls! in that day shall the decree be far removed.

A day will come for rebuilding your walls; on that day your boundary will be extended.

[ In] the day that thy walls are to be built,[ in] that day shall the decree be far removed.

It will be a day for rebuilding your walls; in that day your boundary will be extended.

A day to build your walls— In that day, he will extend your boundary.

In that day I will restore the fallen shelter of David: I will repair its gaps, restore its ruins, and rebuild it as in the days of old,so that they may possess the remnant of Edom and all the nations that bear my name— this is the declaration of the LORD; he will do this.Look, the days are coming— this is the LORD’s declaration— when the plowman will overtake the reaper and the one who treads grapes, the sower of seed. The mountains will drip with sweet wine, and all the hills will flow with it.I will restore the fortunes of my people Israel. They will rebuild and occupy ruined cities, plant vineyards and drink their wine, make gardens and eat their produce.I will plant them on their land, and they will never again be uprooted from the land I have given them. The LORD your God has spoken.

So we rebuilt the wall until the entire wall was joined together up to half its height, for the people had the will to keep working.

Know and understand this: From the issuing of the decree to restore and rebuild Jerusalem until an Anointed One, the ruler, will be seven weeks and sixty-two weeks. It will be rebuilt with a plaza and a moat, but in difficult times.

“ Poor Jerusalem, storm-tossed, and not comforted, I will set your stones in black mortar, and lay your foundations in lapis lazuli.

So I said to them,“ You see the trouble we are in. Jerusalem lies in ruins and its gates have been burned. Come, let’s rebuild Jerusalem’s wall, so that we will no longer be a disgrace.”

Then Tobiah the Ammonite, who was beside him, said,“ Indeed, even if a fox climbed up what they are building, he would break down their stone wall!”

Let it be known to the king that the Jews who came from you have returned to us at Jerusalem. They are rebuilding that rebellious and evil city, finishing its walls, and repairing its foundations.Let it now be known to the king that if that city is rebuilt and its walls are finished, they will not pay tribute, duty, or land tax, and the royal revenue will suffer.Since we have taken an oath of loyalty to the king, and it is not right for us to witness his dishonor, we have sent to inform the kingthat a search should be made in your predecessors’ record books. In these record books you will discover and verify that the city is a rebellious city, harmful to kings and provinces. There have been revolts in it since ancient times. That is why this city was destroyed.We advise the king that if this city is rebuilt and its walls are finished, you will not have any possession west of the Euphrates.The king sent a reply to his chief deputy Rehum, Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of their colleagues living in Samaria and elsewhere in the region west of the Euphrates River: Greetings.The letter you sent us has been translated and read in my presence.I issued a decree and a search was conducted. It was discovered that this city has had uprisings against kings since ancient times, and there have been rebellions and revolts in it.Powerful kings have also ruled over Jerusalem and exercised authority over the whole region west of the Euphrates River, and tribute, duty, and land tax were paid to them.Therefore, issue an order for these men to stop, so that this city will not be rebuilt until a further decree has been pronounced by me.See that you not neglect this matter. Otherwise, the damage will increase and the royal interests will suffer.As soon as the text of King Artaxerxes’s letter was read to Rehum, Shimshai the scribe, and their colleagues, they immediately went to the Jews in Jerusalem and forcibly stopped them.Now the construction of God’s house in Jerusalem had stopped and remained at a standstill until the second year of the reign of King Darius of Persia.

And let me have a letter written to Asaph, keeper of the king’s forest, so that he will give me timber to rebuild the gates of the temple’s fortress, the city wall, and the home where I will live.” The king granted my requests, for the gracious hand of my God was on me.

The high priest Eliashib and his fellow priests began rebuilding the Sheep Gate. They dedicated it and installed its doors. After building the wall to the Tower of the Hundred and the Tower of Hananel, they dedicated it.The men of Jericho built next to Eliashib, and next to them Zaccur son of Imri built.The sons of Hassenaah built the Fish Gate. They built it with beams and installed its doors, bolts, and bars.Next to them Meremoth son of Uriah, son of Hakkoz, made repairs. Beside them Meshullam son of Berechiah, son of Meshezabel, made repairs. Next to them Zadok son of Baana made repairs.Beside them the Tekoites made repairs, but their nobles did not lift a finger to help their supervisors.Joiada son of Paseah and Meshullam son of Besodeiah repaired the Old Gate. They built it with beams and installed its doors, bolts, and bars.Next to them the repairs were done by Melatiah the Gibeonite, Jadon the Meronothite, and the men of Gibeon and Mizpah, who were under the authority of the governor of the region west of the Euphrates River.After him Uzziel son of Harhaiah, the goldsmith, made repairs, and next to him Hananiah son of the perfumer made repairs. They restored Jerusalem as far as the Broad Wall.Next to them Rephaiah son of Hur, ruler of half the district of Jerusalem, made repairs.After them Jedaiah son of Harumaph made repairs across from his house. Next to him Hattush the son of Hashabneiah made repairs.Malchijah son of Harim and Hasshub son of Pahath-moab made repairs to another section, as well as to the Tower of the Ovens.Beside him Shallum son of Hallohesh, ruler of half the district of Jerusalem, made repairs— he and his daughters.Hanun and the inhabitants of Zanoah repaired the Valley Gate. They rebuilt it and installed its doors, bolts, and bars, and repaired five hundred yards of the wall to the Dung Gate.Malchijah son of Rechab, ruler of the district of Beth-haccherem, repaired the Dung Gate. He rebuilt it and installed its doors, bolts, and bars.Shallun son of Col-hozeh, ruler of the district of Mizpah, repaired the Fountain Gate. He rebuilt it and roofed it. Then he installed its doors, bolts, and bars. He also made repairs to the wall of the Pool of Shelah near the king’s garden, as far as the stairs that descend from the city of David.After him Nehemiah son of Azbuk, ruler of half the district of Beth-zur, made repairs up to a point opposite the tombs of David, as far as the artificial pool and the House of the Warriors.