| 1 | Nehemiah | ||
| 1 | The words of Nehemiah the son of Hacaliah. Now it happened in the month of Chislev, in the twentieth year, as I was in Susa the capital, | NEHEMIAH. Nehemiah's concern for Jerusalem. Ne.1.1-11 | |
| 2 | that Hanani, one of my brethren, came with certain men out of Judah; and I asked them concerning the Jews that survived, who had escaped exile, and concerning Jerusalem. | ||
| 3 | And they said to me, "The survivors there in the province who escaped exile are in great trouble and shame; the wall of Jerusalem is broken down, and its gates are destroyed by fire." | ||
| 4 | When I heard these words I sat down and wept, and mourned for days; and I continued fasting and praying before the God of heaven. | ||
| 5 | And I said, " O Yahweh God of heaven, the great and terrible God who keeps covenant and steadfast love with those who love him and keep his commandments; | ||
| 6 | let your ear be attentive, and your eyes open, to hear the prayer of your servant which I now pray before you day and night for the people of Israel your servants, confessing the sins of the people of Israel, which we have sinned against you. Yea, I and my father's house have sinned. | ||
| 7 | We have acted very corruptly against you, and have not kept the commandments, the statutes, and the ordinances which you commanded your servant Moses. | ||
| 8 | Remember the word which you commanded your servant Moses, saying, 'If you are unfaithful, I will scatter you among the peoples; | ||
| 9 | but if you return to me and keep my commandments and do them, though your dispersed be under the farthest skies, I will gather them thence and bring them to the place which I have chosen, to make my name dwell there.' | ||
| 10 | They are your servants and your people, whom you have redeemed by your great power and by your strong hand. | ||
| 11 | O Yahweh, let your ear be attentive to the prayer of your servant, and to the prayer of your servants who delight to fear your name; and give success to your servant today, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man." Now I was cupbearer to the king. | ||
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