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Chapter 1
- 1:1
- The words of Nehemiah the son of
Hachaliah. And it came to pass in the month Chisleu, in the twentieth
year, as I was in Shushan the palace,
- 1:2
- That Hanani, one of my brethren,
came, he and certain men of Judah; and I asked them concerning the
Jews that had escaped, which were left of the captivity, and
concerning Jerusalem.
- 1:3
- And they said unto me, The remnant
that are left of the captivity there in the province are in great
affliction and reproach: the wall of Jerusalem also is broken down,
and the gates thereof are burned with fire.
- 1:4
- And it came to pass, when I heard
these words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned certain days, and
fasted, and prayed before the God of heaven,
- 1:5
- And said, I beseech thee, O LORD
God of heaven, the great and terrible God, that keepeth covenant and
mercy for them that love him and observe his commandments:
- 1:6
- Let thine ear now be attentive,
and thine eyes open, that thou mayest hear the prayer of thy servant,
which I pray before thee now, day and night, for the children of
Israel thy servants, and confess the sins of the children of Israel,
which we have sinned against thee: both I and my father's house have
sinned.
- 1:7
- We have dealt very corruptly
against thee, and have not kept the commandments, nor the statutes,
nor the judgments, which thou commandedst thy servant Moses.
- 1:8
- Remember, I beseech thee, the word
that thou commandedst thy servant Moses, saying, If ye transgress, I
will scatter you abroad among the nations:
- 1:9
- But if ye turn unto me, and keep
my commandments, and do them; though there were of you cast out unto
the uttermost part of the heaven, yet will I gather them from thence,
and will bring them unto the place that I have chosen to set my name
there.
- 1:10
- Now these are thy servants and thy
people, whom thou hast redeemed by thy great power, and by thy strong
hand.
- 1:11
- O LORD, I beseech thee, let now
thine ear be attentive to the prayer of thy servant, and to the prayer
of thy servants, who desire to fear thy name: and prosper, I pray
thee, thy servant this day, and grant him mercy in the sight of this
man. For I was the king's cupbearer.
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