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NE-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,
NE-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.
NE-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.
NE-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,
NE-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:
NE-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.
NE-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.
NE-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:
NE-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.
NE-1:10 Now these [are] thy servants and thy people, whom thou
hast redeemed by thy great power, and by thy strong hand.
NE-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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