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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,
02 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.
03 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.
04 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,
05 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:
06 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.
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07 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.
08 Remember, I beseech thee, the word that thou
commandedst thy servant Moses, saying, If ye
transgress, I will scatter you abroad among the
nations:
09 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.
10 Now these are thy servants and thy people,
whom thou hast redeemed by thy great power, and
by thy strong hand.
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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