<vn='1'>The <sn="1697">words</s> of <sn="5166">Nehemiah</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="2446">Hachaliah</s>. And it came to <sn="1961">pass</s> in the <sn="2320">month</s><sn="3691">Chisleu</s>, in the <sn="6242">twentieth</s><sn="8141">year</s>, as <sn="589">I</s><sn="1961">was</s> in <sn="7800">Shushan</s> the <sn="1002">palace</s>, </v>
<vn='2'>That <sn="2607">Hanani</s>, <sn="259">one</s> of my <sn="4480 251">brethren</s>, <sn="935">came</s>, <sn="1931">he</s> and certain <sn="376">men</s> of <sn="4480 3063">Judah</s>; and I <sn="7592">asked</s> them <sn="5921">concerning</s> the <sn="3064">Jews</s> that had <sn="6413">escaped</s>, <sn="834">which</s> were <sn="7604">left</s><sn="4480">of</s> the <sn="7628">captivity</s>, and <sn="5921">concerning</s><sn="3389">Jerusalem</s>. </v>
<vn='3'>And they <sn="559">said</s> unto me, The <sn="7604">remnant</s><sn="834">that</s> are <sn="7604">left</s><sn="4480">of</s> the <sn="7628">captivity</s><sn="8033">there</s> in the <sn="4082">province</s> are in <sn="1419">great</s><sn="7451">affliction</s> and <sn="2781">reproach</s>: the <sn="2346">wall</s> of <sn="3389">Jerusalem</s> also is broken <sn="6555">down</s>, and the <sn="8179">gates</s> thereof are <sn="3341">burned</s> with <sn="784">fire</s>. </v>
<vn='4'>And it came to <sn="1961">pass</s>, when I <sn="8085">heard</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="428">these</s><sn="1697">words</s>, that I sat <sn="3427">down</s> and <sn="1058">wept</s>, and <sn="56">mourned</s> certain <sn="3117">days</s>, and <sn="1961 6684">fasted</s>, and <sn="6419">prayed</s><sn="6440">before</s> the <sn="430">God</s> of <sn="8064">heaven</s>, </v>
<vn='5'>And <sn="559">said</s>, I <sn="577">beseech</s> thee, O <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="430">God</s> of <sn="8064">heaven</s>, the <sn="1419">great</s> and <sn="3372">terrible</s><sn="410">God</s>, that <sn="8104">keepeth</s><sn="1285">covenant</s> and <sn="2617">mercy</s> for them that <sn="157">love</s> him and <sn="8104">observe</s> his <sn="4687">commandments</s>: </v>
<vn='6'>Let thine <sn="241">ear</s><sn="4994">now</s><sn="1961">be</s><sn="7183">attentive</s>, and thine <sn="5869">eyes</s><sn="6605">open</s>, that thou mayest <sn="8085 413">hear</s> the <sn="8605">prayer</s> of thy <sn="5650">servant</s>, <sn="834">which</s><sn="595">I</s><sn="6419">pray</s><sn="6440">before</s> thee <sn="3117">now</s>, <sn="3119">day</s> and <sn="3915">night</s>, <sn="5921">for</s> the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s> thy <sn="5650">servants</s>, and <sn="3034 5921">confess</s> the <sn="2403">sins</s> of the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>, <sn="834">which</s> we have <sn="2398">sinned</s> against thee: both <sn="589">I</s> and my <sn="1">father</s> 's <sn="1004">house</s> have <sn="2398">sinned</s>. </v>
<vn='7'>We have dealt very <sn="2254 2254">corruptly</s> against thee, and have <sn="3808">not</s><sn="8104">kept</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="4687">commandments</s>, nor the <sn="2706">statutes</s>, nor the <sn="4941">judgments</s>, <sn="834">which</s> thou <sn="6680">commandedst</s><sn="*853"></s> thy <sn="5650">servant</s><sn="4872">Moses</s>. </v>
<vn='8'><sn="2142">Remember</s>, I <sn="4994">beseech</s> thee, <sn="*853"></s> the <sn="1697">word</s><sn="834">that</s> thou <sn="6680">commandedst</s><sn="*853"></s> thy <sn="5650">servant</s><sn="4872">Moses</s>, <sn="559">saying</s>, If <sn="859">ye</s><sn="4603">transgress</s>, <sn="589">I</s> will scatter you <sn="6327 *853">abroad</s> among the <sn="5971">nations</s>: </v>
<vn='9'>But if ye <sn="7725">turn</s><sn="413">unto</s> me, and <sn="8104">keep</s> my <sn="4687">commandments</s>, and <sn="6213">do</s> them; <sn="518">though</s> there <sn="1961">were</s> of you cast <sn="5080">out</s> unto the uttermost <sn="7097">part</s> of the <sn="8064">heaven</s>, yet will I <sn="6908">gather</s> them from <sn="4480 8033">thence</s>, and will <sn="935">bring</s> them <sn="413">unto</s> the <sn="4725">place</s><sn="834">that</s> I have <sn="977">chosen</s> to <sn="7931">set</s><sn="*853"></s> my <sn="8034">name</s><sn="8033">there</s>. </v>
<vn='10'>Now <sn="1992">these</s> are thy <sn="5650">servants</s> and thy <sn="5971">people</s>, <sn="834">whom</s> thou hast <sn="6299">redeemed</s> by thy <sn="1419">great</s><sn="3581">power</s>, and by thy <sn="2389">strong</s><sn="3027">hand</s>. </v>
<vn='11'>O <sn="136">Lord</s>, I <sn="577">beseech</s> thee, let <sn="4994">now</s> thine <sn="241">ear</s><sn="1961">be</s><sn="7183">attentive</s><sn="413">to</s> the <sn="8605">prayer</s> of thy <sn="5650">servant</s>, and <sn="413">to</s> the <sn="8605">prayer</s> of thy <sn="5650">servants</s>, who <sn="2655">desire</s> to <sn="3372">fear</s><sn="*853"></s> thy <sn="8034">name</s>: and <sn="6743">prosper</s>, I <sn="4994">pray</s> thee, thy <sn="5650">servant</s> this <sn="3117">day</s>, and <sn="5414">grant</s> him <sn="7356">mercy</s> in the <sn="6440">sight</s> of <sn="2088">this</s><sn="376">man</s>. For <sn="589">I</s><sn="1961">was</s> the <sn="4428">king</s> 's <sn="4945">cupbearer</s>. </v>