Dual Panel1The words <01697> of Nehemiah <05166> the son <01121> of Hachaliah <02446>_. And it came to pass in the month <02320> Chisleu <03691>_, in the twentieth <06242> year <08141>_, as I was in Shushan <07800> the palace <01002>_,
2That Hanani <02607>_, one <0259> of my brethren <0251>_, came <0935> (8799)_, he and [certain] men <0582> of Judah <03063>_; and I asked <07592> (8799) them concerning the Jews <03064> that had escaped <06413>_, which were left <07604> (8738) of the captivity <07628>_, and concerning Jerusalem <03389>_.
3And they said <0559> (8799) unto me, The remnant <07604> (8737) that are left <07604> (8738) of the captivity <07628> there in the province <04082> [are] in great <01419> affliction <07451> and reproach <02781>_: the wall <02346> of Jerusalem <03389> also [is] broken down <06555> (8794)_, and the gates <08179> thereof are burned <03341> (8738) with fire <0784>_.
4And it came to pass, when I heard <08085> (8800) these words <01697>_, that I sat down <03427> (8804) and wept <01058> (8799)_, and mourned <056> (8691) [certain] days <03117>_, and fasted <06684> (8802)_, and prayed <06419> (8693) before <06440> the God <0430> of heaven <08064>_,
5And said <0559> (8799)_, I beseech <0577> thee, O LORD <03068> God <0430> of heaven <08064>_, the great <01419> and terrible <03372> (8737) God <0410>_, that keepeth <08104> (8802) covenant <01285> and mercy <02617> for them that love <0157> (8802) him and observe <08104> (8802) his commandments <04687>_:
6Let thine ear <0241> now be attentive <07183>_, and thine eyes <05869> open <06605> (8803)_, that thou mayest hear <08085> (8800) the prayer <08605> of thy servant <05650>_, which I pray <06419> (8693) before <06440> thee now <03117>_, day <03119> and night <03915>_, for the children <01121> of Israel <03478> thy servants <05650>_, and confess <03034> (8693) the sins <02403> of the children <01121> of Israel <03478>_, which we have sinned <02398> (8804) against thee: both I and my father's <01> house <01004> have sinned <02398> (8804)_.
7We have dealt very <02254> (8800) corruptly <02254> (8804) against thee, and have not kept <08104> (8804) the commandments <04687>_, nor the statutes <02706>_, nor the judgments <04941>_, which thou commandedst <06680> (8765) thy servant <05650> Moses <04872>_.
8Remember <02142> (8798)_, I beseech thee, the word <01697> that thou commandedst <06680> (8765) thy servant <05650> Moses <04872>_, saying <0559> (8800)_, [If] ye transgress <04603> (8799)_, I will scatter you abroad <06327> (8686) among the nations <05971>_:
9But [if] ye turn <07725> (8804) unto me, and keep <08104> (8804) my commandments <04687>_, and do <06213> (8804) them; though there were of you cast out <05080> (8737) unto the uttermost part <07097> of the heaven <08064>_, [yet] will I gather <06908> (8762) them from thence, and will bring <0935> (8689) them unto the place <04725> that I have chosen <0977> (8804) to set <07931> (8763) my name <08034> there.
10Now these [are] thy servants <05650> and thy people <05971>_, whom thou hast redeemed <06299> (8804) by thy great <01419> power <03581>_, and by thy strong <02389> hand <03027>_.
11O Lord <0136>_, I beseech <0577> thee, let now thine ear <0241> be attentive <07183> to the prayer <08605> of thy servant <05650>_, and to the prayer <08605> of thy servants <05650>_, who desire <02655> to fear <03372> (8800) thy name <08034>_: and prosper <06743> (8685)_, I pray thee, thy servant <05650> this day <03117>_, and grant <05414> (8798) him mercy <07356> in the sight <06440> of this man <0376>_. For I was the king's <04428> cupbearer <08248> (8688)_.