Nehemiah:1

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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 , * 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 . * And they said unto me , The remnant that are left of the captivity there in the province [are ] in great affliction and reproach , and the wall of Jerusalem [is ] broken down , and its gates are burned with fire . * 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 the heavens * and said , I beseech thee , O LORD God of the heavens , strong , great and terrible , who keeps covenant and mercy for those that love thee and observe thy commandments ; * let thine ear now be attentive and thine eyes open , that thou may hear the prayer of thy servant , which I pray before thee now , day and night , for the sons of Israel , thy servants , and I confess the sins of the sons of Israel , with which we have sinned against thee ; both I and my father 's house have sinned . * We have dealt very corruptly against thee and have not kept the commandments nor the statutes nor the judgments , which thou didst command thy servant Moses . * Remember , I beseech thee , the word that thou didst command thy servant Moses , saying , [If ] ye transgress , I will scatter you abroad among the peoples ; * 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 heavens , [yet ] will I gather them from there and will bring them unto the place that I have chosen to cause my name to dwell there . * Now these [are ] thy servants and thy people , whom thou hast ransomed with thy great power and with thy strong hand . * 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 grace before this man . For I was the king 's cupbearer .:

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