Nehemiah 1

1 ♥ 📝 T he words^H1697 of Nehemiah^H5166 the son^H1121 of Hacaliah.^H2446 Now it came to pass in the month^H2320 Chislev,^H3691 in the twentieth^H6242 year,^H8141 as I was in Shushan^H7800 the palace,^H1002

2 ♥ 📝 that Hanani,^H2607 one^H259 of my brethren,^H251 came,^H935 he and certain men^H582 out of Judah;^H3063 and I asked^H7592 them concerning the Jews^H3064 that had escaped,^H6413 that were left^H7604 of the captivity,^H7628 and concerning Jerusalem.^H3389

3 ♥ 📝 And they said^H559 unto me, The remnant^H7604 that are left^H7604 of the captivity^H7628 there in the province^H4082 are in great^H1419 affliction^H7451 and reproach:^H2781 the wall^H2346 of Jerusalem^H3389 also is broken down,^H6555 and the gates^H8179 thereof are burned^H3341 with fire.^H784

4 ♥ 📝 And it came to pass, when I heard^H8085 these words,^H1697 that I sat down^H3427 and wept,^H1058 and mourned^H56 certain days;^H3117 and I fasted^H6684 and prayed^H6419 before^H6440 the God^H430 of heaven,^H8064

5 ♥ 📝 and said,^H559 I beseech^H577 thee, O Jehovah,^H3068 the God^H430 of heaven,^H8064 the great^H1419 and terrible^H3372 God,^H410 that keepeth^H8104 covenant^H1285 and lovingkindness^H2617 with them that love^H157 him and keep^H8104 his commandments:^H4687

6 ♥ 📝 Let thine ear^H241 now be attentive,^H7183 and thine eyes^H5869 open,^H6605 that thou mayest hearken^H8085 unto the prayer^H8605 of thy servant,^H5650 which I pray^H6419 before^H6440 thee at this time,^H3117 day^H3119 and night,^H3915 for the children^H1121 of Israel^H3478 thy servants^H5650 while I confess^H3034 the sins^H2403 of the children^H1121 of Israel,^H3478 which we have sinned^H2398 against thee. Yea, I and my father's^H1 house^H1004 have sinned:^H2398

7 ♥ 📝 we have dealt very^H2254 corruptly^H2254 against thee, and have not kept^H8104 the commandments,^H4687 nor the statutes,^H2706 nor the ordinances,^H4941 which thou commandedst^H6680 thy servant^H5650 Moses.^H4872

8 ♥ 📝 Remember,^H2142 I beseech thee, the word^H1697 that thou commandedst^H6680 thy servant^H5650 Moses,^H4872 saying,^H559 If ye trespass,^H4603 I will scatter you abroad^H6327 among the peoples:^H5971

9 ♥ 📝 but if ye return^H7725 unto me, and keep^H8104 my commandments^H4687 and do^H6213 them, though your outcasts^H5080 were in the uttermost part^H7097 of the heavens,^H8064 yet will I gather^H6908 them from thence, and will bring^H935 them unto the place^H4725 that I have chosen,^H977 to cause my name^H8034 to dwell^H7931 there.

10 ♥ 📝 Now these are thy servants^H5650 and thy people,^H5971 whom thou hast redeemed^H6299 by thy great^H1419 power,^H3581 and by thy strong^H2389 hand.^H3027

11 ♥ 📝 O Lord,^H136 I beseech^H577 thee, let now thine ear^H241 be attentive^H7183 to the prayer^H8605 of thy servant,^H5650 and to the prayer^H8605 of thy servants,^H5650 who delight^H2655 to fear^H3372 thy name;^H8034 and prosper,^H6743 I pray thee, thy servant^H5650 this day,^H3117 and grant^H5414 him mercy^H7356 in the sight^H6440 of this man.^H376 Now I was cupbearer^H8248 to the king.^H4428