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So I questioned them about the remnant of the Jews who had survived the exile, and also about Jerusalem. <A name="4"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/1-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>And they told me, “The remnant who survived the exile are there in the province, in great trouble and disgrace. The wall of Jerusalem is broken down, and its gates are burned with fire.” <A name="5"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/1-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>When I heard these words, I sat down and wept. I mourned for days, fasting and praying before the God of heaven. <A name="6"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/1-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Then I said: <p class="tab1stline">“O LORD, God of heaven, the great and awesome God who keeps His covenant of loving devotion<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">b</a></span> with those who love Him and keep His commandments, <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/1-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>let Your eyes be open and Your ears attentive to hear the prayer that I, Your servant, now pray before You day and night for Your servants, the Israelites. <p class="tab1stline"> I confess the sins that we Israelites have committed against You. Both I and my father’s house have sinned. <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/1-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>We have behaved corruptly against You and have not kept the commandments, statutes, and ordinances that You gave Your servant Moses. <A name="9"></a><p class="tab1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/1-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Remember, I pray, the word that You commanded Your servant Moses when You said, ‘If you are unfaithful, I will scatter you among the nations, <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/1-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>but if you return to Me and keep and practice My commandments, then even if your exiles have been banished to the farthest horizon,<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">c</a></span> I will gather them from there and bring them to the place I have chosen as a dwelling for My Name.’<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">d</a></span> <A name="11"></a><p class="tab1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/1-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>They are Your servants and Your people. You redeemed them by Your great power and mighty hand. <span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/1-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>O Lord, may Your ear be attentive to my prayer and to the prayers of Your servants<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">e</a></span> who delight to revere Your name. Give Your servant success this day, I pray, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man.” <p class="reg">(At that time I was the cupbearer to the king.)</p><A name="fn"></a><div id="fnlink"><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:</b><br><br><span class="fnverse">1</span> <span class="footnotesbot">a</span> <i>Chislev</i><span class="thin"> </span> is the ninth month of the Hebrew lunar calendar, usually occurring within the months of November and December.<br><span class="fnverse">5</span> <span class="footnotesbot">b</span> Forms of the Hebrew <i>chesed</i><span class="thin"> </span> are translated here and in most cases throughout the Scriptures as <i>loving devotion</i><span class="thin"> </span>; the range of meaning includes <i>love</i><span class="thin"> </span>, <i>goodness</i><span class="thin"> </span>, <i>kindness</i><span class="thin"> </span>, <i>faithfulness</i><span class="thin"> </span>, and <i>mercy</i><span class="thin"> </span>, as well as <i>loyalty to a covenant</i><span class="thin"> </span>.<br><span class="fnverse">9</span> <span class="footnotesbot">c</span> Or <i>to the extremity of the heavens</i><span class="thin"> </span><br><span class="fnverse">9</span> <span class="footnotesbot">d</span> <a href="../deuteronomy/30.htm">Deuteronomy 30:1–4</a><br><span class="fnverse">11</span> <span class="footnotesbot">e</span> Literally <i>to the prayer of Your servant and to the prayer of Your servants</i><span class="thin"> </span><br><br /></div><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Berean Bible (<a href=http://berean.bible>www.Berean.Bible</a>) <a href=http://bereanbible.com>Berean Study Bible (BSB)</a> © 2016, 2020 by <a href=http://biblehub.com>Bible Hub</a> and <a href=http://berean.bible>Berean.Bible</a>. 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