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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Nehemiah 1 GNT</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/nehemiah/1.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="/bmcc/nehemiah/1-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="//biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">GNT</a> > Nehemiah 1</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../ezra/10.htm" title="Ezra 10">◄</a> Nehemiah 1 <a href="../nehemiah/2.htm" title="Nehemiah 2">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Good News Translation</div><div class="chap"><p class="par"><span class="v16_1_1"><span class="reftext" id="Neh.1.1" class="v16_1_1">1</span>This is the account of what Nehemiah son of Hacaliah accomplished.</span></p><h3 class="s">Nehemiah's Concern for Jerusalem</h3><p class="par"><span class="v16_1_1">In the month of Kislev in the twentieth year that Artaxerxes was emperor of Persia, I, Nehemiah, was in Susa, the capital city. </span><span class="v16_1_2"><span class="reftext" id="Neh.1.2" class="v16_1_2">2</span>Hanani, one of my brothers, arrived from Judah with another group, and I asked them about Jerusalem and about the other Jews who had returned from exile in<a href="#fn" id="link_Neh.1.2!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> Babylonia. </span><span class="v16_1_3"><span class="reftext" id="Neh.1.3" class="v16_1_3">3</span>They told me that those who had survived and were back in the homeland<a href="#fn" id="link_Neh.1.3!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> were in great difficulty and that the foreigners who lived nearby looked down on them. They also told me that the walls of Jerusalem were still broken down and that the gates had not been restored since the time they were burned. </span><span class="v16_1_4"><span class="reftext" id="Neh.1.4" class="v16_1_4">4</span>When I heard all this, I sat down and wept.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v16_1_4">For several days I mourned and did not eat. I prayed to God, </span><span class="v16_1_5"><span class="reftext" id="Neh.1.5" class="v16_1_5">5</span>“<span class="nd">Lord</span> God of Heaven! You are great, and we stand in fear of you. You faithfully keep your covenant with those who love you and do what you command. </span><span class="v16_1_6"><span class="reftext" id="Neh.1.6" class="v16_1_6">6</span>Look at me, <span class="nd">Lord</span>, and hear my prayer, as I pray day and night for your servants, the people of Israel. I confess that we, the people of Israel, have sinned. My ancestors and I have sinned. </span><span class="v16_1_7"><span class="reftext" id="Neh.1.7" class="v16_1_7">7</span>We have acted wickedly against you and have not done what you commanded. We have not kept the laws which you gave us through Moses, your servant. </span><span class="v16_1_8"><span class="reftext" id="Neh.1.8" class="v16_1_8">8</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Neh.1.8!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> Remember now what you told Moses: ‘If you people of Israel are unfaithful to me, I will scatter you among the other nations. </span><span class="v16_1_9"><span class="reftext" id="Neh.1.9" class="v16_1_9">9</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Neh.1.9!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> But then if you turn back to me and do what I have commanded you, I will bring you back to the place where I have chosen to be worshiped, even though you are scattered to the ends of the earth.’</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v16_1_10"><span class="reftext" id="Neh.1.10" class="v16_1_10">10</span>“Lord, these are your servants, your own people. You rescued them by your great power and strength. </span><span class="v16_1_11"><span class="reftext" id="Neh.1.11" class="v16_1_11">11</span>Listen now to my prayer and to the prayers of all your other servants who want to honor you. Give me success today and make the emperor merciful to me.”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v16_1_11">In those days I was the emperor's wine steward.</span></p><a name="fn"></a><br /><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:<br /><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">1.2: </char><char style="fq" closed="false">had returned from exile in; </char><char style="ft" closed="false">or </char><char style="fq" closed="false">had not been exiled to.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">1.3: </char><char style="fq" closed="false">had survived and … homeland; </char><char style="ft" closed="false">or </char><char style="fq" closed="false">had remained in the homeland and had not gone into exile.</char></note></div></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div align="center"><p><span style="font-size:11pt;">Good News Translation® (Today’s English Version, Second Edition)</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt;">© 1992 American Bible Society. 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