{"book":"Nehemiah","slug":"nehemiah","ch":1,"genre":"list","sub":"Nehemiah","prev":"ezra/10","next":"nehemiah/2","verses":[{"v":1,"t":"[These are] the words of Nehemiah son of Hacaliah: In the month of Chislev, in the twentieth year, while I was in the citadel of Susa,","f":["Chislev is the ninth month of the Hebrew lunar calendar, usually occurring within the months of November and December."],"lines":[{"style":"reg","t":"[These are] the words of Nehemiah son of Hacaliah:"},{"style":"reg","t":"In the month of Chislev, in the twentieth year, while I was in the citadel of Susa,"}],"h":"Nehemiah’s Prayer","style":"reg"},{"v":2,"t":"Hanani, one of my brothers, arrived with men from Judah. So I questioned them about the remnant of the Jews who had survived the exile, and also about Jerusalem.","f":[]},{"v":3,"t":"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 have been burned with fire.”","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":4,"t":"When I heard these words, I sat down and wept. I mourned for days, fasting and praying before the God of heaven.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":5,"t":"Then I said:“ O LORD, God of heaven, the great and awesome God who keeps His covenant of loving devotion with those who love Him and keep His commandments,","f":["Forms of the Hebrew chesed are translated here and in most cases throughout the Scriptures as loving devotion; the range of meaning includes love, goodness, kindness, faithfulness, and mercy, as well as loyalty to a covenant."],"lines":[{"style":"reg","t":"Then I said:"},{"style":"tab1stline","t":"“ O LORD, God of heaven, the great and awesome God who keeps His covenant of loving devotion with those who love Him and keep His commandments,"}],"style":"reg"},{"v":6,"t":"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. I confess the sins that we Israelites have committed against You. Both I and my father’s house have sinned.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"","t":"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."},{"style":"tab1stline","t":"I confess the sins that we Israelites have committed against You. Both I and my father’s house have sinned."}],"style":"tab1stline"},{"v":7,"t":"We have behaved corruptly against You and have not kept the commandments, statutes, and ordinances that You gave Your servant Moses.","f":[]},{"v":8,"t":"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,","f":[],"style":"tab1stline"},{"v":9,"t":"but [if] you return to Me and keep and practice My commandments, then even if your exiles have been {banished} to the farthest horizon, I will gather them from there and bring them to the place I have chosen as a dwelling for My Name.’","f":["Or to the extremity of the heavens","Deuteronomy 30:1–4"]},{"v":10,"t":"They are Your servants and Your people. You redeemed them by Your great power and mighty hand.","f":[],"style":"tab1stline"},{"v":11,"t":"O Lord, may Your ear be attentive to [my] prayer and to the prayers of Your servants who delight to revere Your name. Give Your servant success this day, I pray, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man.”( At that time I was the cupbearer to the king.)","f":["Literally to the prayer of Your servant and to the prayer of Your servants"],"lines":[{"style":"","t":"O Lord, may Your ear be attentive to [my] prayer and to the prayers of Your servants who delight to revere Your name. Give Your servant success this day, I pray, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man.”"},{"style":"reg","t":"( At that time I was the cupbearer to the king.)"}],"style":"reg"}]}