Nehemiah 1

1 ¶ 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, words^H1697 Nehemiah^H5166 son^H1121 Hachaliah^H2446 month^H2320 Chisleu^H3691 twentieth^H6242 year^H8141 Shushan^H7800 palace^H1002 See also: Nehemiah 10:1 Zechariah 7:1 Esther 1:2 Daniel 8:2 Ezra 7:7

2 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. Hanani^H2607 one^H259 brethren^H251 came^H935 men^H582 Judah^H3063 asked^H7592 Jews^H3064 escaped^H6413 left^H7604 captivity^H7628 Jerusalem^H3389 See also: Nehemiah 7:2 Ezekiel 6:9 Ezra 9:8-9 Ezra 9:14 Psalms 122:6-9

3 And they said unto me, The remnant that are left of the captivity there in the province are in great affliction and reproach: the wall of Jerusalem also is broken down, and the gates thereof are burned with fire. said^H559 remnant^H7604 left^H7604 captivity^H7628 province^H4082 great^H1419 affliction^H7451 reproach^H2781 wall^H2346 Jerusalem^H3389 down^H6555 gates^H8179 burned^H3341 fire^H784 See also: Nehemiah 2:17 2 Kings 25:10 Ezra 5:8 Nehemiah 2:3 Nehemiah 2:13

4 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 heaven, heard^H8085 words^H1697 down^H3427 wept^H1058 mourned^H56 days^H3117 fasted^H6684 prayed^H6419 before^H6440 God^H430 heaven^H8064 See also: Daniel 9:3 Psalms 137:1 Ezra 10:1 Nehemiah 2:4 Psalms 69:9-10

5 ¶ And said, I beseech thee, O LORD God of heaven, the great and terrible God, that keepeth covenant and mercy for them that love him and observe his commandments: said^H559 beseech^H577 LORD^H3068 God^H430 heaven^H8064 great^H1419 terrible^H3372 God^H410 keepeth^H8104 covenant^H1285 mercy^H2617 love^H157 observe^H8104 commandments^H4687 See also: Exodus 20:6 Daniel 9:4-19 Deuteronomy 7:21 Deuteronomy 7:9 Nehemiah 4:14

6 Let thine ear now be attentive, and thine eyes open, that thou mayest hear the prayer of thy servant, which I pray before thee now, day and night, for the children of Israel thy servants, and confess the sins of the children of Israel, which we have sinned against thee: both I and my father's house have sinned. ear^H241 attentive^H7183 eyes^H5869 open^H6605 hear^H8085 prayer^H8605 servant^H5650 pray^H6419 before^H6440 now^H3117 day^H3119 night^H3915 children^H1121 Israel^H3478 servants^H5650 confess^H3034 sins^H2403 children^H1121 Israel^H3478 sinned^H2398 father's^H1 house^H1004 sinned^H2398 See also: Daniel 9:20 Daniel 9:4 Psalms 34:15 Psalms 106:6 Daniel 9:17-18

7 We have dealt very corruptly against thee, and have not kept the commandments, nor the statutes, nor the judgments, which thou commandedst thy servant Moses. very^H2254 corruptly^H2254 kept^H8104 commandments^H4687 statutes^H2706 judgments^H4941 commandedst^H6680 servant^H5650 Moses^H4872 See also: Daniel 9:5-6 Daniel 9:11 Daniel 9:13 Psalms 106:6 Leviticus 27:34

8 Remember, I beseech thee, the word that thou commandedst thy servant Moses, saying, If ye transgress, I will scatter you abroad among the nations: Remember^H2142 word^H1697 commandedst^H6680 servant^H5650 Moses^H4872 saying^H559 transgress^H4603 abroad^H6327 nations^H5971 See also: Deuteronomy 28:64 Deuteronomy 4:25-27 Leviticus 26:33-46 1 Kings 9:6-7 Deuteronomy 32:26-28

9 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 heaven, yet will I gather them from thence, and will bring them unto the place that I have chosen to set my name there. turn^H7725 keep^H8104 commandments^H4687 do^H6213 out^H5080 part^H7097 heaven^H8064 gather^H6908 bring^H935 place^H4725 chosen^H977 set^H7931 name^H8034 See also: Jeremiah 29:11-14 Deuteronomy 30:2-5 Deuteronomy 4:29-31 Jeremiah 32:37 Leviticus 26:39-42

10 Now these are thy servants and thy people, whom thou hast redeemed by thy great power, and by thy strong hand. servants^H5650 people^H5971 redeemed^H6299 great^H1419 power^H3581 strong^H2389 hand^H3027 See also: Deuteronomy 9:29 Daniel 9:15-27 Exodus 32:11 Exodus 6:1 Exodus 13:9

11 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 mercy in the sight of this man. For I was the king's cupbearer. Lord^H136 beseech^H577 ear^H241 attentive^H7183 prayer^H8605 servant^H5650 prayer^H8605 servants^H5650 desire^H2655 fear^H3372 name^H8034 prosper^H6743 servant^H5650 day^H3117 grant^H5414 mercy^H7356 sight^H6440 man^H376 king's^H4428 cupbearer^H8248 See also: Nehemiah 1:6 Nehemiah 2:8 Nehemiah 2:1 Proverbs 21:1 Hebrews 13:18