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Nehemiah 1 :: New American Standard Bible 2020 (NASB20)

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Nehemiah’s Grief for the Exiles

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 1:1 -

The words H1697 of Nehemiah H5166 the son H1121 of Hacaliah H2446.

Now it happened H1961 in the month H2320 Chislev H3691, in the twentieth H6242 year H8141, while I was in Susa H7800 the [fn]capitol H1002,

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 1:2 - that Hanani H2607, one H259 of my brothers H251, [fn]and some men H376 from Judah H3063 came H935; and I asked H7592 them about H5921 the Jews H3064 who had escaped H6413 [fn]and had survived H7604 the captivity H7628, and about H5921 Jerusalem H3389.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 1:3 - And they said H559 to me, “The remnant H7604 there H8033 in the province H4082 who H834 survived H7604 the captivity H7628 are in great H1419 distress H7451 and disgrace H2781, and the wall H2346 of Jerusalem H3389 is broken H6555 down H6555 and its gates H8179 have been burned H3341 with fire H784.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 1:4 -

Now when I heard H8085 these H428 words H1697, I sat H3427 down H3427 and wept H1058 and mourned H56 for days H3117; and I was fasting H6684 and praying H6419 before H6440 the God H430 of heaven H8064.

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 1:5 - I said H559, “Please H577, LORD H3068 God H430 of heaven H8064, the great H1419 and awesome H3372 God H410, who keeps H8104 the covenant H1285 and faithfulness H2617 for those who love H157 Him and keep H8104 His commandments H4687:
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 1:6 - let Your ear H241 now H4994 be attentive H7183 and Your eyes H5869 open H6605, to hear H8085 the prayer H8605 of Your servant H5650 which H834 I am praying H6419 before H6440 You now H3117, day H3119 and night H3915, on H5921 behalf H5921 of H5921 the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 Your servants H5650, confessing H3034 the sins H2403 of the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 which H834 we have committed H2398 against You; I and my father’s H1 house H1004 have sinned H2398.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 1:7 - “We have acted H2254 very H2254 corruptly H2254 against You and have not kept H8104 the commandments H4687, nor H3808 the statutes H2706, nor H3808 the ordinances H4941 which H834 You commanded H6680 Your servant H5650 Moses H4872.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 1:8 - “Remember H2142, please H4994, the word H1697 which H834 You commanded H6680 Your servant H5650 Moses H4872, saying H559, ‘If you are H4603 unfaithful H4603, I will scatter H6327 you among the peoples H5971;
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 1:9 - but if you return H7725 to Me and keep H8104 My commandments H4687 and do H6213 them, though H518 those of you who have been scattered H5080 were in the most H7097 remote H7097 part H7097 of the heavens H8064, I will gather H6908 them from there H8033 and bring H935 them to the place H4725 where H834 H8033 I have chosen H977 to have My name H8034 dwell H7931.’
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 1:10 - “They are Your servants H5650 and Your people H5971 whom H834 You redeemed H6299 by Your great H1419 power H3581 and by Your strong H2389 hand H3027.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 1:11 - “Please H577, Lord H136, may Your ear H241 be attentive H7183 to the prayer H8605 of Your servant H5650 and the prayer H8605 of Your servants H5650 who delight H2655 to [fn]revere H3372 Your name H8034, and please H4994 make H6743 Your servant H5650 successful H6743 today H3117 and grant H5414 him mercy H7356 before H6440 this H2088 man H376.”

Now I was the cupbearer H4945 to the king H4428.

NASB20 Footnotes
Or acropolis
Lit he and men
Lit who survived
Or fear
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