<!--more--><div class="scripturelog_navigation"><div> &raquo; <a href="?page_id=1000000">Old Testament</a> &raquo; <a href="?page_id=1012726">Nehemiah</a> &raquo; <a href="?page_id=1012727">Chapter 1</a></div><div><span class="scripturelog_navigation_previous"><a href="?page_id=1012681">&laquo; Previous Chapter</a></span> &bull; <span class="scripturelog_navigation_next"><a href="?page_id=1012739">Next Chapter &raquo;</a></span></div></div><p><em>Nehemiah Rebuilds the Wall of Jerusalem</em></p><ul class="scripturelog_verse_list"><li class="scripturelog_verse_list_item"><a href="?page_id=1012728">1</a>. 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,</li>
<li class="scripturelog_verse_list_item"><a href="?page_id=1012729">2</a>. 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.</li>
<li class="scripturelog_verse_list_item"><a href="?page_id=1012730">3</a>. 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.</li>
<li class="scripturelog_verse_list_item"><a href="?page_id=1012731">4</a>. 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,</li>
<li class="scripturelog_verse_list_item"><a href="?page_id=1012732">5</a>. 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:</li>
<li class="scripturelog_verse_list_item"><a href="?page_id=1012733">6</a>. 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.</li>
<li class="scripturelog_verse_list_item"><a href="?page_id=1012734">7</a>. 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.</li>
<li class="scripturelog_verse_list_item"><a href="?page_id=1012735">8</a>. Remember, I beseech thee, the word that thou commandedst thy servant Moses, saying, If ye transgress, I will scatter you abroad among the nations:</li>
<li class="scripturelog_verse_list_item"><a href="?page_id=1012736">9</a>. 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.</li>
<li class="scripturelog_verse_list_item"><a href="?page_id=1012737">10</a>. Now these are thy servants and thy people, whom thou hast redeemed by thy great power, and by thy strong hand.</li>
<li class="scripturelog_verse_list_item"><a href="?page_id=1012738">11</a>. 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.</li>
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