| 1 | The words of Nehemiah the son of Hacaliah. Now it came to pass in the month Chislev, in the twentieth year, as I was in Shushan the palace, | Ne 10:1 |
| 2 | that Hanani, one of my brethren, came, he and certain men out of Judah; and I asked them concerning the Jews that had escaped, that were left of the captivity, and concerning Jerusalem. | Ne 7:2 |
| 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. | Ne 7:6 Ne 11:3 Ezr 2:1 Ezr 5:8 Es 1:1 |
| 4 | And it came to pass, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned certain days; and I fasted and prayed before the God of heaven, | 1Sa 4:17-22 Ezr 10:1 Ps 69:9 Ps 69:10 Ps 102:13 Ps 102:14 Ps 137:1 Dn 9:3 Zep 3:18 Ro 12:15 |
| 5 | and said, I beseech thee, O Jehovah, the God of heaven, the great and terrible God, that keepeth covenant and lovingkindness with them that love him and keep his commandments: | Ne 4:14 Dt 7:21 1Ch 17:21 Ps 47:2 Dn 9:4-19 |
| 6 | Let thine ear now be attentive, and thine eyes open, that thou mayest hearken unto the prayer of thy servant, which I pray before thee at this time, day and night, for the children of Israel thy servants while I confess the sins of the children of Israel, which we have sinned against thee. Yea, I and my father`s house have sinned: | 1Ki 8:28 1Ki 8:29 2Ch 6:40 Ps 34:15 Ps 130:2 Dn 9:17 Dn 9:18 |
| 7 | we have dealt very corruptly against thee, and have not kept the commandments, nor the statutes, nor the ordinances, which thou commandedst thy servant Moses. | Ne 9:29-35 Ps 106:6 Dn 9:5 Dn 9:6 |
| 8 | Remember, I beseech thee, the word that thou commandedst thy servant Moses, saying, If ye trespass, I will scatter you abroad among the peoples: | Ps 119:49 Lk 1:72 |
| 9 | but if ye return unto me, and keep my commandments and do them, though your outcasts were in the uttermost part of the heavens, yet will I gather them from thence, and will bring them unto the place that I have chosen, to cause my name to dwell there. | Lv 26:39-42 Dt 4:29-31 Dt 30:2-5 Jer 29:11-14 |
| 10 | Now these are thy servants and thy people, whom thou hast redeemed by thy great power, and by thy strong hand. | Ex 32:11 Dt 9:29 Isa 63:16-19 Isa 64:9 Dn 9:15-27 |
| 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 delight to fear thy name; and prosper, I pray thee, thy servant this day, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man. Now I was cupbearer to the king. | Ne 1:6 Ps 86:6 Ps 130:2 |
