Nehemiah 1

1The words of Nehemiah the son of Hacaliah. Now in the month Chislev, in the twentieth year, as I was in Susa the palace,Cross-references: Ezra 7:7 · Ezra 10:9 · Neh 2:1 · Neh 10:1 · Esth 1:2 · Esth 3:15 · +2 more

2Hanani, one of my brothers, came, he and certain men out of Judah; and I asked them about the Jews who had escaped, who were left of the captivity, and concerning Jerusalem.Cross-references: Ezra 9:8 · Ezra 9:14 · Neh 7:2 · Ps 122:6 · Ps 137:5 · Jer 44:14 · +3 more

3They said to me, “The remnant who are left of the captivity there in the province are in great affliction and reproach. The wall of Jerusalem is also broken down, and its gates are burned with fire.”Cross-references: 1Ki 9:7 · 2Ki 25:10 · Ezra 2:1 · Ezra 5:8 · Neh 2:3 · Neh 2:13 · +22 more

4When I heard these words, I sat down and wept, and mourned several days; and I fasted and prayed before the God of heaven,Cross-references: 1Sam 4:17 · Ezra 5:11 · Ezra 9:3 · Ezra 10:1 · Neh 2:4 · Ps 69:9 · +7 more

5and said, “I beg you, Yahweh, the God of heaven, the great and awesome God who keeps covenant and loving kindness with those who love him and keep his commandments,Cross-references: Ex 20:6 · Deut 7:9 · Deut 7:21 · 1Ki 8:23 · 1Chr 17:21 · Neh 4:14 · +4 more

6let your ear now be attentive and your eyes open, that you may listen to the prayer of your servant which I pray before you at this time, day and night, for the children of Israel your servants, while I confess the sins of the children of Israel which we have sinned against you. Yes, I and my father’s house have sinned.Cross-references: 1Sam 15:11 · 1Ki 8:28 · 2Chr 6:40 · 2Chr 28:10 · 2Chr 29:6 · Ezra 9:6 · +21 more

7We have dealt very corruptly against you, and have not kept the commandments, nor the statutes, nor the ordinances, which you commanded your servant Moses.Cross-references: Lev 27:34 · Deut 4:1 · Deut 4:5 · Deut 5:1 · Deut 6:1 · Deut 28:14 · +15 more

8“Remember, I beg you, the word that you commanded your servant Moses, saying, ‘If you trespass, I will scatter you among the peoples;Cross-references: Lev 26:33 · Deut 4:25 · Deut 28:64 · Deut 32:26 · 1Ki 9:6 · Ps 119:49 · +1 more

9but if you return to me, and keep my commandments and do them, though your outcasts were in the uttermost part of the heavens, yet I will gather them from there, and will bring them to the place that I have chosen, to cause my name to dwell there.’Cross-references: Lev 26:39 · Deut 4:29 · Deut 12:5 · Deut 12:21 · Deut 30:2 · 1Ki 9:3 · +14 more

10“Now these are your servants and your people, whom you have redeemed by your great power and by your strong hand.Cross-references: Ex 6:1 · Ex 13:9 · Ex 15:13 · Ex 32:11 · Deut 9:29 · Deut 15:15 · +5 more

11Lord, I beg you, let your ear be attentive now to the prayer of your servant, and to the prayer of your servants who delight to fear your name; and please prosper your servant today, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man.” Now I was cup bearer to the king.Cross-references: Gen 32:11 · Gen 32:28 · Gen 40:2 · Gen 40:9 · Gen 40:21 · Gen 40:23 · +14 more