1The 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, Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Neh 10:1Zech 7:1Esth 1:2Dan 8:2Ezra 7:7Esth 3:15Ezra 10:9Neh 2:1
2That 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. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Neh 7:2Ezek 6:9Ezek 24:26-27Ezek 7:16Ezra 9:14Ezra 9:8-9Jer 44:14Ps 122:6-9Ps 137:5-6
3And 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. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Neh 2:172 Kgs 25:10Ezra 5:8Neh 2:13Neh 2:3Neh 7:6Neh 9:36-371 Kgs 9:7Esth 1:1Ezra 2:1
4And 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, Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Dan 9:3Ps 137:1Ezra 10:1Neh 2:4Ps 102:13-14Ps 69:9-10Zeph 3:18Dan 2:18Rom 12:15Ezra 5:11-12
5And 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: Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Exod 20:6Dan 9:4-19Deut 7:21Deut 7:9Neh 4:141 Kgs 8:23Heb 6:13-18Neh 9:321 Chr 17:21Ps 47:2
6Let 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. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Dan 9:20Dan 9:4Ps 34:15Ps 106:6Dan 9:17-182 Chr 29:62 Chr 6:40Isa 6:51 John 1:9Luke 18:7
7We have dealt very corruptly against thee, and have not kept the commandments, nor the statutes, nor the judgments, which thou commandedst thy servant Moses. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Dan 9:5-6Dan 9:11Dan 9:13Ps 106:61 Kgs 2:32 Chr 25:42 Chr 27:2Deut 28:14-15Deut 4:1Deut 4:5
8Remember, I beseech thee, the word that thou commandedst thy servant Moses, saying, If ye transgress, I will scatter you abroad among the nations: Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Deut 28:64Deut 4:25-27Lev 26:33-461 Kgs 9:6-7Deut 32:26-28Luke 1:72Ps 119:49
9But 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. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Jer 29:11-14Deut 30:2-5Deut 4:29-31Jer 32:37Lev 26:39-42Deut 12:5Ezra 6:12Isa 56:8Jer 12:15Matt 24:31
10Now these are thy servants and thy people, whom thou hast redeemed by thy great power, and by thy strong hand. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Deut 9:29Dan 9:15-27Exod 32:11Deut 15:15Exod 13:9Exod 15:13Exod 6:1Isa 63:16-19Isa 64:9Ps 136:12
11O 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. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Neh 1:6Neh 2:8Neh 2:1Prov 21:1Heb 13:18Ezra 7:6Ps 130:2Ps 86:6Ezra 1:1Ezra 7:27-28