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,
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.
Anani
Ανανι
anani
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.
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,
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:
say
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.
tell out
ἐξαγορεύω
exagoreuō
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.
loosing one from another
διαλύσει
dialysei
ordinance
προστάγματα
prostagmata
Remember,
I beseech thee, the word
that thou commandedst
thy servant
Moses,
saying,
If ye transgress,
I will scatter you abroad
among the nations:
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.
take up one’s quarters
κατασκηνῶσαι
kataskēnōsai
Now these are thy servants
and thy people,
whom thou hast redeemed
by thy great
power,
and by thy strong
hand.
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.
cup-bearer
οἰνοχόος
oinochoos
