1The words of Nehemiah the son of Helchias. And it came to pass in the month of Casleu, in the twentieth year, as I was in the castle of Susa,

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Nehemiah 10:1, Zechariah 7:1, Nehemiah 10:1, Zechariah 7:1, Esther 1:2

2That Hanani one of my brethren came, he and some men of Juda; and I asked them concerning the Jews, that remained and were left of the captivity, and concerning Jerusalem.

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Nehemiah 7:2, Nehemiah 7:2, Ezekiel 6:9, Ezekiel 6:9, Ezra 9:8

3And they said to me: They that have remained, and are left of the captivity there in the province, are in great affliction, and reproach: and the wall of Jerusalem is broken down, and the gates thereof are burnt with fire.

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Nehemiah 2:17, Nehemiah 2:17, 2 Kings 25:10, 2 Kings 25:10, Ezra 5:8

4And when I had heard these words, I sat down, and wept, and mourned for many days: and I fasted, and prayed before the face of the God of heaven.

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Daniel 9:3, Daniel 9:3, Psalms 137:1, Ezra 10:1, Psalms 137:1

5And I said: I beseech thee, O Lord God of heaven, strong, great, and terrible, who keepest covenant and mercy with those that love thee, and keep thy commandments:

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Exodus 20:6, Exodus 20:6, Daniel 9:4, Daniel 9:19, Daniel 9:4

6Let thy ears be attentive, and thy eyes open, to hear the prayer of thy servant, which I pray before thee now, night and day, for the children of Israel thy servants: and I confess the sins of the children of Israel, by which they have sinned against thee: I and my father's house have sinned.

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Daniel 9:20, Daniel 9:20, Daniel 9:4, Daniel 9:4, Psalms 34:15

7We have been seduced by vanity, and have not kept thy commandments, and ceremonies and judgments, which thou hast commanded thy servant Moses.

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Daniel 9:5, Daniel 9:6, Daniel 9:5, Daniel 9:6, Daniel 9:11

8Remember the word that thou commandedst to Moses thy servant, saying: If you shall transgress, I will scatter you abroad among the nations:

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Deuteronomy 28:64, Deuteronomy 28:64, Deuteronomy 4:25, Deuteronomy 4:27, Deuteronomy 4:25

9But if you return to me, and keep my commandments, and do them, though you should be led away to the uttermost parts of the world, I will gather you from thence, and bring you back to the place which I have chosen for my name to dwell there.

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Jeremiah 29:11, Jeremiah 29:14, Jeremiah 29:11, Jeremiah 29:14, Deuteronomy 30:2

10And these are thy servants, and thy people: whom thou hast redeemed by thy great strength, and by thy mighty hand.

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Deuteronomy 9:29, Deuteronomy 9:29, Exodus 32:11, Daniel 9:15, Daniel 9:27

11I beseech thee, O Lord, let thy ear be attentive to the prayer of thy servant, and to the prayer of thy servants who desire to fear thy name: and direct thy servant this day, and give him mercy before this man. For I was the king's cupbearer.

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Nehemiah 1:6, Nehemiah 1:6, Nehemiah 2:8, Nehemiah 2:8, Nehemiah 2:1