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,

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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 certain men of Judah; and I asked them concerning the Jews that had escaped, which 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 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.

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

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,

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

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:

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

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.

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

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.

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

8Remember, I beseech thee, the word that thou commandedst thy servant Moses, saying, If ye 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 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.

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

10Now these are thy servants and thy people, whom thou hast redeemed by thy great power, and by thy strong hand.

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

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.

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