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Nehemiah 1

1 Nehemiáh bewaileth the calamitie of Jerusalém. 5 He confesseth the sinnes of the people, and prayeth God for them.
1.The words of Nehemiáh the sonne of Hachaliáh, in the month aChisléu, in the twentieth yere, as I was in the palace of Shushán,
2.Came Hanani, one of my bbrethern, he and the men of Judáh, and I asked them concerning the Jewes that were delivered, which were of the residue of the captivitie, and concerning Jerusalém.
3.And they said unto me, The residue that are left of the captivitie there in the cprovince, are in great affliction and in reproche, and the wall of Jerusalém is broken down, and the gates thereof are burnt with fyre.
4.And when I heard these wordes, I sate down and wept, and mourned certeine dayes, and I fasted and prayed before the God of heaven,
5.And said, *O Lord God of heaven, the great and terrible God, that kepeth covenant and mercie for them that love him, and observe his commandments,
6.I pray thee, let thine eares be attent, & thine eyes open, to hear the prayer of thy servant, which I pray before thee dayly, day & night for the children of Israél thy servants, & confess the sinnes of the children of Israél, which we have sinned against thee, bothe I & my father’s house have sinned:
7.We have ^grievously sinned against thee, and have not kept the commandments, nor the statutes, nor the judgements, which thou commandedst thy servant Mosés.
8.I beseche thee, remember the worde that thou commandedst thy servant Mosés, saying, Ye wil transgresse, and I *wil scatre you aboarde among the people.
9.But if ye turne unto me, & kepe my commandements, and do them, though your scattering were to the uttermost part of the heaven, yet wil I gather you from thence and wil bring you unto the place that I have chosen, to place my Name there.
10.Now these are thy servants and thy people, whome thou hast redemed by thy great power, and by thy mighty hand.
11.O Lord, I beseche thee, let thine eare now hearken to the prayer of thy servant, and to the prayer of thy servants, who desire to dfeare thy Name, &, I pray thee, cause thy servant to prosper this day, and give him favour in the presence of ethis man: for I was the King’s butler. ible 1560

Notes

1-a.
Which contained part of November and part of December, and was their ninth month.
2-b.
A Jew as I was.
3-M.
eaning, in Judea.
5-*.
Dan. 9.4.
7-^.
Ebr., corrupted.
8-*.
Deut. 29.25-28, 30.4.
11-d.
That is, to worship you.
11-e.
To wit, the King Attahshashte 1