Nehemiahchapter 1
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A.The wall broken down and the gates burned with firevv. 1-3
1 These are the words of Nehemiah son of Hacaliah: In the month of Chislev, in the twentieth year, while I was in the citadel of Susa, 2 Hanani, one of my brothers, arrived with men from Judah. So I questioned them about the remnant of the Jews who had survived the exile, and also about Jerusalem. 3 And they told me, “The remnant who survived the exile are there in the province, in great trouble and disgrace. The wall of Jerusalem is broken down, and its gates are burned with fire.”
B.Nehemiah weeps, fasts, and pleads the promise made to Mosesvv. 4-11
4 When I heard these words, I sat down and wept. I mourned for days, fasting and praying before the God of heaven. 5 Then I said: “O LORD, God of heaven, the great and awesome God who keeps His covenant of loving devotion with those who love Him and keep His commandments, 6 let Your eyes be open and Your ears attentive to hear the prayer that I, Your servant, now pray before You day and night for Your servants, the Israelites. I confess the sins that we Israelites have committed against You. Both I and my father’s house have sinned. 7 We have behaved corruptly against You and have not kept the commandments, statutes, and ordinances that You gave Your servant Moses. 8 Remember, I pray, the word that You commanded Your servant Moses when You said, ‘If you are unfaithful, I will scatter you among the nations, 9 but if you return to Me and keep and practice My commandments, then even if your exiles have been banished to the farthest horizon, I will gather them from there and bring them to the place I have chosen as a dwelling for My Name.’ 10 They are Your servants and Your people. You redeemed them by Your great power and mighty hand. 11 O Lord, may Your ear be attentive to my prayer and to the prayers of Your servants who delight to revere Your name. Give Your servant success this day, I pray, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man.” (At that time I was the cupbearer to the king.)
Chapter summary
In Chislev, in Shushan the palace, Hanani comes from Judah with the report that breaks the book open: '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.' Nehemiah sat down and wept, and mourned certain days, fasting and praying before the God of heaven: confessing the sins of Israel and of his own father's house, then pleading the word given to Moses: scattering for trespass, gathering for return, even from the uttermost part of the heavens.
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Chapter summary
In Chislev, in Shushan the palace, Hanani comes from Judah with the report that breaks the book open: '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.' Nehemiah sat down and wept, and mourned certain days, fasting and praying before the God of heaven: confessing the sins of Israel and of his own father's house, then pleading the word given to Moses: scattering for trespass, gathering for return, even from the uttermost part of the heavens.
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In Chislev, in Shushan the palace, Hanani comes from Judah with the report that breaks the book open: '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.' Nehemiah sat down and wept, and mourned certain days, fasting and praying before the God of heaven: confessing the sins of Israel and of his own father's house, then pleading the word given to Moses: scattering for trespass, gathering for return, even from the uttermost part of the heavens. 'Prosper, I pray thee, thy servant this day.' The last line sets it all up: 'Now I was cupbearer to the king.'
Drawn from Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory, Matthew Henry, Complete Commentary and John Wesley, Notes on the Old Testament.
Context
History · Nehemiah — Nehemiah overview
- A. 1–3 The wall broken down and the gates burned with fire
- B. 4–11 Nehemiah weeps, fasts, and pleads the promise made to Moses
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- Daniel 9:3So I turned my attention to the Lord God to seek Him by prayer and petition, with fasting, sackcloth, and ashes.
- Daniel 9:4And I prayed to the LORD my God and confessed, “O, Lord, the great and awesome God, who keeps His covenant of loving devotion to those who love Him and keep His commandments,
- Daniel 9:5we have sinned and done wrong. We have acted wickedly and rebelled. We have turned away from Your commandments and ordinances.
- Daniel 9:11All Israel has transgressed Your law and turned away, refusing to obey Your voice; so the oath and the curse written in the Law of Moses the servant of God has been poured out on us, because we have sinned against You.
- Daniel 9:13Just as it is written in the Law of Moses, all this disaster has come upon us, yet we have not sought the favor of the LORD our God by turning from our iniquities and giving attention to Your truth.
- Daniel 9:15Now, O Lord our God, who brought Your people out of the land of Egypt with a mighty hand, and who made for Yourself a name renowned to this day, we have sinned; we have acted wickedly.
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- Nehemiah 2:17Then I said to them, “You see the trouble we are in. Jerusalem lies in ruins, and its gates have been burned down. Come, let us rebuild the wall of Jerusalem, so that we will no longer be a disgrace.”
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Ezekiel 61 verse
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