"Nehemiah Bible book"

The words of Nehemiah the son of Hachaliah.

 And it came to pass in the month of Chislev, in the twentieth year, as I was in the palace at Shushan, that Hanani one of my brethren came, he and certain men of Judah; and I asked them concerning the Jews who had escaped, who were left behind from the captivity, and concerning Jerusalem.

And they said unto me, 

“The remnant who are left behind from 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 KING YHVH (YEHOVAH) Almighty of heaven, and said: 

“I beseech thee, O KING YHVH (YEHOVAH) Almighty of heaven, the Great and fearsome Almighty God, who keeps covenant and mercy for those who love Him and observe His commandments, let Your ear now be attentive and Your eyes open, that You may hear the prayer of Your servant, which I pray before YOU now day and night for the children of Israel Your servants, and confess the sins of the children of Israel which we have sinned against You. Both I and my father’s house have sinned.

We have dealt very corruptly against You, and have not kept the commandments, nor the statutes, nor the judgments which You commanded Your servant Moses.

Remember, I beseech You, the word that You commanded Your servant Moses, saying, 

"If you transgress, I will scatter you abroad among the nations; but if you turn unto Me, and keep My commandments and do them, though there were some 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"

Now these are Your servants 

and Your people, 

whom You has redeemed 

by Your Great Power and 

by Your strong hand.

O YHVH (YEHOVAH), I beseech You, let now Your ear be attentive to the prayer of Your servant, and to the prayer of Your servants who desire to fear Your Name; and prosper, I pray YOU, Your servant this day, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man”. For I was the king’s cupbearer.

Nehemiah 1