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I said, “I beseech You, O [a]Yahweh, the God of heaven, (A)the great and fearsome God, (B)who keeps the covenant and lovingkindness for those who love Him and keep His commandments, (C)let Your ear now be attentive and Your eyes open to hear the prayer of Your slave which I am praying before You today, day and night, on behalf of the sons of Israel Your slaves, (D)confessing the sins of the sons of Israel which we have sinned against You; (E)I and my father’s house have sinned. (F)We have worked in utter destruction against You and have not kept the commandments, nor the statutes, nor the judgments (G)which You commanded Your [b]servant Moses.

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Footnotes

  1. Nehemiah 1:5 The personal covenant name of God, a form of I AM WHO I AM, cf. Ex 3:14-15
  2. Nehemiah 1:7 Or slave, cf. 1:6; see Foreword, “The Terminology of Slave”