20 Then I replied to them, (A)“The God of heaven will make us prosper, and we his servants will arise and build, but you have no portion or right or claim[a] in Jerusalem.”

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Footnotes

  1. Nehemiah 2:20 Or memorial

Nehemiah's Prayer

As soon as I heard these words I (A)sat down and wept and mourned for days, and I continued fasting and praying before the (B)God of heaven. And I said, “O Lord God of heaven, (C)the great and awesome God who keeps covenant and steadfast love with those who love him and keep his commandments,

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12 (A)But because our fathers had angered the God of heaven, he (B)gave them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, the Chaldean, who destroyed this house and carried away the people to Babylonia.

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18 (A)and told them to seek mercy from the (B)God of heaven concerning this mystery, so that Daniel and his companions might not (C)be destroyed with the rest of the wise men of Babylon.

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