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## Nehemiah 1:4-5 in Context (Verses 1–8 KJV)
 
 [1 ](/kjv/nehemiah/1/1) The words of Nehemiah the son of Hachaliah. And it came to pass in the month Chisleu, in the twentieth year, as I was in Shushan the palace,
 
 [2 ](/kjv/nehemiah/1/2) That Hanani, one of my brethren, came, he and *certain* men of Judah; and I asked them concerning the Jews that had escaped, which were left of the captivity, and concerning Jerusalem.
 
 [3 ](/kjv/nehemiah/1/3) And they said unto me, 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.
 
 [4 ](/kjv/nehemiah/1/4) ¶ 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 God of heaven,
 
 [5 ](/kjv/nehemiah/1/5) And said, I beseech thee, O LORD God of heaven, the great and terrible God, that keepeth covenant and mercy for them that love him and observe his commandments:
 
 [6 ](/kjv/nehemiah/1/6) Let thine ear now be attentive, and thine eyes open, that thou mayest hear the prayer of thy servant, which I pray before thee now, day and night, for the children of Israel thy servants, and confess the sins of the children of Israel, which we have sinned against thee: both I and my father’s house have sinned.
 
 [7 ](/kjv/nehemiah/1/7) We have dealt very corruptly against thee, and have not kept the commandments, nor the statutes, nor the judgments, which thou commandedst thy servant Moses.
 
 [8 ](/kjv/nehemiah/1/8) Remember, I beseech thee, the word that thou commandedst thy servant Moses, saying, *If* ye transgress, I will scatter you abroad among the nations:
 
[Ezra 10](/kjv/ezra/10) [Nehemiah 2](/kjv/nehemiah/2)

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