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In This Chapter 7 people 10 places 59 terms

People

Israel 4 Nehemiah 2 Hacaliah 2 Moses 2 Hanani (Nehemiah 1:2) Jacob (Patriarch) Jeshurun (Israel)

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    Key Terms

    Love 5 Fear 4 Guilt (State) 4 Kindness (Solidarity) 3 Covenant 2 To Admit 2 Sin 2 Be Unfaithful 2 To Redeem (Deliver) 2 Fear (State) Awe (State) Fear (Terror) Fear (Reverence) Fear (Awe) Fearful Respect Respect (Among People) Covenant (NT) Covenant of Salt Be Kind Kindness (Benevolence) Kindness (Graciousness) Kindness (Affection) To Love Love (Appreciation) Repent Repentance Change One's Mind To Sin Transgression Sin (Act) Sin (Incur Guilt) Guilty (Responsible) Guilt (Consequence) Guiltiness Trespass (Sin) Sinful Sin (Offense) To Stand Guilty Sin (Guilty) Sin (Wrongdoing) Guilty Considered Guilty Guilty Of Sin Previously Sin Against Decree Fixed Allowance Fixed Quota Unfaithfulness Faithless Unfaithful Redeem To Redeem (Liberate) Redemption (Right) To Redeem (Substitute) Let Be Redeemed Redemption (Deliverance) Strength

    Nehemiah’s Prayer

    (Deuteronomy 30:1–10)

    ⓘ When Nehemiah heard about Jerusalem's ruins, he prayed...

    When Nehemiah heard about Jerusalem's ruins, he prayed for God's help (Nehemiah 1:1–11) and asked the king to send him to Jerusalem (2:1–8). Upon arrival, he urged the people to rebuild the city's wall (Nehemiah 2:11–20).

    1These 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, 2Hanani, 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.

    3And 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 have been burned with fire.”

    4When I heard these words, I sat down and wept. I mourned for days, fasting and praying before the God of heaven.

    ⓘ Nehemiah’s prayer includes: Praise (Nehemiah 1:5) Confession (Nehemiah...

    Nehemiah’s prayer includes:

    Nehemiah understood that Israel’s situation was not due to God failing His covenant of unfailing love. Instead, Israel’s ongoing sin led to the punishments described in the covenant.

    5Then 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, 6let 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. 7We have behaved corruptly against You and have not kept the commandments, statutes, and ordinances that You gave Your servant Moses.

    ⓘ Nehemiah remembers God's curse on sin and his...

    8Remember, I pray, the word that You commanded Your servant Moses when You said, ‘If you are unfaithful, I will scatter you among the nations, 9but 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.’†

    10They are Your servants and Your people. You redeemed them by Your great power and mighty hand. 11O 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.)