Nehemiah 1:6 - Forerunner Commentary

Nehemiah 1:6

4 So it was, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned for many days; I was fasting and praying before the God of heaven.

5 And I said: “I pray, ^aLord God of heaven, O great and ^bawesome God, ^cYou who keep Your covenant and mercy with those who love¹ You and observe Your commandments,

6 please let Your ear be attentive and ^aYour 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 ^bconfess the sins of the children of Israel which we have sinned against You. Both my father’s house and I have sinned.

7 ^aWe have acted very corruptly against You, and have ^bnot kept the commandments, the statutes, nor the ordinances which You commanded Your servant Moses.

8 Remember, I pray, the word that You commanded Your servant Moses, saying, ^a‘If you are unfaithful, I will scatter you among the nations;

9 ^abut if you return to Me, and keep My commandments and do them, ^bthough some of you were cast out to the farthest part of the heavens, yet I will gather them from there, and bring them to the place which I have chosen as a dwelling for My name.’

10 ^aNow these are Your servants and Your people, whom You have redeemed by Your great power, and by Your strong hand.

11 O Lord, I pray, please ^alet Your ear be attentive to the prayer of Your servant, and to the prayer of Your servants who ^bdesire to fear Your name; and let Your servant prosper this day, I pray, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man.” For I was the king’s ^ccupbearer.

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Definitions of words in Nehemiah 1:6:

Against {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Before {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Day {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Day {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Ear {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Ear {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Father {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Father {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

For {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Have {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

House {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
House {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Israel {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Israel {Hitchcock's Bible Names}
Israel {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Let {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Night {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Open {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Prayer {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Prayer {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Servant {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Other definition entries containing Nehemiah 1:6:

Nehemiah {Easton's}
Intercession {I.S.B.E.}
Prayer {I.S.B.E.}

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