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Nehemiah · read by Brandon Doll
23 verses, in order. Only the verses Brandon read aloud are shown.
Nehemiah 1
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Hanani, 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.Read from KJV · Nehemiah (part 1)
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And 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 are burned with fire."Read from KJV · Nehemiah (part 1)
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When I heard these words, I sat down and wept. I mourned for days, fasting and praying before the God of heaven.Read from KJV · Nehemiah (part 1)
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Then 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,Read from KJV · Nehemiah (part 1)
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let 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.Read from KJV · Nehemiah (part 1)
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We have behaved corruptly against You and have not kept the commandments, statutes, and ordinances that You gave Your servant Moses.Read from KJV · Nehemiah (part 1)
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Remember, I pray, the word that You commanded Your servant Moses when You said, 'If you are unfaithful, I will scatter you among the nations,Read from KJV · Nehemiah (part 1)
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but 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.'Read from KJV · Nehemiah (part 1)
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They are Your servants and Your people. You redeemed them by Your great power and mighty hand.Read from KJV · Nehemiah (part 1)
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O 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.)Read from KJV · Nehemiah (part 1)
Nehemiah 2
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"What is your request?" replied the king. So I prayed to the God of heavenRead from KJV · Nehemiah (part 1)
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and answered the king, "If it pleases the king, and if your servant has found favor in your sight, I ask that you send me to Judah, to the city where my fathers are buried, so that I may rebuild it."Read from KJV · Nehemiah (part 1)
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Then the king, with the queen seated beside him, asked me, "How long will your journey take, and when will you return?" So it pleased the king to send me, and I set a time.Read from KJV · Nehemiah (part 1)
Nehemiah 3
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At the Sheep Gate, Eliashib the high priest and his fellow priests began rebuilding. They dedicated it and installed its doors. After building as far as the Tower of the Hundred and the Tower of Hananel, they dedicated the wall.Read from KJV · Nehemiah (part 1)
Nehemiah 4
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before his associates and the army of Samaria, saying, "What are these feeble Jews doing? Can they restore the wall by themselves? Will they offer sacrifices? Will they complete it in a day? Can they bring these burnt stones back to life from the mounds of rubble?"Read from KJV · My rubbish - my burden
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Meanwhile, the people of Judah said: "The strength of the laborer fails, and there is so much rubble that we will never be able to rebuild the wall."Read from KJV · Nehemiah (part 2)
Nehemiah 5
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There were 150 Jews and officials at my table, besides the guests from the surrounding nations.Read from KJV · Nehemiah (part 2)
Nehemiah 8
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So Ezra read it aloud from daybreak until noon as he faced the square before the Water Gate, in front of the men and women and those who could understand. And all the people listened attentively to the Book of the Law.Read from KJV · Nehemiah (part 2)
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Ezra opened the book in full view of all the people, since he was standing above them all, and as he opened it, all the people stood up.Read from KJV · Nehemiah (part 2)
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Then Ezra blessed the LORD, the great God, and with their hands uplifted, all the people said, "Amen, Amen!" Then they bowed down and worshiped the LORD with their faces to the ground.Read from KJV · Nehemiah (part 2)
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So they read from the Book of the Law of God, explaining it and giving insight, so that the people could understand what was being read.Read from KJV · Nehemiah (part 2)
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Then Nehemiah told them, "Go and eat what is rich, drink what is sweet, and send out portions to those who have nothing prepared, since today is holy to our Lord. Do not grieve, for the joy of the LORD is your strength."Read from KJV · My rubbish - my burden
Nehemiah 9
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Those of Israelite descent separated themselves from all the foreigners, and they stood and confessed their sins and the iniquities of their fathers.Read from KJV · Nehemiah (part 2)