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Nehemiah · read by Greg Locke
21 verses, in order. Only the verses Greg 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 · Broken Down and Burned Out
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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 · Broken Down and Burned Out
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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 · Broken Down and Burned Out
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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 · Broken Down and Burned Out
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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 · Broken Down and Burned Out
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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 · Broken Down and Burned Out
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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 · Broken Down and Burned Out
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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 · Broken Down and Burned Out
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They are Your servants and Your people. You redeemed them by Your great power and mighty hand.Read from KJV · Broken Down and Burned Out
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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 · Broken Down and Burned Out
Nehemiah 2
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so the king said to me, "Why is your face sad, though you are not ill? This could only be sadness of the heart." I was overwhelmed with fearRead from KJV · Broken Down and Burned Out
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and replied to the king, "May the king live forever! Why should I not be sad when the city where my fathers are buried lies in ruins, and its gates have been destroyed by fire?"Read from KJV · Broken Down and Burned Out
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"What is your request?" replied the king. So I prayed to the God of heavenRead from KJV · Broken Down and Burned Out
Nehemiah 4
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When Sanballat and Tobiah, together with the Arabs, Ammonites, and Ashdodites, heard that the repair to the walls of Jerusalem was progressing and that the gaps were being closed, they were furious,Read from KJV · Broken Down and Burned Out
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and all of them conspired to come and fight against Jerusalem and create a hindrance.Read from KJV · Broken Down and Burned Out
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So we prayed to our God and posted a guard against them day and night.Read from KJV · Broken Down and Burned Out
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And our enemies said, "Before they know or see a thing, we will come into their midst, kill them, and put an end to the work."Read from KJV · Broken Down and Burned Out
Nehemiah 6
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When Sanballat, Tobiah, Geshem the Arab, and the rest of our enemies heard that I had rebuilt the wall and not a gap was left—though to that time I had not yet installed the doors in the gates—Read from KJV · Broken Down and Burned Out
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Sanballat and Geshem sent me this message: "Come, let us meet together in one of the villages on the plain of Ono." But they were planning to harm me.Read from KJV · Broken Down and Burned Out
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So I sent messengers to them, saying, "I am doing a great work and cannot come down. Why should the work stop while I leave it to go down to you?"Read from KJV · Broken Down and Burned Out
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Four times they sent me the same message, and each time I gave the same reply.Read from KJV · Broken Down and Burned Out