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Nehemiah · read by Roy Hession
23 verses, in order. Only the verses Roy read aloud are shown.
Nehemiah 1
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These 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,Read from KJV · (Rebuilding the House of the Lord) 5. the Good Hand of Our God
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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 · (Rebuilding the House of the Lord) 5. the Good Hand of Our God
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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 · (Rebuilding the House of the Lord) 5. the Good Hand of Our God
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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 · (Rebuilding the House of the Lord) 5. the Good Hand of Our God
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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 · (Rebuilding the House of the Lord) 5. the Good Hand of Our God
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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 · (Rebuilding the House of the Lord) 5. the Good Hand of Our God
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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 · (Rebuilding the House of the Lord) 5. the Good Hand of Our God
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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 · (Rebuilding the House of the Lord) 5. the Good Hand of Our God
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They are Your servants and Your people. You redeemed them by Your great power and mighty hand.Read from KJV · (Rebuilding the House of the Lord) 5. the Good Hand of Our God
Nehemiah 2
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Now in the month of Nisan, in the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes, when wine was set before him, I took the wine and gave it to the king. I had never been sad in his presence,Read from KJV · (Rebuilding the House of the Lord) 5. the Good Hand of Our God
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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 · (Rebuilding the House of the Lord) 5. the Good Hand of Our God
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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 · (Rebuilding the House of the Lord) 5. the Good Hand of Our God
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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 · (Rebuilding the House of the Lord) 5. the Good Hand of Our God
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And may I have a letter to Asaph, keeper of the king's forest, so that he will give me timber to make beams for the gates of the citadel to the temple, for the city wall, and for the house I will occupy." And because the gracious hand of my God was upon me, the king granted my requests.Read from KJV · (Rebuilding the House of the Lord) 5. the Good Hand of Our God
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Then I went to the governors west of the Euphrates and gave them the king's letters. The king had also sent army officers and cavalry with me.Read from KJV · (Rebuilding the House of the Lord) 5. the Good Hand of Our God
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After I had arrived in Jerusalem and had been there three days,Read from NASB1995 · (Rebuilding the House of the Lord) 5. the Good Hand of Our God
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I set out at night with a few men. I did not tell anyone what my God had laid on my heart to do for Jerusalem. The only animal with me was the one on which I was riding.Read from KJV · (Rebuilding the House of the Lord) 5. the Good Hand of Our God
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So I went out at night through the Valley Gate toward the Well of the Serpent and the Dung Gate, and I inspected the walls of Jerusalem that had been broken down and the gates that had been destroyed by fire.Read from KJV · (Rebuilding the House of the Lord) 5. the Good Hand of Our God
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Then I went on to the Fountain Gate and the King's Pool, but there was no room for the animal under me to get through;Read from KJV · (Rebuilding the House of the Lord) 5. the Good Hand of Our God
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so I went up the valley by night and inspected the wall. Then I headed back and reentered through the Valley Gate.Read from KJV · (Rebuilding the House of the Lord) 5. the Good Hand of Our God
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The officials did not know where I had gone or what I was doing, for I had not yet told the Jews or priests or nobles or officials or any other workers.Read from KJV · (Rebuilding the House of the Lord) 5. the Good Hand of Our God
Nehemiah 9
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They refused to listen and failed to remember the wonders You performed among them. They stiffened their necks and appointed a leader to return them to their bondage in Egypt. But You are a forgiving God, gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and rich in loving devotion, and You did not forsake them.Read from KJV · (Suffering in the Christian Life) 3. the Grace of the Chastener
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So now, our God, the great and mighty and awesome God who keeps His gracious covenant, do not view lightly all the hardship that has come upon us, and upon our kings and leaders, our priests and prophets, our ancestors and all Your people, from the days of the kings of Assyria until today.Read from KJV · (The Lord - Merciful and Gracious) 4. the Needy When He Crieth