Nehemiah 1:7-11
Nehemiah 1:7
We have done terrible things to offend you and we have not kept the commandments, laws, and regulations that you gave to your servant Moses.
Nehemiah 1:8
Please remember what you told Moses when you said, ‘If you are unfaithful, I will scatter you among the nations,
Nehemiah 1:9
but if you come back to me and follow my commandments and obey them, then even if you are exiled to the ends of the earth, I will gather them together and bring them to the place I have chosen where I will be honored.
Nehemiah 1:10
They are your servants and our people. You saved them by your great power and incredible ability.
Nehemiah 1:11
Lord, please respond to my prayer and to the prayers of those who love to worship you. Please let me be successful today and make the king sympathetic to me.” I was the king's cupbearer.