Nehemiah 1:6 meaning and explanation
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.
Nehemiah 1:6, Berean Standard Bible
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Nehemiah, a Jewish exile serving as cupbearer in the Persian court at Susa, has just heard that Jerusalem's walls are broken and its people disgraced. In this prayer he asks God to watch and listen, then confesses sin on behalf of the whole nation.
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