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"Please pay careful attention to my prayer. See how your people are suffering. Please listen to me. I'm praying to you day and night. I'm praying for the people of Israel. We Israelites have committed sins against you. All of us admit it. I and my family have also sinned against you.
Reference
Greek: ἀρέσκω (aréskō)
to be agreeable (or by implication, to seek to be so)
Hebrew: meker
merchandise; also value
Hebrew: chăshach
to be necessary (from the idea of convenience) or (transitively) to need
Greek: δέησις (déēsis)
a petition
Hebrew: tᵉphillâh
intercession, supplication; by implication, a hymn
Greek: ἱστορέω (historéō)
to be knowing (learned), i.e. (by implication) to visit for information (interview)
Hebrew: râʼeh
seeing, i.e. experiencing
Greek: πῶς (pōs)
an interrogative particle of manner; in what way? (sometimes the question is indirect, how?); also as exclamation, how much!
Hebrew: ʼay
where? hence how?
Greek: δῆμος (dēmos)
the public (as bound together socially)
Hebrew: ʻam
{a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock}
Greek: ἐστί (estí)
he (she or it) is; also (with neuter plural) they are
Greek: ἀρέσκω (aréskō)
to be agreeable (or by implication, to seek to be so)
Greek: ἐμαυτοῦ (emautoû)
of myself so likewise the dative case , and accusative case
Greek: μέ (mé)
me
Hebrew: ʼănâʼ
I
Greek: ὥρα (hṓra)
an "hour" (literally or figuratively)
Greek: καίγε (kaíge)
and at least (or even, indeed)
Hebrew: kîy
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
Hebrew: lêylᵉyâʼ
{Lael an Israelite}
Greek: μέ (mé)
me
Hebrew: ʼănâʼ
I
Greek: ἀντί (antí)
opposite, i.e. instead or because of (rarely in addition to)
Hebrew: bᵉmôw
in, with, by, etc.
Greek: ὁ (ho)
the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
Hebrew: ʼillêyn
these
Greek: δῆμος (dēmos)
the public (as bound together socially)
Hebrew: ʻam
{a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock}
Hebrew: Yisrᵉʼêlîy
a Jisreelite or descendant of Jisrael
Hebrew: ʼănûw
we
Greek: κατέχω (katéchō)
to hold down (fast), in various applications (literally or figuratively)
Greek: ἔμπροσθεν (émprosthen)
in front of (in place (literally or figuratively) or time)
Hebrew: ʼêth
properly, nearness (used only as a preposition or an adverb), near; hence, generally, with, by, at, among, etc.
Greek: ὅλος (hólos)
"whole" or "all", i.e. complete (in extent, amount, time or degree), especially (neuter) as noun or adverb
Hebrew: kôl
{properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)}
Greek: ἡμεῖς (hēmeîs)
we (only used when emphatic)
Hebrew: hêm
they (only used when emphatic)
Greek: μέ (mé)
me
Hebrew: ʼănâʼ
I
Greek: καίγε (kaíge)
and at least (or even, indeed)
Hebrew: kîy
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
Greek: πατριά (patriá)
paternal descent, i.e. (concretely) a group of families or a whole race (nation)
Hebrew: ʼeleph
a family; also (from the sense of yoking or taming) an ox or cow
Greek: κατέχω (katéchō)
to hold down (fast), in various applications (literally or figuratively)
Greek: δή (dḗ)
a particle of emphasis or explicitness; now, then, etc.
Hebrew: ʼôw
desire (and so probably in Proverbs 31:4); hence (by way of alternative) or, also if
Greek: ἔμπροσθεν (émprosthen)
in front of (in place (literally or figuratively) or time)
Hebrew: ʼêth
properly, nearness (used only as a preposition or an adverb), near; hence, generally, with, by, at, among, etc.
Parallel theme
Psalm 34:15
2 Chronicles 29:6
Isaiah 6:5
Luke 18:7
Prayer
Daniel 9:20
Daniel 9:4
2 Chronicles 6:40
Sin
Psalm 106:6
1 John 1:9
Lamentations 5:7
Verse Explanation
Nehemiah asked God to listen carefully to his prayer. He confessed the sins of the people of Israel, including his own family. He acknowledged that the Israelites had acted wickedly and had failed to obey God's commands, laws, and regulations given through Moses.
History
c. 445 BC. Nehemiah understood the exile and continuing difficulties in light of Israel's long history of covenant disobedience.