{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/dbt/nehemiah/1","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-26T23:46:29.896Z"},"reference":{"translation":"DBT","book":"Nehemiah","bookSlug":"nehemiah","chapter":1,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":null,"nextChapter":2,"totalChapters":13,"totalVerses":11},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"The words of Nehemiah the son of Hachaliah. And it came to pass in the month Chislev, in the twentieth year, as I was in Shushan the fortress,"},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"that Hanani, one of my brethren, came, he and certain men of Judah. And I asked them concerning the Jews that had escaped, who were left of the captivity, and concerning Jerusalem."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"And they said to me, Those who remain, that are left of the captivity there in the province, are in great affliction and reproach; and the wall of Jerusalem is in ruins, and its gates are burned with fire."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"And it came to pass, when I heard these words, that I sat and wept, and mourned for days, and fasted, and prayed before the God of the heavens,"},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"and said, I beseech thee, Jehovah, God of the heavens, the great and terrible God, that keepeth covenant and mercy for them that love him and keep his commandments."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"Let thine ear now be attentive, and thine eyes open, to hear the prayer of thy servant, which I pray before thee at this time, day and night, for the children of Israel thy servants, confessing the sins of the children of Israel, which we have sinned against thee: both I and my father's house have sinned."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"We have acted very perversely against thee, and have not kept the commandments, nor the statutes, nor the ordinances that thou commandedst thy servant Moses."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"Remember, I beseech thee, the word that thou commandedst thy servant Moses, saying, If ye act unfaithfully, I will scatter you among the peoples;"},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"but if ye return to me, and keep my commandments and do them, though there were of you cast out unto the uttermost part of the heavens, yet will I gather them from thence, and will bring them unto the place that I have chosen to set my name there."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"And they are thy servants and thy people, whom thou hast redeemed by thy great power and by thy strong hand."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"O Lord, I beseech thee, let now thine ear be attentive to the prayer of thy servant, and to the prayer of thy servants who delight to fear thy name; and prosper, I pray thee, thy servant this day, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man. Now I was the king's cupbearer."}],"citation":{"inline":"Nehemiah 1 (DBT)","markdown":"[Nehemiah 1](https://primebible.com/dbt/nehemiah/1)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* DBT. https://primebible.com/dbt/nehemiah/1 (accessed 2026-05-26)."}}