{
 "translation": "KJV",
 "book": "Nehemiah",
 "chapter": 1,
 "verses": [
  {
   "v": 1,
   "t": "The words of Nehemiah the son of Hachaliah. And it came to pass in the month Chisleu, in the twentieth year, as I was in Shushan the palace,"
  },
  {
   "v": 2,
   "t": "That Hanani, one of my brethren, came, he and certain men of Judah; and I asked them concerning the Jews that had escaped, which were left of the captivity, and concerning Jerusalem."
  },
  {
   "v": 3,
   "t": "And they said unto me, The remnant that are left of the captivity there in the province are in great affliction and reproach: the wall of Jerusalem also is broken down, and the gates thereof are burned with fire."
  },
  {
   "v": 4,
   "t": "And it came to pass, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned certain days, and fasted, and prayed before the God of heaven,"
  },
  {
   "v": 5,
   "t": "And said, I beseech thee, O LORD God of heaven, the great and terrible God, that keepeth covenant and mercy for them that love him and observe his commandments:"
  },
  {
   "v": 6,
   "t": "Let thine ear now be attentive, and thine eyes open, that thou mayest hear the prayer of thy servant, which I pray before thee now, day and night, for the children of Israel thy servants, and confess the sins of the children of Israel, which we have sinned against thee: both I and my father's house have sinned."
  },
  {
   "v": 7,
   "t": "We have dealt very corruptly against thee, and have not kept the commandments, nor the statutes, nor the judgments, which thou commandedst thy servant Moses."
  },
  {
   "v": 8,
   "t": "Remember, I beseech thee, the word that thou commandedst thy servant Moses, saying, If ye transgress, I will scatter you abroad among the nations:"
  },
  {
   "v": 9,
   "t": "But if ye turn unto me, and keep my commandments, and do them; though there were of you cast out unto the uttermost part of the heaven, yet will I gather them from thence, and will bring them unto the place that I have chosen to set my name there."
  },
  {
   "v": 10,
   "t": "Now these are thy servants and thy people, whom thou hast redeemed by thy great power, and by thy strong hand."
  },
  {
   "v": 11,
   "t": "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 desire to fear thy name: and prosper, I pray thee, thy servant this day, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man. For I was the king's cupbearer."
  }
 ],
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 "blessing": "The Word is public domain. So is grace."
}