please let Your ear be attentive and (A)Your eyes open, that You may hear the prayer of Your servant which I pray before You now, day and night, for the children of Israel Your servants, and (B)confess the sins of the children of Israel which we have sinned against You. Both my father’s house and I have sinned. (C)We have acted very corruptly against You, and have (D)not kept the commandments, the statutes, nor the ordinances which You commanded Your servant Moses. Remember, I pray, the word that You commanded Your servant Moses, saying, (E)If you [a]are unfaithful, I will scatter you among the nations;

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  1. Nehemiah 1:8 act treacherously

let your ear be attentive and your eyes open to hear(A) the prayer(B) your servant is praying before you day and night for your servants, the people of Israel. I confess(C) the sins we Israelites, including myself and my father’s family, have committed against you. We have acted very wickedly(D) toward you. We have not obeyed the commands, decrees and laws you gave your servant Moses.

“Remember(E) the instruction you gave your servant Moses, saying, ‘If you are unfaithful, I will scatter(F) you among the nations,

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