Neemias 1:5-11

5 Então eu disse:SENHOR, Deus dos céus, Deus grande e temível, fiel à aliança e misericordioso com os que te amam e obedecem aos teus mandamentos,

6 que os teus ouvidos estejam atentos e os teus olhos estejam abertos para a oração que o teu servo está fazendo diante de ti, dia e noite, em favor de teus servos, o povo de Israel. Confesso os pecados que nós, os israelitas, temos cometido contra ti. Sim, eu e o meu povo temos pecado.

7 Agimos de forma corrupta e vergonhosa contra ti. Não temos obedecido aos mandamentos, aos decretos e às leis que deste ao teu servo Moisés.

8 Lembra-te agora do que disseste a Moisés, teu servo: “Se vocês forem infiéis, eu os espalharei entre as nações,

9 mas, se voltarem para mim, obedecerem aos meus mandamentos e os puserem em prática, mesmo que vocês estejam espalhados pelos lugares mais distantes debaixo do céu, de lá eu os reunirei e os trarei para o lugar que escolhi para estabelecer o meu nome”.

10 Estes são os teus servos, o teu povo. Tu os resgataste com o teu grande poder e com o teu braço forte.

11 Senhor, que os teus ouvidos estejam atentos à oração deste teu servo e à oração dos teus servos que têm prazer em temer o teu nome. Faze com que hoje este teu servo seja bem-sucedido, concedendo-lhe a benevolência deste homem.Nessa época, eu era o copeiro do rei.

Neemias 1:5-11 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO THE BOOK OF NEHEMIAH

This book is, by the authors of the Vulgate Latin and Arabic versions, called the "Second" Book of Ezra, it being a continuation of the same history, and was by the Jews reckoned as one book with Ezra; Kimchi on Isa 9:7, calls it Ezra, so the Talmud {a}; and it has been quoted by Christian writers under his name; see the argument of the book of Ezra; but not as if it was written by him; for it is a clear case it was written by Nehemiah, whose name it bears, as appears from Ne 1:1 and throughout Nehemiah speaks of himself under the first person; and the style also is very different from that of Ezra, being plainer and easier than his. It has always had a place in the canon of Scriptures, both with Jews and Christians; and is of use to show the fulfilment of the prophecy of Zechariah, and especially of Daniel concerning the building of the wall of Jerusalem in troublesome times; to carry on the history of the Jews, and describe the state of the church in those times, what opposition was made to it, and what enemies it had, and what must be expected when any work of God is set about; it is the last of the historical books that was written, as is thought, and contains an history of the space of about twelve years, from the twentieth of Artaxerxes to the thirty second of his reign, see \Ne 1:1 2:1 13:6\.

{a} T. Bab. Succah, fol. 37. 1. & Gloss. in ib. fol. 12. 1.

\\INTRODUCTION NEHEMIAH 1\\

This chapter relates how that Nehemiah, being at Shushan in Persia, and meeting with some Jews, inquired of the state of Jerusalem, of which having a melancholy account, he betook to mourning, fasting, and prayer, Ne 1:1-4, and his prayer is recorded, Ne 1:5-11.