Nehemiah 1:7-9

Expanded Bible

⁷ We have ·been wicked toward [acted corruptly against] you and have not obeyed the commands, ·rules [statutes; ordinances; requirements], and ·laws [judgments] you ·gave [commanded] your servant Moses [Ex. 19—24].

⁸ “Remember ·what you taught [the word you commanded] your servant Moses, saying, ‘If you are unfaithful, I will scatter you among the ·nations [^Lpeoples]. ⁹ But if you return to me and obey my commands [^Land do/live by them], I will gather your people from the far ends of the ·earth [^Lheavens; sky; ^Ca reference to the Babylonian exile]. And I will bring them from there to ·where [the place] I have chosen ·to be worshiped [^Lfor my name to dwell; Deut. 4:25–31; 30:1–10].’