Nehemiah 1:7-9

New Century Version

⁷ We have been wicked toward you and have not obeyed the commands, rules, and laws you gave your servant Moses.

⁸ “Remember what you taught your servant Moses, saying, ‘If you are unfaithful, I will scatter you among the nations. ⁹ But if you return to me and obey my commands, I will gather your people from the far ends of the earth. And I will bring them from captivity to where I have chosen to be worshiped.’