Nehemiah 1:7-9

New International Reader's Version

⁷ We’ve done some very evil things. We haven’t obeyed the commands, rules and laws you gave your servant Moses.

⁸ “Remember what you told him. You said, ‘If you people are not faithful, I will scatter you among the nations. ⁹ But if you return to me, I will bring you back. If you obey my commands, I will gather you together again. I will bring you back from the farthest places on earth. I will bring you to the special place where I have chosen to put my Name.’