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Nehemiah 1:9-11
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Nehemiah 1:9-11
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9 But if you repent[a] and obey[b] my commandments and do them, then even if your dispersed people are in the most remote location,[c] I will gather them from there and bring them to the place I have chosen for my name to reside.’ 10 They are your servants and your people, whom you have redeemed by your mighty strength and by your powerful hand. 11 Please,[d] Lord, listen attentively[e] to the prayer of your servant and to the prayer of your servants who take pleasure in showing respect to[f] your name. Grant your servant success today and show compassion to me[g] in the presence of this man.”
Now[h] I was cupbearer for the king.
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- Nehemiah 1:9 tn Heb “turn to me.”
- Nehemiah 1:9 tn Heb “keep.” See the note on the word “obey” in Neh 1:5.
- Nehemiah 1:9 tn Heb “at the end of the heavens.”
- Nehemiah 1:11 tn The interjection אָנָּא (ʾannaʾ) is an emphatic term of entreaty: “please!” (BDB 58 s.v.; HALOT 69-70 s.v.). This term is normally reserved for pleas for mercy from God in life-and-death situations (2 Kgs 20:3 = Isa 38:3; Pss 116:4; 118:25; Jonah 1:14; 4:2) and for forgiveness of heinous sins that would result or have resulted in severe judgment from God (Exod 32:31; Dan 9:4; Neh 1:5, 11).
- Nehemiah 1:11 tn Heb “let your ear be attentive.”
- Nehemiah 1:11 tn Heb “fear.”
- Nehemiah 1:11 tn Heb “grant compassion.” The words “to me” are supplied in the translation for the sake of smoothness and style in English.
- Nehemiah 1:11 tn The vav (ו) on וַאֲנִי (vaʾani, “Now, I”) introduces a disjunctive parenthetical clause that provides background information to the reader.
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