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we have dealt very corruptly against you, and have not kept the commandments, nor the statutes, nor the ordinances, which you commanded your servant Moses.
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A Corporate Confession
Nehemiah's prayer models a powerful form of intercession. Commentators note that he doesn't just confess the sins of his contemporaries but includes himself and his ancestors. He takes personal ownership of the nation's collective and historical failure to keep God's commandments, statutes, and ordinances, showing that true intercession involves deep empathy and identification with the community's sin.
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Nehemiah
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19th Century
Anglican
Nehemiah’s appeal to God. The prayer is a perfect example of the private and individual devotion with which the later Hebrew Scriptures abound. It …
Baptist
We have dealt very corruptly against thee, and have not kept the commandments, nor the statutes, nor the judgments, which thou commandedst thy …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
We have dealt very corruptly against you Corrupted his covenant, laws, and precepts, as well as themselves, ways, and wor…
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Presbyterian
Nehemiah was the Persian king's cup-bearer. When God has work to do, He will never lack instruments to do it with. Nehemiah lived at ease and in ho…