Nehemiah 1:1–2:5

Nehemiah 1:1–2:58 matched frames1 pivot

Read down to the center, where the pattern turns; then rise back out through its mirror.

A 1:1-2 The words of Nehemiah the son of Hachaliah...in the month Chisleu, the twentieth year...Jerusalem
- B 1:3 the wall of Jerusalem also is broken down, and the gates thereof are burned with fire
  - C 1:4 Nehemiah wept, and mourned certain days, and fasted, and prayed
    - D 1:5 God keepeth covenant and mercy for them that love him
      - E 1:6a Let thine ear now be attentive, and thine eyes open
        F 1:6b Prayer for the children of Israel thy servants
        G 1:6c-7a Confession of sins; have not kept the commandments
        H 1:7b commandedst thy servant Moses
        I 1:8 Central pivot: Remember, I beseech thee, the word
        H' 1:8b commandedst thy servant Moses
        G' 1:8c-9 keep my commandments with promise of restoration
        F' 1:10 thy servants and thy people, whom thou hast redeemed
      - E' 1:11a let now thine ear be attentive to the prayer
    - D' 1:11b grant him mercy in the sight of this man
  - C' 2:1-3a Nehemiah appears sad before the king; sorrow of heart
- B' 2:3b the city...lieth waste, and the gates thereof are consumed with fire
A' 2:4-5 Request to rebuild "the city of my fathers' sepulchres" (month Nisan, twentieth year)

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