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The Report from the Coordinate
The words of Nachamayahu the son of Chakalyahu. And it came to pass in the month Kislew, in the twentieth year, as I was in Shushan the palace,
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That Chananiy, one of my brethren, came, he and certain men of Yahudah; and I asked them concerning the Yahudiym that had escaped, which were left of the captivity, and concerning Yarushalayim.
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And they said unto me, The remnant that are left of the captivity there in the province are in great affliction and reproach: the wall of Yarushalayim also is broken down, and the gates thereof are burned with fire.
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The Mourning and Fast of the Administrator
And it came to pass, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned certain days, and fasted, and prayed before the Alahiym of heaven,
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The Legal Appeal to the Covenant
And said, I beseech thee, O 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 Alahiym of heaven, the great and terrible Alahiym, that keepeth covenant and mercy for them that love him and observe his commandments:
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Let thine ear now be attentive, and thine eyes open, that thou mayest hear the prayer of thy servant, which I pray before thee now, day and night, for the children of Yashar'al thy servants, and confess the sins of the children of Yashar'al, which we have sinned against thee: both I and my father's house have sinned.
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We have dealt very corruptly against thee, and have not kept the commandments, nor the statutes, nor the judgments, which thou commandedst thy servant Mushah.
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The Reminder of the Prophetic Word
Remember, I beseech thee, the word that thou commandedst thy servant Mushah, saying, If ye transgress, I will scatter you abroad among the nations:
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But if ye turn unto me, and keep my commandments, and do them; though there were of you cast out unto the uttermost part of the heaven, yet will I gather them from thence, and will bring them unto the place that I have chosen to set my name there.
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Now these are thy servants and thy people, whom thou hast redeemed by thy great power, and by thy strong hand.
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O Adun, I beseech thee, let now thine ear be attentive to the prayer of thy servant, and to the prayer of thy servants, who desire to fear thy name: and prosper, I pray thee, thy servant this day, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man. For I was the king's cupbearer.