ear. Figure of speech Anthropopatheia. App-6. Neherniah refers to Leviticus 26:40-45, and 1 Kings 8:46-52.
children. sons.
sins... sinned... sinned. Hebrew. chata, '. App-44.
I. Like Daniel, he includes himself. Compare Daniel 9:3-19.
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Nehemiah 1:6
6 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 Israel thy servants, and confess the sins of the children of Israel, which we have sinned against thee: both I and my father's house have sinned.