Nehemiah 1:9

1:9 But if you repent and obey my commandments and do them, then even if your dispersed people are in the most remote location, I will gather them from there and bring them to the place I have chosen for my name to reside.’

Nehemiah 2:20

2:20 I responded to them by saying, “The God of heaven will prosper us. We his servants will start the rebuilding. But you have no just or ancient right in Jerusalem.”


tn Heb “turn to me.”

tn Heb “keep.” See the note on the word “obey” in Neh 1:5.

tn Heb “at the end of the heavens.”

tn Heb “will arise and build.” The idiom “arise and…” means to begin the action described by the second verb.

tn Heb “portion or right or remembrance.” The expression is probably a hendiatris: The first two nouns retain their full nominal function, while the third noun functions adjectivally (“right or remembrance” = “ancient right”).