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# Connecting Statement:
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The prayer that Nehemiah begs Yahweh to listen to ([Nehemiah 1:5](./05.md)) continues.
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# if you return ... your people
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The pronouns "you" and "your" are plural and refer to the Israelite people. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-you]])
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# though your people were scattered
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This can be stated in active form. Alternate translation: "though I scattered your people" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-activepassive]])
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# under the farthest skies
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Yahweh speaks of places on the earth that are very far away as being "under the farthest skies." Alternate translation: "to places very far away" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-idiom]])
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# to that place where I have chosen ... remain
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This phrase refers to Jerusalem, where the temple was located. Alternate translation: "to Jerusalem, where I have chosen ... remain" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-explicit]])
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# where I have chosen to make my name remain
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Here the word "name" represents Yahweh himself. Alternate translation: "where I have chosen to dwell" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])
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