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25 lines
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# Connecting Statement:
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This verse begins the prayer that Nehemiah begs Yahweh to listen to. (Nehemiah 1:5)
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# may your eyes be open
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"pay attention to me"
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# may your ear be attentive
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"listen and pay attention"
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# so you may hear the prayer of your servant
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"so that you may hear the prayer that I, your servant, am praying." The word "servant" refers to Nehemiah. This is how a person would address his superior in order to show humility and respect.
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# day and night
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"all the time"
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# Both I and my father's house
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"Both I and my family"
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