Daily Bible GNT March 16 Verses

The People Confess Their Sins

Nehemiah 9 ^1-2On the twenty-fourth day of the same month the people of Israel gathered to fast in order to show sorrow for their sins. They had already separated themselves from all foreigners. They wore sackcloth and put dust on their heads as signs of grief. Then they stood and began to confess the sins that they and their ancestors had committed. ³For about three hours the Law of the LORD their God was read to them, and for the next three hours they confessed their sins and worshiped the LORD their God.

⁴There was a platform for the Levites, and on it stood Jeshua, Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, and Chenani. They prayed aloud to the LORD their God.

⁵The following Levites gave a call to worship: Jeshua, Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah. They said:

"Stand up and praise the LORD your God;

praise him forever and ever!

Let everyone praise his glorious name,

although no human praise is great enough."

The Prayer of Confession

⁶And then the people of Israel prayed this prayer:

"You, LORD, you alone are LORD;

you made the heavens and the stars of the sky.

You made land and sea and everything in them;

you gave life to all.

The heavenly powers bow down and worship you.

⁷You, LORD God, chose Abram

and led him out of Ur in Babylonia;

you changed his name to Abraham.

⁸You found that he was faithful to you,

and you made a covenant with him.

You promised to give him the land of the Canaanites,

the land of the Hittites and the Amorites,

the land of the Perizzites, the Jebusites, the Girgashites,

to be a land where his descendants would live.

You kept your promise, because you are faithful.

⁹"You saw how our ancestors suffered in Egypt;

you heard their call for help at the Red Sea.

¹⁰You worked amazing miracles against the king,

against his officials and the people of his land,

because you knew how they oppressed your people.

You won then the fame you still have today.

¹¹Through the sea you made a path for your people

and led them through on dry ground.

Those who pursued them drowned in deep water,

as a stone sinks in the raging sea.

¹²With a cloud you led them in daytime,

and at night you lighted their way with fire.

¹³At Mount Sinai you came down from heaven;

you spoke to your people

and gave them good laws and sound teachings.

¹⁴You taught them to keep your Sabbaths holy,

and through your servant Moses you gave them your laws.

¹⁵"When they were hungry, you gave them bread from heaven,

and water from a rock when they were thirsty.

You told them to take control of the land

which you had promised to give them.

This reading is from The Holy Bible, Today's English Version, Second Edition copyright © American Bible Society, 1992;
Old Testament copyright © American Bible Society, 1976, 1992; New Testament © American Bible Society, 1966, 1971, 1976, 1992.

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