We have dealt very corruptly against thee, and have not kept the commandments, nor the statutes, nor the judgments, which thou commandedst thy servant Moses.
We have been completely corrupt and sinful toward you, and we have not obeyed the commands, laws, or rules that you gave to your servant Moses.
Nehemiah is confessing that his people have been deeply sinful and have completely failed to follow God's laws given through Moses.
📚 Historical Context
Nehemiah was a Jewish exile serving in the Persian court around 445 BC when he learned that Jerusalem's walls were still broken down from the Babylonian destruction decades earlier. He is praying and fasting before God, taking responsibility for his nation's sins that led to their exile and the destruction of their city. This confession refers to the centuries of disobedience to the Law of Moses that ultimately resulted in God's judgment through foreign conquest.
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