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