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# Connecting Statement:
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Nehemiah contines the prayer he began in verse 4.
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# Do ... to anger.
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Nehemiah continues the prayer he began with the words "Hear, our God" in verse 4. You may show that this is a prayer by making it a direct quote. "Then I prayed, 'Hear, our God, ... they are prisoners. Do not cover ... the builders to anger.'"
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# Do not cover over
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This speaks of a forgiving a person's sins as if they were a object that could be physically hidden. Alternate translation: "Do not forgive" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# do not erase their sin from before you
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This speaks of forgetting a person's sins as if they were something written that could be erased. Alternate translation: "do not forget their sins
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# they have provoked the builders to anger
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"they have made the builders become angry"
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