But if ye turn unto me, and keep my commandments, and do them; though there were of you cast out unto the uttermost part of the heaven, yet will I gather them from thence, and will bring them unto the place that I have chosen to set my name there.
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Interpretation
This verse continues the thought already in view and fits the wider themes of restoration and leadership in Nehemiah.
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This thought runs through Nehemiah 1:8-11.