Hear. turn. Figure of speech Apostrophe. Nehemiah's prayer an echo of Psalms 120, 121, 123:3-4, 124, 125, 127, and 129. In accord with that dispensation.
God. Hebrew. Elohim.App-4.
despised = become a taunt.
captivity. Some codices, with six early printed editions and Syriac, read "their captivity".