Nehemiah 1:6

Confess the sins of the children of Israel, which we have sinned against thee.

God had not proved unfaithful. It was Israel who had broken the covenant, and had thus alienated the favor of God. The lowly state of the people was due to their own sins. This Nehemiah humbly confesses. So it is still. If the church is languishing the fault is to be sought within. God will bless abundantly when it is worthy of blessing. Nehemiah first makes. confession of sin for the nation and then. personal confession. "Both. and my father's house have sinned."