Nehemiah 9 – Bible | Equip God’s People

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^[1] Now in the twenty-fourth day of this month the children of Israel were assembled with fasting, with sackcloth, and dirt on them. ^[2] The offspring of Israel separated themselves from all foreigners and stood and confessed their sins and the iniquities of their fathers. ^[3] They stood up in their place, and read in the book of the law of Yahweh their God a fourth part of the day; and a fourth part they confessed and worshiped Yahweh their God. ^[4] Then Jeshua, Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, and Chenani of the Levites stood up on the stairs, and cried with a loud voice to Yahweh their God. ^[5] Then the Levites, Jeshua, and Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah, said, “Stand up and bless Yahweh your God from everlasting to everlasting! Blessed be your glorious name, which is exalted above all blessing and praise! ^[6] You are Yahweh, even you alone. You have made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their army, the earth and all things that are on it, the seas and all that is in them, and you preserve them all. The army of heaven worships you. ^[7] You are Yahweh, the God who chose Abram, brought him out of Ur of the Chaldees, gave him the name of Abraham, ^[8] found his heart faithful before you, and made a covenant with him to give the land of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite, the Perizzite, the Jebusite, and the Girgashite, to give it to his offspring, and have performed your words, for you are righteous. ^[9] “You saw the affliction of our fathers in Egypt, and heard their cry by the Red Sea, ^[10] and showed signs and wonders against Pharaoh, against all his servants, and against all the people of his land, for you knew that they dealt proudly against them, and made a name for yourself, as it is today. ^[11] You divided the sea before them, so that they went through the middle of the sea on the dry land; and you cast their pursuers into the depths, as a stone into the mighty waters. ^[12] Moreover, in a pillar of cloud you led them by day; and in a pillar of fire by night, to give them light in the way in which they should go. ^[13] “You also came down on Mount Sinai, and spoke with them from heaven, and gave them right ordinances and true laws, good statutes and commandments, ^[14] and made known to them your holy Sabbath, and commanded them commandments, statutes, and a law, by Moses your servant, ^[15] and gave them bread from the sky for their hunger, and brought water out of the rock for them for their thirst, and commanded them that they should go in to possess the land which you had sworn to give them. ^[16] “But they and our fathers behaved proudly, hardened their neck, didn’t listen to your commandments, ^[17] and refused to obey. They weren’t mindful of your wonders that you did among them, but hardened their neck, and in their rebellion appointed a captain to return to their bondage. But you are a God ready to pardon, gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness, and didn’t forsake them. ^[18] Yes, when they had made themselves a molded calf, and said, ‘This is your God who brought you up out of Egypt,’ and had committed awful blasphemies, ^[19] yet you in your manifold mercies didn’t forsake them in the wilderness. The pillar of cloud didn’t depart from over them by day, to lead them in the way; neither did the pillar of fire by night, to show them light, and the way in which they should go. ^[20] You gave also your good Spirit to instruct them, and didn’t withhold your manna from their mouth, and gave them water for their thirst. ^[21] “Yes, forty years you sustained them in the wilderness. They lacked nothing. Their clothes didn’t grow old, and their feet didn’t swell. ^[22] Moreover you gave them kingdoms and peoples, which you allotted according to their portions. So they possessed the land of Sihon, even the land of the king of Heshbon, and the land of Og king of Bashan. ^[23] You also multiplied their children as the stars of the sky, and brought them into the land concerning which you said to their fathers that they should go in to possess it. ^[24] “So the children went in and possessed the land; and you subdued before them the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, and gave them into their hands, with their kings and the peoples of the land, that they might do with them as they pleased. ^[25] They took fortified cities and a rich land, and possessed houses full of all good things, cisterns dug out, vineyards, olive groves, and fruit trees in abundance. So they ate, were filled, became fat, and delighted themselves in your great goodness. ^[26] “Nevertheless they were disobedient and rebelled against you, cast your law behind their back, killed your prophets that testified against them to turn them again to you, and they committed awful blasphemies. ^[27] Therefore you delivered them into the hand of their adversaries, who distressed them. In the time of their trouble, when they cried to you, you heard from heaven; and according to your manifold mercies you gave them saviors who saved them out of the hands of their adversaries. ^[28] But after they had rest, they did evil again before you; therefore you left them in the hands of their enemies, so that they had the dominion over them; yet when they returned and cried to you, you heard from heaven; and many times you delivered them according to your mercies, ^[29] and testified against them, that you might bring them again to your law. Yet they were arrogant, and didn’t listen to your commandments, but sinned against your ordinances (which if a man does, he shall live in them), turned their backs, stiffened their neck, and would not hear. ^[30] Yet many years you put up with them, and testified against them by your Spirit through your prophets. Yet they would not listen. Therefore you gave them into the hand of the peoples of the lands. ^[31] “Nevertheless in your manifold mercies you didn’t make a full end of them, nor forsake them; for you are a gracious and merciful God. ^[32] Now therefore, our God, the great, the mighty, and the awesome God, who keeps covenant and loving kindness, don’t let all the travail seem little before you that has come on us, on our kings, on our princes, on our priests, on our prophets, on our fathers, and on all your people, since the time of the kings of Assyria to this day. ^[33] However you are just in all that has come on us; for you have dealt truly, but we have done wickedly. ^[34] Also our kings, our princes, our priests, and our fathers have not kept your law, nor listened to your commandments and your testimonies with which you testified against them. ^[35] For they have not served you in their kingdom, and in your great goodness that you gave them, and in the large and rich land which you gave before them. They didn’t turn from their wicked works. ^[36] “Behold, we are servants today, and as for the land that you gave to our fathers to eat its fruit and its good, behold, we are servants in it. ^[37] It yields much increase to the kings whom you have set over us because of our sins. Also they have power over our bodies and over our livestock, at their pleasure, and we are in great distress. ^[38] Yet for all this, we make a sure covenant, and write it; and our princes, our Levites, and our priests, seal it.”

King James Version

^[1] Now in the twentyH6242 and fourthH702 dayH3117 of this monthH2320 the childrenH1121 of IsraelH3478 were assembledH622(NiphPerf) with fasting,H6685 and with sackclothes,H8242 and earthH127 upon them. ^[2] And the seedH2233 of IsraelH3478 separatedH914(NiphImpf) themselves from all strangers,H1121 and stoodH5975(QalImpf) and confessedH3034(HithImpf) their sins,H2403 and the iniquitiesH5771 of their fathers.H1 ^[3] And they stood upH6965(QalImpf) in their place,H5977 and readH7121(QalImpf) in the bookH5612 of the lawH8451 of the LordH3068 their GodH430 [one] fourth partH7243 of the day;H3117 and [another] fourth partH7243 they confessed,H3034(HithPtc) and worshippedH7812(HithPtc) the LordH3068 their God.H430 ^[4] Then stood upH6965(QalImpf) upon the stairs,H4608 of the Levites,H3881 Jeshua,H3442 and Bani,H1137 Kadmiel,H6934 Shebaniah,H7645 Bunni,H1138 Sherebiah,H8274 Bani,H1137 [and] Chenani,H3662 and criedH2199(QalImpf) with a loudH1419 voiceH6963 unto the LordH3068 their God.H430 ^[5] Then the Levites,H3881 Jeshua,H3442 and Kadmiel,H6934 Bani,H1137 Hashabniah,H2813 Sherebiah,H8274 Hodijah,H1941 Shebaniah,H7645 [and] Pethahiah,H6611 said,H559(QalImpf) Stand upH6965(QalImpv) [and] blessH1288(PielImpv) the LordH3068 your GodH430 for everH5769 and ever:H5769 and blessedH1288(PielImpf) be thy gloriousH3519 name,H8034 which is exaltedH7311(PolaPtc) above all blessingH1293 and praise.H8416 ^[6] Thou, [even] thou, [art] LordH3068 alone; thou hast madeH6213(QalPerf) heaven,H8064 the heavenH8064 of heavens,H8064 with all their host,H6635 the earth,H776 and all [things] that [are] therein, the seas,H3220 and all that [is] therein, and thou preservestH2421(PielPtc) them all; and the hostH6635 of heavenH8064 worshippethH7812(HithPtc) thee. ^[7] Thou [art] the LordH3068 the God,H430 who didst chooseH977(QalPerf) Abram,H87 and broughtest him forthH3318(HiphPerf) out of UrH218 of the Chaldees,H3778 and gavestH7760(QalPerf) him the nameH8034 of Abraham;H85 ^[8] And foundestH4672(QalPerf) his heartH3824 faithfulH539(NiphPtc) beforeH6440 thee, and madestH3772(QalInf) a covenantH1285 with him to giveH5414(QalInf) the landH776 of the Canaanites,H3669 the Hittites,H2850 the Amorites,H567 and the Perizzites,H6522 and the Jebusites,H2983 and the Girgashites,H1622 to giveH5414(QalInf) [it, I say], to his seed,H2233 and hast performedH6965(HiphImpf) thy words;H1697 for thou [art] righteous:H6662 ^[9] And didst seeH7200(QalImpf) the afflictionH6040 of our fathersH1 in Egypt,H4714 and heardestH8085(QalPerf) their cryH2201 by the RedH5488 sea;H3220 ^[10] And shewedstH5414(QalImpf) signsH226 and wondersH4159 upon Pharaoh,H6547 and on all his servants,H5650 and on all the peopleH5971 of his land:H776 for thou knewestH3045(QalPerf) that they dealt proudlyH2102(HiphPerf) against them. So didst thou getH6213(QalImpf) thee a name,H8034 as [it is] this day.H3117 ^[11] And thou didst divideH1234(QalPerf) the seaH3220 beforeH6440 them, so that they went throughH5674(QalImpf) the midstH8432 of the seaH3220 on the dry land;H3004 and their persecutorsH7291(QalActPtc) thou threwestH7993(HiphPerf) into the deeps,H4688 as a stoneH68 into the mightyH5794 waters.H4325 ^[12] Moreover thou leddestH5148(HiphPerf) them in the dayH3119 by a cloudyH6051 pillar;H5982 and in the nightH3915 by a pillarH5982 of fire,H784 to give them lightH215(HiphInf) in the wayH1870 wherein they should go.H3212(QalImpf) ^[13] Thou camest downH3381(QalPerf) also upon mountH2022 Sinai,H5514 and spakestH1696(PielInf) with them from heaven,H8064 and gavestH5414(QalImpf) them rightH3477 judgments,H4941 and trueH571 laws,H8451 goodH2896 statutesH2706 and commandments:H4687 ^[14] And madest knownH3045(HiphPerf) unto them thy holyH6944 sabbath,H7676 and commandedstH6680(PielPerf) them precepts,H4687 statutes,H2706 and laws,H8451 by the handH3027 of MosesH4872 thy servant:H5650 ^[15] And gavestH5414(QalPerf) them breadH3899 from heavenH8064 for their hunger,H7458 and broughtest forthH3318(HiphPerf) waterH4325 for them out of the rockH5553 for their thirst,H6772 and promisedstH559(QalImpf) them that they should go inH935(QalInf) to possessH3423(QalInf) the landH776 which thou hadst swornH3027 to giveH5414(QalInf) them. ^[16] But they and our fathersH1 dealt proudly,H2102(HiphPerf) and hardenedH7185(HiphImpf) their necks,H6203 and hearkenedH8085(QalPerf) not to thy commandments,H4687 ^[17] And refusedH3985(PielImpf) to obey,H8085(QalInf) neither were mindfulH2142(QalPerf) of thy wondersH6381(NiphPtc) that thou didstH6213(QalPerf) among them; but hardenedH7185(HiphImpf) their necks,H6203 and in their rebellionH4805 appointedH5414(QalImpf) a captainH7218 to returnH7725(QalInf) to their bondage:H5659 but thou [art] a GodH433 ready to pardon,H5547 graciousH2587 and merciful,H7349 slowH750 to anger,H639 and of greatH7227 kindness,H2617 and forsookestH5800(QalPerf) them not. ^[18] Yea, when they had madeH6213(QalPerf) them a moltenH4541 calf,H5695 and said,H559(QalImpf) This [is] thy GodH430 that brought thee upH5927(HiphPerf) out of Egypt,H4714 and had wroughtH6213(QalImpf) greatH1419 provocations;H5007 ^[19] Yet thou in thy manifoldH7227 merciesH7356 forsookestH5800(QalPerf) them not in the wilderness:H4057 the pillarH5982 of the cloudH6051 departedH5493(QalPerf) not from them by day,H3119 to leadH5148(HiphInf) them in the way;H1870 neither the pillarH5982 of fireH784 by night,H3915 to shew them light,H215(HiphInf) and the wayH1870 wherein they should go.H3212(QalImpf) ^[20] Thou gavestH5414(QalPerf) also thy goodH2896 spiritH7307 to instructH7919(HiphInf) them, and withheldestH4513(QalPerf) not thy mannaH4478 from their mouth,H6310 and gavestH5414(QalPerf) them waterH4325 for their thirst.H6772 ^[21] Yea, fortyH705 yearsH8141 didst thou sustainH3557(PilpPerf) them in the wilderness,H4057 [so that] they lackedH2637(QalPerf) nothing; their clothesH8008 waxed not old,H1086(QalPerf) and their feetH7272 swelledH1216(QalPerf) not. ^[22] Moreover thou gavestH5414(QalImpf) them kingdomsH4467 and nations,H5971 and didst divideH2505(QalImpf) them into corners:H6285 so they possessedH3423(QalImpf) the landH776 of Sihon,H5511 and the landH776 of the kingH4428 of Heshbon,H2809 and the landH776 of OgH5747 kingH4428 of Bashan.H1316 ^[23] Their childrenH1121 also multipliedstH7235(HiphPerf) thou as the starsH3556 of heaven,H8064 and broughtestH935(HiphImpf) them into the land,H776 concerning which thou hadst promisedH559(QalPerf) to their fathers,H1 that they should go inH935(QalInf) to possessH3423(QalInf) [it]. ^[24] So the childrenH1121 went inH935(QalImpf) and possessedH3423(QalImpf) the land,H776 and thou subduedstH3665(HiphImpf) beforeH6440 them the inhabitantsH3427(QalActPtc) of the land,H776 the Canaanites,H3669 and gavestH5414(QalImpf) them into their hands,H3027 with their kings,H4428 and the peopleH5971 of the land,H776 that they might doH6213(QalInf) with them as they would.H7522 ^[25] And they tookH3920(QalImpf) strongH1219(QalPasPtc) cities,H5892 and a fatH8082 land,H127 and possessedH3423(QalImpf) housesH1004 fullH4392 of all goods,H2898 wellsH953 digged,H2672(QalPasPtc) vineyards,H3754 and oliveyards,H2132 and fruitH3978 treesH6086 in abundance:H7230 so they did eat,H398(QalImpf) and were filled,H7646(QalImpf) and became fat,H8080(HiphImpf) and delightedH5727(HithImpf) themselves in thy greatH1419 goodness.H2898 ^[26] Nevertheless they were disobedient,H4784(HiphImpf) and rebelledH4775(QalImpf) against thee, and castH7993(HiphImpf) thy lawH8451 behindH310 their backs,H1458 and slewH2026(QalPerf) thy prophetsH5030 which testifiedH5749(HiphPerf) against them to turnH7725(HiphInf) them to thee, and they wroughtH6213(QalImpf) greatH1419 provocations.H5007 ^[27] Therefore thou deliveredstH5414(QalImpf) them into the handH3027 of their enemies,H6862 who vexedH6887(HiphImpf) them: and in the timeH6256 of their trouble,H6869 when they criedH6817(QalImpf) unto thee, thou heardestH8085(QalImpf) [them] from heaven;H8064 and according to thy manifoldH7227 merciesH7356 thou gavestH5414(QalImpf) them saviours,H3467(HiphPtc) who savedH3467(HiphImpf) them out of the handH3027 of their enemies.H6862 ^[28] But after they had rest,H5117(QalInf) they didH6213(QalInf) evilH7451 againH7725(QalImpf) beforeH6440 thee: therefore leftestH5800(QalImpf) thou them in the handH3027 of their enemies,H341(QalActPtc) so that they had the dominionH7287(QalImpf) over them: yet when they returned,H7725(QalImpf) and criedH2199(QalImpf) unto thee, thou heardestH8085(QalImpf) [them] from heaven;H8064 and manyH7227 timesH6256 didst thou deliverH5337(HiphImpf) them according to thy mercies;H7356 ^[29] And testifiedstH5749(HiphImpf) against them, that thou mightest bring them againH7725(HiphInf) unto thy law:H8451 yet they dealt proudly,H2102(HiphPerf) and hearkenedH8085(QalPerf) not unto thy commandments,H4687 but sinnedH2398(QalPerf) against thy judgments,H4941 (which if a manH120 do,H6213(QalImpf) he shall liveH2421(QalPerf) in them;) and withdrewH5414(QalImpf) the shoulder,H3802 and hardenedH7185(HiphPerf) their neck,H6203 and would not hear.H8085(QalPerf) ^[30] Yet manyH7227 yearsH8141 didst thou forbearH4900(QalImpf) them, and testifiedstH5749(HiphImpf) against them by thy spiritH7307 inH3027 thy prophets:H5030 yet would they not give ear:H238(HiphPerf) therefore gavestH5414(QalImpf) thou them into the handH3027 of the peopleH5971 of the lands.H776 ^[31] Nevertheless for thy greatH7227 mercies’H7356 sake thou didstH6213(QalPerf) not utterly consumeH3617 them, nor forsakeH5800(QalPerf) them; for thou [art] a graciousH2587 and mercifulH7349 God.H410 ^[32] Now therefore, our God,H430 the great,H1419 the mighty,H1368 and the terribleH3372(NiphPtc) God,H410 who keepestH8104(QalActPtc) covenantH1285 and mercy,H2617 let not all the troubleH8513 seem littleH4591(QalImpf) beforeH6440 thee, that hath comeH4672(QalPerf) upon us, on our kings,H4428 on our princes,H8269 and on our priests,H3548 and on our prophets,H5030 and on our fathers,H1 and on all thy people,H5971 since the timeH3117 of the kingsH4428 of AssyriaH804 unto this day.H3117 ^[33] Howbeit thou [art] justH6662 in all that is broughtH935(QalActPtc) upon us; for thou hast doneH6213(QalPerf) right,H571 but we have done wickedly:H7561(HiphPerf) ^[34] Neither have our kings,H4428 our princes,H8269 our priests,H3548 nor our fathers,H1 keptH6213(QalPerf) thy law,H8451 nor hearkenedH7181(HiphPerf) unto thy commandmentsH4687 and thy testimonies,H5715 wherewith thou didst testifyH5749(HiphPerf) against them. ^[35] For they have not servedH5647(QalPerf) thee in their kingdom,H4438 and in thy greatH7227 goodnessH2898 that thou gavestH5414(QalPerf) them, and in the largeH7342 and fatH8082 landH776 which thou gavestH5414(QalPerf) beforeH6440 them, neither turnedH7725(QalPerf) they from their wickedH7451 works.H4611 ^[36] Behold, we [are] servantsH5650 this day,H3117 and [for] the landH776 that thou gavestH5414(QalPerf) unto our fathersH1 to eatH398(QalInf) the fruitH6529 thereof and the goodH2898 thereof, behold, we [are] servantsH5650 in it: ^[37] And it yieldeth muchH7235(HiphPtc) increaseH8393 unto the kingsH4428 whom thou hast setH5414(QalPerf) over us because of our sins:H2403 also they have dominionH4910(QalActPtc) over our bodies,H1472 and over our cattle,H929 at their pleasure,H7522 and we [are] in greatH1419 distress.H6869 ^[38] And because of all this we makeH3772(QalActPtc) a sureH548 [covenant], and writeH3789(QalActPtc) [it]; and our princes,H8269 Levites,H3881 [and] priests,H3548 sealH2856(QalPasPtc) [unto it].

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