ASV_Strong : Nehemiah 9
1. Now in the twenty[H6242] and fourth[H702] day[H3117] of this month[H2320] the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478] were assembled[H622] with fasting[H6685], and with sackcloth[H8242], and earth upon them[H127].
2. And the seed[H2233] of Israel[H3478] separated[H914] themselves from all foreigners[H1121], and stood[H5975] and confessed[H3034] their sins[H2403], and the iniquities[H5771] of their fathers[H1].
3. And they stood up[H6965] in their place[H5977], and read[H7121] in the book[H5612] of the law[H8451] of Jehovah[H3068] their God[H430] a fourth part[H7243] of the day[H3117]; and another fourth part[H7243] they confessed[H3034], and worshipped[H7812] Jehovah[H3068] their God[H430].
4. Then stood up[H6965] 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 cried[H2199] with a loud[H1419] voice[H6963] unto Jehovah[H3068] their God[H430].
5. Then the Levites[H3881], Jeshua[H3442], and Kadmiel[H6934], Bani[H1137], Hashabneiah[H2813], Sherebiah[H8274], Hodiah[H1941], Shebaniah[H7645], and Pethahiah[H6611], said[H559], Stand up[H6965] and bless[H1288] Jehovah[H3068] your God[H430] from everlasting[H5769] to everlasting[H5769]; and blessed[H1288] be thy glorious[H3519] name[H8034], which is exalted[H7311] above all blessing[H1293] and praise[H8416].
6. Thou art Jehovah[H3068], even thou alone[H6213]; thou hast made heaven[H8064], the heaven[H8064] of heavens[H8064], with all their host[H6635], the earth[H776] and all things that are thereon[H3220], the seas and all that is in them[H2421], and thou preservest them all[H6635]; and the host of heaven[H8064] worshippeth thee[H7812].
7. Thou art Jehovah[H3068] the God[H430], who didst choose[H977] Abram[H87], and broughtest him forth[H3318] out of Ur[H218] of the Chaldees[H3778], and gavest[H7760] him the name[H8034] of Abraham[H85],
8. and foundest[H4672] his heart[H3824] faithful[H539] before[H6440] thee[H3772], and madest a covenant[H1285] with him to give[H5414] the land[H776] of the Canaanite[H3669], the Hittite[H2850], the Amorite[H567], and the Perizzite[H6522], and the Jebusite[H2983], and the Girgashite[H1622], to give[H5414] it unto his seed[H2233], and hast performed[H6965] thy words[H1697]; for thou art righteous[H6662].
9. And thou sawest[H7200] the affliction[H6040] of our fathers[H1] in Egypt[H4714], and heardest[H8085] their cry[H2201] by the Red[H5488] Sea[H3220],
10. and showedst[H5414] signs[H226] and wonders[H4159] upon Pharaoh[H6547], and on all his servants[H5650], and on all the people[H5971] of his land[H776]; for thou knewest[H3045] that they dealt proudly[H2102] against them[H6213], and didst get thee a name[H8034], as it is this day[H3117].
11. And thou didst divide[H1234] the sea[H3220] before[H6440] them[H5674], so that they went through the midst[H8432] of the sea[H3220] on the dry land[H3004]; and their pursuers[H7291] thou didst cast[H7993] into the depths[H4688], as a stone[H68] into the mighty[H5794] waters[H4325].
12. Moreover in a pillar[H5982] of cloud[H6051] thou leddest[H5148] them by day[H3119]; and in a pillar[H5982] of fire[H784] by night[H3915], to give them light[H215] in the way[H1870] wherein they should go[H3212].
13. Thou camest down[H3381] also upon mount[H2022] Sinai[H5514], and spakest[H1696] with them from heaven[H8064], and gavest[H5414] them right[H3477] ordinances[H4941] and true[H571] laws[H8451], good[H2896] statutes[H2706] and commandments[H4687],
14. and madest known[H3045] unto them thy holy[H6944] sabbath[H7676], and commandedst[H6680] them commandments[H4687], and statutes[H2706], and a law[H8451], by[H3027] Moses[H4872] thy servant[H5650],
15. and gavest[H5414] them bread[H3899] from heaven[H8064] for their hunger[H7458], and broughtest forth[H3318] water[H4325] for them out of the rock[H5553] for their thirst[H6772], and commandedst[H559] them that they should go in[H935] to possess[H3423] the land[H776] which thou hadst sworn[H3027] to give them[H5414].
16. But they and our fathers[H1] dealt proudly[H2102] and hardened[H7185] their neck[H6203], and hearkened[H8085] not to thy commandments[H4687],
17. and refused[H3985] to obey[H8085], neither were mindful[H2142] of thy wonders[H6381] that thou didst[H6213] among them[H7185], but hardened their neck[H6203], and in their rebellion[H4805] appointed[H5414] a captain[H7218] to return[H7725] to their bondage[H5659]. But thou art a God[H433] ready to pardon[H5547], gracious[H2587] and merciful[H7349], slow[H750] to anger[H639], and abundant[H7227] in lovingkindness[H2617], and forsookest them not[H5800].
18. Yea[H6213], when they had made them a molten[H4541] calf[H5695], and said[H559], This is thy God[H430] that brought thee up[H5927] out of Egypt[H4714], and had wrought[H6213] great[H1419] provocations[H5007];
19. yet thou in thy manifold[H7227] mercies[H7356] forsookest[H5800] them not in the wilderness[H4057]: the pillar[H5982] of cloud[H6051] departed[H5493] not from over them by day[H3119], to lead[H5148] them in the way[H1870]; neither the pillar[H5982] of fire[H784] by night[H3915], to show them light[H215], and the way[H1870] wherein they should go[H3212].
20. Thou gavest[H5414] also thy good[H2896] Spirit[H7307] to instruct[H7919] them[H4513], and withheldest not thy manna[H4478] from their mouth[H6310], and gavest[H5414] them water[H4325] for their thirst[H6772].
21. Yea[H705], forty years[H8141] didst thou sustain[H3557] them in the wilderness[H4057], and they lacked[H2637] nothing[H8008]; their clothes waxed not old[H1086], and their feet[H7272] swelled not[H1216].
22. Moreover thou gavest[H5414] them kingdoms[H4467] and peoples[H5971], which thou didst allot[H2505] after their portions[H6285]: so they possessed[H3423] the land[H776] of Sihon[H5511], even the land[H776] of the king[H4428] of Heshbon[H2809], and the land[H776] of Og[H5747] king[H4428] of Bashan[H1316].
23. Their children[H1121] also multipliedst[H7235] thou as the stars[H3556] of heaven[H8064], and broughtest[H935] them into the land[H776] concerning which thou didst say[H559] to their fathers[H1], that they should go in[H935] to possess it[H3423].
24. So the children[H1121] went in[H935] and possessed[H3423] the land[H776], and thou subduedst[H3665] before[H6440] them the inhabitants[H3427] of the land[H776], the Canaanites[H3669], and gavest[H5414] them into their hands[H3027], with their kings[H4428], and the peoples[H5971] of the land[H776], that they might do[H6213] with them as they would[H7522].
25. And they took[H3920] fortified[H1219] cities[H5892], and a fat[H8082] land[H127], and possessed[H3423] houses[H1004] full[H4392] of all good things[H2898], cisterns[H953] hewn[H2672] out[H3754], vineyards, and oliveyards[H2132], and fruit[H3978] - trees[H6086] in abundance[H7230]: so they did eat[H398], and were filled[H7646], and became fat[H8080], and delighted[H5727] themselves in thy great[H1419] goodness[H2898].
26. Nevertheless they were disobedient[H4784], and rebelled[H4775] against thee[H7993], and cast thy law[H8451] behind[H310] their back[H1458], and slew[H2026] thy prophets[H5030] that testified[H5749] against them to turn[H7725] them again unto thee[H6213], and they wrought great[H1419] provocations[H5007].
27. Therefore thou deliveredst[H5414] them into the hand[H3027] of their adversaries[H6862], who distressed[H6887] them[H6256]: and in the time of their trouble[H6869], when they cried[H6817] unto thee[H8085], thou heardest from heaven[H8064]; and according to thy manifold[H7227] mercies[H7356] thou gavest[H5414] them saviours[H3467] who saved[H3467] them out of the hand[H3027] of their adversaries[H6862].
28. But after they had rest[H5117], they did[H6213] evil[H7451] again[H7725] before[H6440] thee[H5800]; therefore leftest thou them in the hand[H3027] of their enemies[H341], so that they had the dominion[H7287] over them[H7725]: yet when they returned, and cried[H2199] unto thee[H8085], thou heardest from heaven[H8064]; and many[H7227] times[H6256] didst thou deliver[H5337] them according to thy mercies[H7356],
29. and testifiedst[H5749] against them[H7725], that thou mightest bring them again unto thy law[H8451]. Yet they dealt proudly[H2102], and hearkened[H8085] not unto thy commandments[H4687], but sinned[H2398] against thine ordinances[H4941], (which if a man[H120] do[H6213], he shall live[H2421] in them[H5414]), and withdrew the shoulder[H3802], and hardened[H7185] their neck[H6203], and would not hear[H8085].
30. Yet many[H7227] years[H8141] didst thou bear with them[H5749], and testifiedst against them by thy Spirit[H7307] through[H3027] thy prophets[H5030]: yet would they not give[H5414] ear[H238]: therefore gavest[H5414] thou them into the hand[H3027] of the peoples[H5971] of the lands[H776].
31. Nevertheless in thy manifold[H7227] mercies[H7356] thou didst[H6213] not make a full end[H3617] of them[H5800], nor forsake them[H2587]; for thou art a gracious and merciful[H7349] God[H410].
32. Now therefore[H430], our God, the great[H1419], the mighty[H1368], and the terrible[H3372] God[H410], who keepest[H8104] covenant[H1285] and lovingkindness[H2617], let not all the travail[H8513] seem little[H4591] before[H6440] thee[H4672], that hath come upon us[H4428], on our kings, 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 time[H3117] of the kings[H4428] of Assyria[H804] unto this day[H3117].
33. Howbeit thou art just[H6662] in all that is come[H935] upon us[H6213]; for thou hast dealt truly[H6213], but we have done wickedly[H7561];
34. neither have our kings[H4428], our princes[H8269], our priests[H3548], nor our fathers[H1], kept[H6213] thy law[H8451], nor hearkened[H7181] unto thy commandments[H4687] and thy testimonies[H5715] wherewith thou didst testify against them[H5749].
35. For they have not served[H5647] thee in their kingdom[H4438], and in thy great[H7227] goodness[H2898] that thou gavest[H5414] them[H7342], and in the large and fat[H8082] land[H776] which thou gavest[H5414] before[H6440] them[H7725], neither turned they from their wicked[H7451] works[H4611].
36. Behold[H5650], we are servants this day[H3117], and as for the land[H776] that thou gavest[H5414] unto our fathers[H1] to eat[H398] the fruit[H6529] thereof and the good[H2898] thereof[H5650], behold, we are servants in it.
37. And it yieldeth much[H7235] increase[H8393] unto the kings[H4428] whom thou hast set[H5414] over us because of our sins[H2403]: also they have power[H4910] over our bodies[H1472], and over our cattle[H929], at their pleasure[H7522], and we are in great[H1419] distress[H6869].
38. And yet for all this we make[H3772] a sure[H548] covenant[H3789], and write it[H8269]; and our princes, our Levites[H3881], and our priests[H3548], seal unto it[H2856].
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