Nehemiah 9

The People of Israel Confess Their Sin

1 Now on the twenty-fourth day of v this month the people of Israel were assembled w with fasting x and in sackcloth, y and with earth on their heads. 2 z And the Israelites separated themselves from all foreigners and stood and confessed their sins and the iniquities of their fathers. 3 a And they stood up in their place and read from the Book of the Law of the Lord their God for a quarter of the day; for another quarter of it they made confession and worshiped the Lord their God. 4 On the stairs of the Levites stood b Jeshua, Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, and Chenani; and they cried with a loud voice to the Lord their God. 5 Then the Levites, Jeshua, Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah, said, "Stand up and bless the Lord your God from everlasting to everlasting. c Blessed be your glorious name, which is exalted above all blessing and praise.

6 1 d "You are the Lord, you alone. e You have made heaven, f the heaven of heavens, g with all their host, e the earth and all that is on it, the seas and all that is in them; h and you preserve all of them; and the host of heaven worships you. 7 You are the Lord, the God i who chose Abram and brought him out of j Ur of the Chaldeans k and gave him the name Abraham. 8 l You found his heart faithful before you, m and made with him the covenant to give to his offspring n the land of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite, the Perizzite, the Jebusite, and the Girgashite. o And you have kept your promise, for you are righteous.

9 p "And you saw the affliction of our fathers in Egypt and heard q their cry at the Red Sea, 10 r and performed signs and wonders against Pharaoh and all his servants and all the people of his land, for you knew that s they acted arrogantly against our fathers. And t you made a name for yourself, as it is to this day. 11 u And you divided the sea before them, so that they went through the midst of the sea on dry land, and you cast their pursuers into the depths, v as a stone into mighty waters. 12 By w a pillar of cloud you led them in the day, and by a pillar of fire in the night to light for them the way in which they should go. 13 x You came down on Mount Sinai y and spoke with them from heaven and gave them z right rules and true laws, good statutes and commandments, 14 a and you made known to them your holy Sabbath and commanded them commandments and statutes and a law by Moses your servant. 15 b You gave them bread from heaven for their hunger and c brought water for them out of the rock for their thirst, and you d told them to go in to possess the land that you had sworn to give them.

16 "But they and our fathers e acted presumptuously and stiffened their neck and did not obey your commandments. 17 They refused to obey f and were not mindful of the wonders that you performed among them, but they stiffened their neck and appointed a leader to return to their slavery in Egypt. But you are a God ready to forgive, g gracious and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love, and did not forsake them. 18 Even h when they had made for themselves a golden 2 calf and said, 'This is your God who brought you up out of Egypt,' i and had committed great blasphemies, 19 you j in your great mercies did not forsake them in the wilderness. k The pillar of cloud to lead them in the way did not depart from them by day, k nor the pillar of fire by night to light for them the way by which they should go. 20 l You gave your good Spirit to instruct them m and did not withhold your manna from their mouth and gave them water for their thirst. 21 n Forty years you sustained them in the wilderness, and they lacked nothing. Their clothes did not wear out and their feet did not swell.

22 "And you gave them kingdoms and peoples and allotted to them every corner. o So they took possession of the land of Sihon king of Heshbon p and the land of Og king of Bashan. 23 You multiplied their children q as the stars of heaven, and you brought them into the land that you had told their fathers to enter and possess. 24 r So the descendants went in and possessed the land, s and you subdued before them the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, and gave them into their hand, with their kings and the peoples of the land, that they might do with them as they would. 25 And they captured t fortified cities and u a rich land, and took possession of v houses full of all good things, cisterns already hewn, vineyards, olive orchards and fruit trees in abundance. So they ate and were filled w and became fat and delighted themselves in x your great goodness.

26 y "Nevertheless, they were disobedient and rebelled against you z and cast your law behind their back a and killed your prophets, who b had warned them in order to turn them back to you, c and they committed great blasphemies. 27 d Therefore you gave them into the hand of their enemies, who made them suffer. e And in the time of their suffering they cried out to you and you heard them from heaven, and according to your great mercies you gave them f saviors who saved them from the hand of their enemies. 28 g But after they had rest they did evil again before you, and you abandoned them to the hand of their enemies, so that they had dominion over them. Yet when they turned and cried to you, you heard from heaven, h and many times you delivered them according to your mercies. 29 b And you warned them in order to turn them back to your law. Yet i they acted presumptuously and did not obey your commandments, but sinned against your rules, j which if a person does them, he shall live by them, k and they turned a stubborn shoulder l and stiffened their neck and would not obey. 30 Many years m you bore with them n and warned them o by your Spirit through your prophets. p Yet they would not give ear. q Therefore you gave them into the hand of the peoples of the lands. 31 Nevertheless, r in your great mercies s you did not make an end of them or forsake them, t for you are a gracious and merciful God.

32 "Now, therefore, our God, u the great, the mighty, and the awesome God, who keeps covenant and steadfast love, let not all the hardship seem little to you that has come upon us, upon our kings, our princes, our priests, our prophets, our fathers, and all your people, v since the time of the kings of Assyria until this day. 33 w Yet you have been righteous in all that has come upon us, for you have dealt faithfully x and we have acted wickedly. 34 Our kings, our princes, our priests, and our fathers have not kept your law or paid attention to your commandments and your warnings that you gave them. 35 Even in their own kingdom, y and amid your great goodness that you gave them, and in the large and y rich land that you set before them, z they did not serve you or turn from their wicked works. 36 Behold, a we are slaves this day; in the land that you gave to our fathers to enjoy its fruit and its good gifts, behold, we are slaves. 37 b And its rich yield goes to the kings whom you have set over us because of our sins. They rule over our bodies and over our livestock as they please, and we are in great distress.

38 3 "Because of all this c we make a firm covenant in writing; on d the sealed document are the names of 4 our princes, our Levites, and our priests.

  1. Cross References
    Nehemiah 8:2
    So Ezra the priest brought the Law before the assembly, both men and women and all who could understand what they heard, on the first day of the seventh month.
  2. Cross References
    1 Samuel 7:6
    So they gathered at Mizpah and drew water and poured it out before the Lord and fasted on that day and said there, "We have sinned against the Lord." And Samuel judged the people of Israel at Mizpah.
  3. Cross References
    2 Samuel 3:31
    Then David said to Joab and to all the people who were with him, "Tear your clothes and put on sackcloth and mourn before Abner." And King David followed the bier.
  4. Cross References
    Joshua 7:6
    Then Joshua tore his clothes and fell to the earth on his face before the ark of the Lord until the evening, he and the elders of Israel. And they put dust on their heads.
  5. Cross References
    Nehemiah 10:28
    The rest of the people, the priests, the Levites, the gatekeepers, the singers, the temple servants, and all who have separated themselves from the peoples of the lands to the Law of God, their wives, their sons, their daughters, all who have knowledge and understanding.
    Nehemiah 13:3
    As soon as the people heard the law, they separated from Israel all those of foreign descent.
    Nehemiah 13:30
    Thus I cleansed them from everything foreign, and I established the duties of the priests and Levites, each in his work.
    Ezra 6:21
    It was eaten by the people of Israel who had returned from exile, and also by every one who had joined them and separated himself from the uncleanness of the peoples of the land to worship the Lord, the God of Israel.
    Ezra 10:11
    Now then make confession to the Lord, the God of your fathers and do his will. Separate yourselves from the peoples of the land and from the foreign wives.
  6. Cross References
    Nehemiah 8:7 - 8
    Also Jeshua, Bani, Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodiah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, the Levites, helped the people to understand the Law, while the people remained in their places.
  7. Cross References
    Nehemiah 8:7
    Also Jeshua, Bani, Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodiah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, the Levites, helped the people to understand the Law, while the people remained in their places.
  8. Cross References
    1 Chronicles 29:13
    And now we thank you, our God, and praise your glorious name.
  9. Cross References
    2 Kings 19:15
    And Hezekiah prayed before the Lord and said: "O Lord, the God of Israel, enthroned above the cherubim, you are the God, you alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth; you have made heaven and earth.
  10. Cross References
    Genesis 1:1
    In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.
  11. Cross References
    Genesis 1:1
    In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.
  12. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 10:14
    Behold, to the Lord your God belong heaven and the heaven of heavens, the earth with all that is in it.
  13. Cross References
    Genesis 2:1
    Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.
  14. Cross References
    Psalms 36:6
    Your righteousness is like the mountains of God; your judgments are like the great deep; man and beast you save, O Lord.
  15. Cross References
    Genesis 11:31
    Terah took Abram his son and Lot the son of Haran, his grandson, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, his son Abram's wife, and they went forth together from Ur of the Chaldeans to go into the land of Canaan, but when they came to Haran, they settled there.
  16. Cross References
    Genesis 11:31
    Terah took Abram his son and Lot the son of Haran, his grandson, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, his son Abram's wife, and they went forth together from Ur of the Chaldeans to go into the land of Canaan, but when they came to Haran, they settled there.
  17. Cross References
    Genesis 17:5
    No longer shall your name be called Abram, but your name shall be Abraham, for I have made you the father of a multitude of nations.
  18. Cross References
    Genesis 15:6
    And he believed the Lord, and he counted it to him as righteousness.
  19. Cross References
    Genesis 12:7
    Then the Lord appeared to Abram and said, "To your offspring I will give this land." So he built there an altar to the Lord, who had appeared to him.
    Genesis 15:18
    On that day the Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying, "To your offspring I give this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the river Euphrates.
    Genesis 17:7 - 9
    And I will establish my covenant between me and you and your offspring after you throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be God to you and to your offspring after you.
  20. Cross References
    Exodus 13:5
    And when the Lord brings you into the land of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites, which he swore to your fathers to give you, a land flowing with milk and honey, you shall keep this service in this month.
  21. Cross References
    Joshua 23:14
    And now I am about to go the way of all the earth, and you know in your hearts and souls, all of you, that not one word has failed of all the good things that the Lord your God promised concerning you. All have come to pass for you; not one of them has failed.
  22. Cross References
    Exodus 3:7
    Then the Lord said, "I have surely seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt and have heard their cry because of their taskmasters. I know their sufferings.
  23. Cross References
    Exodus 14:10
    When Pharaoh drew near, the people of Israel lifted up their eyes, and behold, the Egyptians were marching after them, and they feared greatly. And the people of Israel cried out to the Lord.
  24. Cross References
    Exodus 7:1 - 14:1
    And the Lord said to Moses, "See, I have made you like God to Pharaoh, and your brother Aaron shall be your prophet.
  25. Cross References
    Exodus 18:11
    Now I know that the Lord is greater than all gods, because in this affair they dealt arrogantly with the people.
  26. Cross References
    Isaiah 63:12
    Who caused his glorious arm to go at the right hand of Moses, who divided the waters before them to make for himself an everlasting name.
    Isaiah 63:14
    Like livestock that go down into the valley, the Spirit of the Lord gave them rest. So you led your people, to make for yourself a glorious name.
    Jeremiah 32:20
    You have shown signs and wonders in the land of Egypt, and to this day in Israel and among all mankind, and have made a name for yourself, as at this day.
    Daniel 9:15
    And now, O Lord our God, who brought your people out of the land of Egypt with a mighty hand, and have made a name for yourself, as at this day, we have sinned, we have done wickedly.
    Exodus 9:16
    But for this purpose I have raised you up, to show you my power, so that my name may be proclaimed in all the earth.
  27. Cross References
    Exodus 14:21 - 22
    Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and the Lord drove the sea back by a strong east wind all night and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided.
    Exodus 14:27 - 28
    So Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and the sea returned to its normal course when the morning appeared. And as the Egyptians fled into it, the Lord threw the Egyptians into the midst of the sea.
    Psalms 78:13
    He divided the sea and let them pass through it, and made the waters stand like a heap.
  28. Cross References
    Exodus 15:5
    The floods covered them; they went down into the depths like a stone.
    Exodus 15:10
    You blew with your wind; the sea covered them; they sank like lead in the mighty waters.
  29. Cross References
    Nehemiah 9:19
    You in your great mercies did not forsake them in the wilderness. The pillar of cloud to lead them in the way did not depart from them by day, nor the pillar of fire by night to light for them the way by which they should go.
    Exodus 13:21 - 22
    And the Lord went before them by day in a pillar of cloud to lead them along the way, and by night in a pillar of fire to give them light, that they might travel by day and by night.
    Numbers 14:14
    And they will tell the inhabitants of this land. They have heard that you, O Lord, are in the midst of this people. For you, O Lord, are seen face to face, and your cloud stands over them and you go before them, in a pillar of cloud by day and in a pillar of fire by night.
    1 Corinthians 10:1
    For I want you to know, brothers, that our fathers were all under the cloud, and all passed through the sea.
  30. Cross References
    Exodus 19:20
    The Lord came down on Mount Sinai, to the top of the mountain. And the Lord called Moses to the top of the mountain, and Moses went up.
  31. Cross References
    Exodus 20:1 - 17
    And God spoke all these words, saying.
  32. Cross References
    Psalms 19:8 - 9
    The precepts of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart; the commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes.
    Romans 7:12
    So the law is holy, and the commandment is holy and righteous and good.
    Psalms 119:1
    Blessed are those whose way is blameless, who walk in the law of the Lord!
  33. Cross References
    Exodus 16:23
    He said to them, "This is what the Lord has commanded: 'Tomorrow is a day of solemn rest, a holy Sabbath to the Lord ; bake what you will bake and boil what you will boil, and all that is left over lay aside to be kept till the morning.'
    Exodus 20:8 - 11
    Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.
    Genesis 2:2 - 3
    And on the seventh day God finished his work that he had done, and he rested on the seventh day from all his work that he had done.
    Ezekiel 20:12
    Moreover, I gave them my Sabbaths, as a sign between me and them, that they might know that I am the Lord who sanctifies them.
    Ezekiel 20:20
    And keep my Sabbaths holy that they may be a sign between me and you, that you may know that I am the Lord your God.
  34. Cross References
    Exodus 16:14 - 15
    And when the dew had gone up, there was on the face of the wilderness a fine, flake-like thing, fine as frost on the ground.
    Psalms 78:25
    Man ate of the bread of the angels; he sent them food in abundance.
    Psalms 105:40
    They asked, and he brought quail, and gave them bread from heaven in abundance.
    1 Corinthians 10:3
    And all ate the same spiritual food.
    John 6:31
    Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness; as it is written, 'He gave them bread from heaven to eat.'
  35. Cross References
    Exodus 17:6
    Behold, I will stand before you there on the rock at Horeb, and you shall strike the rock, and water shall come out of it, and the people will drink." And Moses did so, in the sight of the elders of Israel.
    Numbers 20:10
    Then Moses and Aaron gathered the assembly together before the rock, and he said to them, "Hear now, you rebels: shall we bring water for you out of this rock?
    Psalms 78:15 - 17
    He split rocks in the wilderness and gave them drink abundantly as from the deep.
    Psalms 105:41
    He opened the rock, and water gushed out; it flowed through the desert like a river.
    1 Corinthians 10:4
    And all drank the same spiritual drink. For they drank from the spiritual Rock that followed them, and the Rock was Christ.
  36. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 1:8
    See, I have set the land before you. Go in and take possession of the land that the Lord swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give to them and to their offspring after them.
  37. Cross References
    Exodus 18:11
    Now I know that the Lord is greater than all gods, because in this affair they dealt arrogantly with the people.
  38. Cross References
    Psalms 78:11
    They forgot his works and the wonders that he had shown them.
    Psalms 78:42 - 43
    They did not remember his power or the day when he redeemed them from the foe.
  39. Cross References
    Nehemiah 9:31
    Nevertheless, in your great mercies you did not...
    Exodus 34:6
    The Lord passed before him and proclaimed, "The...
    Numbers 14:18
    'The Lord is slow to anger and abounding in ste...
    Psalms 86:5
    For you, O Lord, are good and forgiving, abound...
    Psalms 86:15
    But you, O Lord, are a God merciful and graciou...
    Joel 2:13
    And rend your hearts and not your garments." Re...
  40. Cross References
    Exodus 32:4
    And he received the gold from their hand and fashioned it with a graving tool and made a golden calf. And they said, "These are your gods, O Israel, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt!
    Psalms 106:19 - 20
    They made a calf in Horeb and worshiped a metal image.
    Acts 7:41
    And they made a calf in those days, and offered a sacrifice to the idol and were rejoicing in the works of their hands.
  41. Cross References
    Nehemiah 9:26
    Nevertheless, they were disobedient and rebelled against you and cast your law behind their back and killed your prophets, who had warned them in order to turn them back to you, and they committed great blasphemies.
    Psalms 78:41
    They tested God again and again and provoked the Holy One of Israel.
    Psalms 78:58
    For they provoked him to anger with their high places; they moved him to jealousy with their idols.
    Hebrews 3:15
    As it is said, "Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion.
  42. Cross References
    Nehemiah 9:27
    Therefore you gave them into the hand of their enemies, who made them suffer. And in the time of their suffering they cried out to you and you heard them from heaven, and according to your great mercies you gave them saviors who saved them from the hand of their enemies.
    Nehemiah 9:31
    Nevertheless, in your great mercies you did not make an end of them or forsake them, for you are a gracious and merciful God.
    Psalms 106:45
    For their sake he remembered his covenant, and relented according to the abundance of his steadfast love.
  43. Cross References
    Nehemiah 9:12
    By a pillar of cloud you led them in the day, and by a pillar of fire in the night to light for them the way in which they should go.
  44. Cross References
    Nehemiah 9:12
    By a pillar of cloud you led them in the day, and by a pillar of fire in the night to light for them the way in which they should go.
  45. Cross References
    Isaiah 63:11
    Then he remembered the days of old, of Moses and his people. Where is he who brought them up out of the sea with the shepherds of his flock? Where is he who put in the midst of them his Holy Spirit.
    Numbers 11:17
    And I will come down and talk with you there. And I will take some of the Spirit that is on you and put it on them, and they shall bear the burden of the people with you, so that you may not bear it yourself alone.
  46. Cross References
    Exodus 16:35
    The people of Israel ate the manna forty years, till they came to a habitable land. They ate the manna till they came to the border of the land of Canaan.
    Nehemiah 9:15
    You gave them bread from heaven for their hunger and brought water for them out of the rock for their thirst, and you told them to go in to possess the land that you had sworn to give them.
  47. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 2:7
    For the Lord your God has blessed you in all the work of your hands. He knows your going through this great wilderness. These forty years the Lord your God has been with you. You have lacked nothing."
  48. Cross References
    Numbers 21:21 - 31
    Then Israel sent messengers to Sihon king of the Amorites, saying.
  49. Cross References
    Numbers 21:33 - 35
    Then they turned and went up by the way to Bashan. And Og the king of Bashan came out against them, he and all his people, to battle at Edrei.
  50. Cross References
    Genesis 15:5
    And he brought him outside and said, "Look toward heaven, and number the stars, if you are able to number them." Then he said to him, "So shall your offspring be.
    Genesis 22:17
    I will surely bless you, and I will surely multiply your offspring as the stars of heaven and as the sand that is on the seashore. And your offspring shall possess the gate of his enemies.
  51. Cross References
    Joshua 1:1 - 12:1
    After the death of Moses the servant of the Lord, the Lord said to Joshua the son of Nun, Moses' assistant.
  52. Cross References
    Psalms 44:2 - 3
    You with your own hand drove out the nations, but them you planted; you afflicted the peoples, but them you set free.
  53. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 3:5
    All these were cities fortified with high walls, gates, and bars, besides very many unwalled villages.
    Deuteronomy 9:1
    Hear, O Israel: you are to cross over the Jordan today, to go in to dispossess nations greater and mightier than yourselves, cities great and fortified up to heaven.
    Joshua 10:20
    When Joshua and the sons of Israel had finished striking them with a great blow until they were wiped out, and when the remnant that remained of them had entered into the fortified cities.
    Joshua 14:12
    So now give me this hill country of which the Lord spoke on that day, for you heard on that day how the Anakim were there, with great fortified cities. It may be that the Lord will be with me, and I shall drive them out just as the Lord said.
  54. Cross References
    Nehemiah 9:35
    Even in their own kingdom, and amid your great goodness that you gave them, and in the large and rich land that you set before them, they did not serve you or turn from their wicked works.
    Numbers 13:20
    And whether the land is rich or poor, and whether there are trees in it or not. Be of good courage and bring some of the fruit of the land." Now the time was the season of the first ripe grapes.
    Numbers 13:27
    And they told him, "We came to the land to which you sent us. It flows with milk and honey, and this is its fruit.
    Deuteronomy 8:7 - 8
    For the Lord your God is bringing you into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and springs, flowing out in the valleys and hills.
    Ezekiel 20:6
    On that day I swore to them that I would bring them out of the land of Egypt into a land that I had searched out for them, a land flowing with milk and honey, the most glorious of all lands.
  55. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 6:11
    And houses full of all good things that you did not fill, and cisterns that you did not dig, and vineyards and olive trees that you did not plant - and when you eat and are full.
  56. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 32:15
    But Jeshurun grew fat, and kicked; you grew fat, stout, and sleek; then he forsook God who made him and scoffed at the Rock of his salvation.
  57. Cross References
    Nehemiah 9:35
    Even in their own kingdom, and amid your great goodness that you gave them, and in the large and rich land that you set before them, they did not serve you or turn from their wicked works.
    Hosea 3:5
    Afterward the children of Israel shall return and seek the Lord their God, and David their king, and they shall come in fear to the Lord and to his goodness in the latter days.
  58. Cross References
    Judges 2:11 - 12
    And the people of Israel did what was evil in the sight of the Lord and served the Baals.
    Ezekiel 20:21
    But the children rebelled against me. They did not walk in my statutes and were not careful to obey my rules, by which, if a person does them, he shall live; they profaned my Sabbaths. "Then I said I would pour out my wrath upon them and spend my anger against them in the wilderness.
  59. Cross References
    Psalms 50:17
    For you hate discipline, and you cast my words behind you.
    1 Kings 14:9
    But you have done evil above all who were before you and have gone and made for yourself other gods and metal images, provoking me to anger, and have cast me behind your back.
  60. Cross References
    1 Kings 18:4
    And when Jezebel cut off the prophets of the Lord, Obadiah took a hundred prophets and hid them by fifties in a cave and fed them with bread and water.)
    1 Kings 19:10
    He said, "I have been very jealous for the Lord, the God of hosts. For the people of Israel have forsaken your covenant, thrown down your altars, and killed your prophets with the sword, and I, even I only, am left, and they seek my life, to take it away.
    2 Chronicles 24:20 - 21
    Then the Spirit of God clothed Zechariah the son of Jehoiada the priest, and he stood above the people, and said to them, "Thus says God, 'Why do you break the commandments of the Lord, so that you cannot prosper? Because you have forsaken the Lord, he has forsaken you.'
    Matthew 23:37
    O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to it! How often would I have gathered your children together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you would not!
    Acts 7:52
    Which of the prophets did your fathers not persecute? And they killed those who announced beforehand the coming of the Righteous One, whom you have now betrayed and murdered.
  61. Cross References
    Nehemiah 9:30
    Many years you bore with them and warned them by your Spirit through your prophets. Yet they would not give ear. Therefore you gave them into the hand of the peoples of the lands.
  62. Cross References
    Nehemiah 9:18
    Even when they had made for themselves a golden calf and said, 'This is your God who brought you up out of Egypt,' and had committed great blasphemies.
  63. Cross References
    Judges 2:14
    So the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel, and he gave them over to plunderers, who plundered them. And he sold them into the hand of their surrounding enemies, so that they could no longer withstand their enemies.
    Psalms 106:41 - 42
    He gave them into the hand of the nations, so that those who hated them ruled over them.
  64. Cross References
    Psalms 106:44 - 45
    Nevertheless, he looked upon their distress, when he heard their cry.
  65. Cross References
    Judges 2:16
    Then the Lord raised up judges, who saved them out of the hand of those who plundered them.
    Judges 3:9
    But when the people of Israel cried out to the Lord, the Lord raised up a deliverer for the people of Israel, who saved them, Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother.
  66. Cross References
    Judges 3:11 - 12
    So the land had rest forty years. Then Othniel the son of Kenaz died.
    Judges 3:30
    So Moab was subdued that day under the hand of Israel. And the land had rest for eighty years.
    Judges 4:1
    And the people of Israel again did what was evil in the sight of the Lord after Ehud died.
    Judges 5:31
    So may all your enemies perish, O Lord! But your friends be like the sun as he rises in his might." And the land had rest for forty years.
    Judges 6:1
    The people of Israel did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, and the Lord gave them into the hand of Midian seven years.
  67. Cross References
    Psalms 106:43
    Many times he delivered them, but they were rebellious in their purposes and were brought low through their iniquity.
  68. Cross References
    Nehemiah 9:26
    Nevertheless, they were disobedient and rebelled against you and cast your law behind their back and killed your prophets, who had warned them in order to turn them back to you, and they committed great blasphemies.
  69. Cross References
    Nehemiah 9:10
    And performed signs and wonders against Pharaoh and all his servants and all the people of his land, for you knew that they acted arrogantly against our fathers. And you made a name for yourself, as it is to this day.
    Nehemiah 9:16
    But they and our fathers acted presumptuously and stiffened their neck and did not obey your commandments.
  70. Cross References
    Leviticus 18:5
    You shall therefore keep my statutes and my rules; if a person does them, he shall live by them: I am the Lord.
  71. Cross References
    Zechariah 7:11
    But they refused to pay attention and turned a stubborn shoulder and stopped their ears that they might not hear.
  72. Cross References
    Nehemiah 9:16
    But they and our fathers acted presumptuously and stiffened their neck and did not obey your commandments.
  73. Cross References
    Acts 13:18
    And for about forty years he put up with them in the wilderness.
  74. Cross References
    Nehemiah 9:26
    Nevertheless, they were disobedient and rebelled against you and cast your law behind their back and killed your prophets, who had warned them in order to turn them back to you, and they committed great blasphemies.
    Nehemiah 9:29
    And you warned them in order to turn them back to your law. Yet they acted presumptuously and did not obey your commandments, but sinned against your rules, which if a person does them, he shall live by them, and they turned a stubborn shoulder and stiffened their neck and would not obey.
    Nehemiah 9:34
    Our kings, our princes, our priests, and our fathers have not kept your law or paid attention to your commandments and your warnings that you gave them.
    2 Kings 17:13
    Yet the Lord warned Israel and Judah by every prophet and every seer, saying, "Turn from your evil ways and keep my commandments and my statutes, in accordance with all the Law that I commanded your fathers, and that I sent to you by my servants the prophets.
  75. Cross References
    1 Peter 1:10 - 11
    Concerning this salvation, the prophets who prophesied about the grace that was to be yours searched and inquired carefully.
    2 Peter 1:21
    For no prophecy was ever produced by the will of man, but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.
  76. Cross References
    Acts 7:51
    You stiff-necked people, uncircumcised in heart and ears, you always resist the Holy Spirit. As your fathers did, so do you.
  77. Cross References
    Ezra 9:7
    From the days of our fathers to this day we have been in great guilt. And for our iniquities we, our kings, and our priests have been given into the hand of the kings of the lands, to the sword, to captivity, to plundering, and to utter shame, as it is today.
    Isaiah 42:24
    Who gave up Jacob to the looter, and Israel to the plunderers? Was it not the Lord, against whom we have sinned, in whose ways they would not walk, and whose law they would not obey?
  78. Cross References
    Nehemiah 9:19
    You in your great mercies did not forsake them in the wilderness. The pillar of cloud to lead them in the way did not depart from them by day, nor the pillar of fire by night to light for them the way by which they should go.
    Nehemiah 9:27
    Therefore you gave them into the hand of their enemies, who made them suffer. And in the time of their suffering they cried out to you and you heard them from heaven, and according to your great mercies you gave them saviors who saved them from the hand of their enemies.
  79. Cross References
    Jeremiah 4:27
    For thus says the Lord, "The whole land shall be a desolation; yet I will not make a full end.
    Jeremiah 5:10
    Go up through her vine rows and destroy, but make not a full end; strip away her branches, for they are not the Lord 's.
    Jeremiah 5:18
    But even in those days, declares the Lord, I will not make a full end of you.
  80. Cross References
    Nehemiah 9:17
    They refused to obey and were not mindful of the wonders that you performed among them, but they stiffened their neck and appointed a leader to return to their slavery in Egypt. But you are a God ready to forgive, gracious and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love, and did not forsake them.
  81. Cross References
    Nehemiah 1:5
    And I said, "O Lord God of heaven, the great and awesome God who keeps covenant and steadfast love with those who love him and keep his commandments.
    Deuteronomy 7:21
    You shall not be in dread of them, for the Lord your God is in your midst, a great and awesome God.
  82. Cross References
    2 Kings 17:3
    Against him came up Shalmaneser king of Assyria. And Hoshea became his vassal and paid him tribute.
  83. Cross References
    Ezra 9:15
    O Lord, the God of Israel, you are just, for we are left a remnant that has escaped, as it is today. Behold, we are before you in our guilt, for none can stand before you because of this.
  84. Cross References
    Psalms 106:6
    Both we and our fathers have sinned; we have committed iniquity; we have done wickedness.
    Daniel 9:5
    We have sinned and done wrong and acted wickedly and rebelled, turning aside from your commandments and rules.
  85. Cross References
    Nehemiah 9:25
    And they captured fortified cities and a rich land, and took possession of houses full of all good things, cisterns already hewn, vineyards, olive orchards and fruit trees in abundance. So they ate and were filled and became fat and delighted themselves in your great goodness.
  86. Cross References
    Nehemiah 9:25
    And they captured fortified cities and a rich land, and took possession of houses full of all good things, cisterns already hewn, vineyards, olive orchards and fruit trees in abundance. So they ate and were filled and became fat and delighted themselves in your great goodness.
  87. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 28:47
    Because you did not serve the Lord your God with joyfulness and gladness of heart, because of the abundance of all things.
  88. Cross References
    Ezra 9:9
    For we are slaves. Yet our God has not forsaken us in our slavery, but has extended to us his steadfast love before the kings of Persia, to grant us some reviving to set up the house of our God, to repair its ruins, and to give us protection in Judea and Jerusalem.
  89. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 28:33
    A nation that you have not known shall eat up the fruit of your ground and of all your labors, and you shall be only oppressed and crushed continually.
    Deuteronomy 28:51
    It shall eat the offspring of your cattle and the fruit of your ground, until you are destroyed; it also shall not leave you grain, wine, or oil, the increase of your herds or the young of your flock, until they have caused you to perish.
  90. Cross References
    2 Kings 23:3
    And the king stood by the pillar and made a cov...
    2 Chronicles 29:10
    Now it is in my heart to make a covenant with t...
    2 Chronicles 34:31
    And the king stood in his place and made a cove...
    Ezra 10:3
    Therefore let us make a covenant with our God t...
    Nehemiah 10:29
    Join with their brothers, their nobles, and ent...
    Nehemiah 10:1
    On the seals are the names of Nehemiah the gove...
  91. Cross References
    Nehemiah 10:1
    On the seals are the names of Nehemiah the governor, the son of Hacaliah, Zedekiah.
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