Nehemiah 9:6-15

The People of Israel Confess Their Sin

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.

  1. 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.
  2. Cross References
    Genesis 1:1
    In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.
  3. Cross References
    Genesis 1:1
    In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.
  4. 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.
  5. Cross References
    Genesis 2:1
    Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.
  6. 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.
  7. 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.
  8. 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.
  9. 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.
  10. Cross References
    Genesis 15:6
    And he believed the Lord, and he counted it to him as righteousness.
  11. 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.
  12. 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.
  13. 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.
  14. 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.
  15. 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.
  16. 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.
  17. 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.
  18. 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.
  19. 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.
  20. 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.
  21. 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.
  22. 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.
  23. Cross References
    Exodus 20:1 - 17
    And God spoke all these words, saying.
  24. 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!
  25. 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.
  26. 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.'
  27. 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.
  28. 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.
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