Nehemiah 9

1 On the twenty-fourth day of the same month, the Israelites gathered together, fasting and wearing sackcloth, with dust on their heads.

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2 Those of Israelite descent separated themselves from all the foreigners, and they stood and confessed their sins and the iniquities of their fathers.

and to separate seed: children Israel from all son: type of foreign and to stand: stand and to give thanks upon sin their and iniquity: crime father their

3 While they stood in their places, they read from the Book of the Law of the LORD their God for a quarter of the day, and they spent another quarter of the day in confession and worship of the LORD their God.

and to arise: establish upon post their and to call: read out in/on/with scroll: book instruction LORD God their fourth [the] day and fourth to give thanks and to bow to/for LORD God their

4 And the Levites—Jeshua, Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, and Chenani—stood on the raised platform and cried out in a loud voice to the LORD their God.

and to arise: establish upon ascent [the] Levi Jeshua and Bani Kadmiel Shebaniah Bunni Sherebiah Bani Chenani and to cry out in/on/with voice great: large to(wards) LORD God their

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: Blessed be Your glorious name, and may it be exalted above all blessing and praise.

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6 You alone are the LORD. You created the heavens, the highest heavens with all their host, the earth and all that is on it, the seas and all that is in them. You give life to all things, and the host of heaven worships You.

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7 You are the LORD, the God who chose Abram, who brought him out of Ur of the Chaldeans and gave him the name Abraham.

you(m. s.) he/she/it LORD [the] God which to choose in/on/with Abram and to come out: send him from Ur Chaldea and to set: name name his Abraham

8 You found his heart faithful before You, and made a covenant with him to give the land of the Canaanites and Hittites, of the Amorites and Perizzites, of the Jebusites and Girgashites— to give it to his descendants. You have kept Your promise, because You are righteous.

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9 You saw the affliction of our fathers in Egypt; You heard their cry at the Red Sea.

and to see: see [obj] affliction father our in/on/with Egypt and [obj] outcry their to hear: hear upon sea Red (Sea)

10 You performed signs and wonders against Pharaoh, all his officials, and all the people of his land, for You knew they had acted with arrogance against our fathers. You made a name for Yourself that endures to this day.

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11 You divided the sea before them, and they crossed through it on dry ground. You hurled their pursuers into the depths like a stone into raging waters.

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12 You led them with a pillar of cloud by day and a pillar of fire by night, to light for them the way in which they should travel.

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13 You came down on Mount Sinai and spoke with them from heaven. You gave them just ordinances, true laws, and good statutes and commandments.

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14 You revealed to them Your holy Sabbath and gave them commandments and statutes and laws through Your servant Moses.

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15 In their hunger You gave them bread from heaven; in their thirst You brought them water from the rock. You told them to go in and possess the land which You had sworn to give them.

and food: bread from heaven to give: give to/for them to/for famine their and water from crag to come out: issue to/for them to/for thirst their and to say to/for them to/for to come (in): come to/for to possess: take [obj] [the] land: country/planet which to lift: vow [obj] hand: vow your to/for to give: give to/for them

16 But they and our fathers became arrogant and stiff-necked and did not obey Your commandments.

and they(masc.) and father our to boil and to harden [obj] neck their and not to hear: obey to(wards) commandment your

17 They refused to listen and failed to remember the wonders You performed among them. They stiffened their necks and appointed a leader to return them to their bondage in Egypt. But You are a forgiving God, gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and rich in loving devotion, and You did not forsake them.

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18 Even when they cast for themselves an image of a calf and said, ‘This is your God who brought you up out of Egypt,’ and when they committed terrible blasphemies,

also for to make to/for them calf liquid and to say this God your which to ascend: establish you from Egypt and to make: do contempt great: large

19 You in Your great compassion did not forsake them in the wilderness. By day the pillar of cloud never turned away from guiding them on their path; and by the night the pillar of fire illuminated the way they should go.

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20 You gave Your good Spirit to instruct them. You did not withhold Your manna from their mouths, and You gave them water for their thirst.

and spirit your [the] pleasant to give: give to/for be prudent them and manna your not to withhold from lip their and water to give: give to/for them to/for thirst their

21 For forty years You sustained them in the wilderness, so that they lacked nothing. Their clothes did not wear out and their feet did not swell.

and forty year to sustain them in/on/with wilderness not to lack garment their not to become old and foot their not to swell

22 You gave them kingdoms and peoples and allotted to them every corner of the land. So they took the land of Sihon king of Heshbon and of Og king of Bashan.

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23 You multiplied their descendants like the stars of heaven and brought them to the land You had told their fathers to enter and possess.

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24 So their descendants went in and possessed the land; You subdued before them the Canaanites dwelling in the land. You delivered into their hands the kings and peoples of the land, to do with them as they wished.

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25 They captured fortified cities and fertile land and took houses full of all goods, wells already dug, vineyards, olive groves, and fruit trees in abundance. So they ate and were filled; they grew fat and delighted in Your great goodness.

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26 But they were disobedient and rebelled against You; they flung Your law behind their backs. They killed Your prophets, who had admonished them to return to You. They committed terrible blasphemies.

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27 So You delivered them into the hands of enemies who oppressed them, and in their time of distress they cried out to You. From heaven You heard them, and in Your great compassion You gave them deliverers who saved them from the hands of their enemies.

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28 But as soon as they had rest, they again did evil in Your sight. So You abandoned them to the hands of their enemies, who had dominion over them. When they cried out to You again, You heard from heaven, and You delivered them many times in Your compassion.

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29 You admonished them to turn back to Your law, but they were arrogant and disobeyed Your commandments. They sinned against Your ordinances, by which a man will live if he practices them. They stubbornly shrugged their shoulders; they stiffened their necks and would not obey.

and to testify in/on/with them to/for to return: repent them to(wards) instruction your and they(masc.) to boil and not to hear: obey to/for commandment your and in/on/with justice: judgement your to sin in/on/with them which to make: do man and to live in/on/with them and to give: put shoulder to rebel and neck their to harden and not to hear: obey

30 You were patient with them for many years, and Your Spirit admonished them through Your prophets. Yet they would not listen, so You gave them into the hands of the neighboring peoples.

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31 But in Your great compassion, You did not put an end to them; nor did You forsake them, for You are a gracious and compassionate God.

and in/on/with compassion your [the] many not to make them consumption and not to leave: forsake them for God gracious and compassionate you(m. s.)

32 So now, our God, the great and mighty and awesome God who keeps His gracious covenant, do not view lightly all the hardship that has come upon us, and upon our kings and leaders, our priests and prophets, our ancestors and all Your people, from the days of the kings of Assyria until today.

and now God our [the] God [the] great: large [the] mighty man and [the] to fear: revere to keep: obey [the] covenant and [the] kindness not to diminish to/for face of your [obj] all [the] hardship which to find us to/for king our to/for ruler our and to/for priest our and to/for prophet our and to/for father our and to/for all people your from day king Assyria till [the] day [the] this

33 You are just in all that has befallen us, because You have acted faithfully, while we have acted wickedly.

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34 Our kings and leaders and priests and fathers did not obey Your law or listen to Your commandments and warnings that You gave them.

and [obj] king our ruler our priest our and father our not to make: do instruction your and not to listen to(wards) commandment your and to/for testimony your which to testify in/on/with them

35 For even while they were in their kingdom, with the abundant goodness that You had given them, and in the spacious and fertile land that You had set before them, they would not serve You or turn from their wicked ways.

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36 So here we are today as slaves in the land You gave our fathers to enjoy its fruit and goodness— here we are as slaves!

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37 Its abundant harvest goes to the kings You have set over us because of our sins. And they rule over our bodies and our livestock as they please. We are in great distress.

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38 In view of all this, we make a binding agreement, putting it in writing and sealing it with the names of our leaders, Levites, and priests.”

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