Nehemiah 1:8

Remember, I beseech thee, the word that thou commandedst thy servant Moses, saying, If ye transgress, I will scatter you abroad among the nations:

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
Remember	זְכָר ze.khor-	H2142	properly · verb, qal imperative, 2nd person masculine singular
word	הַדָּבָ֔ר ha.da.Var	H1697	a word · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
commandedst	צִוִּ֛יתָ tzi.Vi.ta	H6680	(intensively) to constitute · verb, piel perfect, 2nd person masculine singular
servant	עַבְדְּךָ֖ 'av.de.Kha	H5650	a servant · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular
Moses	מֹשֶׁ֥ה mo.Sheh	H4872	Mosheh · proper noun, a man's name
saying	לֵאמֹ֑ר le.Mor	H559	to say (used with great latitude) · preposition + verb, qal infinitive construct
transgress	תִּמְעָ֔לוּ tim.'A.lu	H4603	properly · verb, qal imperfect, 2nd person masculine plural
abroad	אָפִ֥יץ 'a.Fitz	H6327	to dash in pieces · verb, hiphil imperfect, 1st person common singular
nations	בָּעַמִּֽים ba.'a.Mim	H5971	a people (as a congregated unit) · preposition with the article + noun, common masculine plural absolute

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Cross-references

Deuteronomy 28:64 And the LORD shall scatter thee among all people, from the one end of the earth even unto the other; and there thou shalt serve other gods,…
Deuteronomy 4:25-27 When thou shalt beget children, and children’s children, and ye shall have remained long in the land, and shall corrupt yourselves, and make…
Leviticus 26:33-46 And I will scatter you among the heathen, and will draw out a sword after you: and your land shall be desolate, and your cities waste.
1 Kings 9:6-7 But if ye shall at all turn from following me, ye or your children, and will not keep my commandments and my statutes which I have set befor…
Deuteronomy 32:26-28 I said, I would scatter them into corners, I would make the remembrance of them to cease from among men:
Luke 1:72 To perform the mercy promised to our fathers, and to remember his holy covenant;
Psalms 119:49 Remember the word unto thy servant, upon which thou hast caused me to hope.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Nehemiah 1:5–end

We have here Nehemiah's prayer, a prayer that has reference to all the prayers which he had for some time before been putting up to God day and night, while he continued his sorrows for the desolations of Jerusalem, and withal to the petition he was now intending to present to the king his master for his favour to Jerusalem. We may observe in this prayer, I. His humble and reverent address to God, in which he prostrates himself before him, and gives unto him the glory due unto his name, Neh 1:5. It is much the same with that of Daniel, Dan 9:4. It teaches us to draw near to God, 1. With a holy awe of his majesty and glory, remembering that he is the God of heaven, infinitely above us, and so…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Nehemiah 1:4

HIS PRAYER. (Neh 1:4-11) when I heard these words, that I sat down . . . and mourned . . . and fasted, and prayed--The recital deeply affected the patriotic feelings of this good man, and no comfort could he find but in earnest and protracted prayer, that God would favor the purpose, which he seems to have secretly formed, of asking the royal permission to go to Jerusalem.

Adam Clarke on Nehemiah 1:8

Thy servant Moses - See the parallel places in Lev 26:33 (note), Deu 4:25-27 (note), Deu 28:64 (note), and the notes there. Though in an enemy's country, and far from the ordinances of God, Nehemiah did not forget the law: he read his Bible well, and quotes correctly.

John Gill on Nehemiah 1:8

Remember, I beseech thee, the word that thou commandedst thy servant Moses,.... To publish and declare to the children of Israel, Deuteronomy 28:64, saying, if ye transgress; the law of God: I will scatter you abroad among the nations; as now they had been among the Assyrians, Chaldeans, Medes, and Persians.

Keil & Delitzsch on Nehemiah 1:5–end

Nehemiah's prayer, as given in these verses, comprises the prayers which he prayed day and night, during the period of his mourning and fasting (Neh 1:4 comp. Neh 1:6), to his faithful and covenant God, to obtain mercy for his people, and the divine blessing upon his project for their assistance. Neh 1:5 The invocation of Jahve as: Thou God of heaven, alludes to God's almighty government of the world, and the further predicates of God, to His covenant faithfulness. "Thou great and terrible God" recalls Deu 7:21, and "who keepest covenant and mercy," etc., Deu 7:9 and Exo 20:5-6. Neh 1:6 "Let Thine ear be attentive, and Thine eyes open," like Ch2 6:40; Ch2 7:15 - לשׁמע, that Thou mayest heark…

The Church Fathers

But I say: did the Lord use iniquity in order to snatch the nations from the power of the adversaries and to recall them to his own faith and dominion? By no means. For Israel was once "the portion of the Lord," but they made Israel to sin against his God, and on account of their sins God said to them: "behold, you have been sold off by your sins, and on account of your sins you have been scattered under the whole heaven." But again he says to them: "if your dispersion be from the end of heaven unto the end thereof, from there I will gather you, says the Lord." Because, therefore, the first "princes of this world" had invaded "the portion of the Lord," the "good shepherd" had need, leaving the ninety and nine on high, to descend to the earth and to seek the one sheep which had perished, and, having found it and carried it back on his shoulders, to recall it to the heavenly sheepfold of perfection.
— Origen of Alexandria, HOMILIES ON GENESIS 9.3

The Church Fathers: public-domain translations (Ante-Nicene and Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers), verse-indexed by SermonIndex (CC BY 4.0).

Dictionary and topics

Shushan — A lily, the Susa of Greek and Roman writers, once the capital of Elam. It lay in the uplands of Susiana, on the east of the Tigris, about 150 miles to the north of the head of the Persian Gulf. It is…
Afflictions Made Beneficial · In turning us to God — In turning us to God
Country · LOVE OF — LOVE OF
Nation · Lamente — Lamente
Patriotism · .Nehemiah — .Nehemiah
Prayer, Intercessory · Exemplified: Nehemiah — Exemplified: Nehemiah

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Nehemiah 1:8

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Nehemiah 1:5–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Nehemiah 1:4

Adam Clarke on Nehemiah 1:8

John Gill on Nehemiah 1:8

Keil & Delitzsch on Nehemiah 1:5–end

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Nehemiah 1:8

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Nehemiah 1:5–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Nehemiah 1:4

Adam Clarke on Nehemiah 1:8

John Gill on Nehemiah 1:8

Keil & Delitzsch on Nehemiah 1:5–end

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Nehemiah 1:8-9

Rashi on Nehemiah 1:7