Nehemiah 1:9

But if ye turn unto me, and keep my commandments, and do them; though there were of you cast out unto the uttermost part of the heaven, yet will I gather them from thence, and will bring them unto the place that I have chosen to set my name there.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
turn	וְשַׁבְתֶּ֣ם ve.shav.Tem	H7725	to turn back (hence · conjunction + verb, qal sequential perfect, 2nd person masculine plural
keep	וּשְׁמַרְתֶּם֙ u.she.mar.Tem	H8104	properly · conjunction + verb, qal sequential perfect, 2nd person masculine plural
commandments	מִצְוֹתַ֔י mitz.vo.Tai	H4687	a command · noun, common feminine plural construct + pronominal suffix
do	וַעֲשִׂיתֶ֖ם va.'a.si.Tem	H6213	to do or make · conjunction + verb, qal sequential perfect, 2nd person masculine plural
out	נִֽדַּחֲכֶ֜ם ni.da.cha.Khem	H5080	to push off · verb, niphal active participle, masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine plural
part	בִּקְצֵ֤ה bik.Tzeh	H7097	an extremity · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct
heaven	הַשָּׁמַ֙יִם֙ ha.sha.Ma.yim	H8064	the sky (as aloft · definite article + noun, common masculine plural absolute
gather	אֲקַבְּצֵ֔ם 'a.ka.be.Tzem	H6908	to grasp · verb, piel imperfect, 1st person common singular + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine plural
bring	וַהֲבִֽיאוֹתִים֙ va.ha.vo.'o.tim	H935	to go or come (in a wide variety of applications) · conjunction + verb, hiphil sequential perfect, 1st person common singular + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine plural
place	הַמָּק֔וֹם ha.ma.Kom	H4725	properly · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
chosen	בָּחַ֔רְתִּי ba.Char.ti	H977	properly · verb, qal perfect, 1st person common singular
set	לְשַׁכֵּ֥ן le.sha.Ken	H7931	to reside or permanently stay (literally or figurativel… · preposition + verb, piel infinitive construct
name	שְׁמִ֖י she.Mi	H8034	an appellation · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

Jeremiah 29:11-14 For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.
Deuteronomy 30:2-5 And shalt return unto the LORD thy God, and shalt obey his voice according to all that I command thee this day, thou and thy children, with…
Deuteronomy 4:29-31 But if from thence thou shalt seek the LORD thy God, thou shalt find him, if thou seek him with all thy heart and with all thy soul.
Jeremiah 32:37 Behold, I will gather them out of all countries, whither I have driven them in mine anger, and in my fury, and in great wrath; and I will br…
Leviticus 26:39-42 And they that are left of you shall pine away in their iniquity in your enemies’ lands; and also in the iniquities of their fathers shall th…
Deuteronomy 12:5 But unto the place which the LORD your God shall choose out of all your tribes to put his name there, even unto his habitation shall ye seek…
Ezra 6:12 And the God that hath caused his name to dwell there destroy all kings and people, that shall put to their hand to alter and to destroy this…
Psalms 147:2 The LORD doth build up Jerusalem: he gathereth together the outcasts of Israel.

Cross-references from OpenBible.info (CC BY), in the lineage of the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain).

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 1:9

But if ye return unto me, and keep my commandments, and do them,.... Return by repentance, and, as a proof of the genuineness of it, yield obedience to the commands of God, and continue therein: though there were of you cast out unto the uttermost part of the heaven; that is, the uttermost parts of the earth, the most distant regions; so called, because at the extreme parts of the horizon, according to our apprehension, the heavens and earth touch each other; so that what is the uttermost part of the one is supposed to be of the other: yet will I gather them from thence and will bring them unto the place that I have chosen to set my name there; that is to Jerusalem where the temple was bui…

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
Captivity · Israelites in, promises to — Israelites in, promises to
Conversion · Promises connected with — Promises connected with
Country · LOVE OF — LOVE OF
Nation · Lamente — Lamente
Patriotism · .Nehemiah — .Nehemiah
Prayer, Intercessory · Exemplified: Nehemiah — Exemplified: Nehemiah
Repentance · 4:29-31;10:16;30:1-3,8-10;32:29; — 4:29-31;10:16;30:1-3,8-10;32:29;

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 1:9

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 1:9

Dictionary and topics

Nehemiah 1:9

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 1:9

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Nehemiah 1:5–end

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Nehemiah 1:8-9

Rashi on Nehemiah 1:9