Nehemiah 9:19

Yet thou in thy manifold mercies forsookest them not in the wilderness: the pillar of the cloud departed not from them by day, to lead them in the way; neither the pillar of fire by night, to shew them light, and the way wherein they should go.

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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
manifold	הָֽרַבִּ֔ים ha.ra.Bim	H7227	abundant (in quantity · definite article + adjective, masculine plural absolute
mercies	בְּרַחֲמֶ֣יךָ be.ra.cha.Mei.kha	H7356	compassion (in the plural) · preposition + noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular
forsookest	עֲזַבְתָּ֖ם 'a.zav.Tam	H5800	to loosen · verb, qal perfect, 2nd person masculine singular + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine plural
wilderness	בַּמִּדְבָּ֑ר ba.mid.Bar	H4057	a pasture (i.e. open field · preposition with the article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
pillar	עַמּ֣וּד 'a.Mud	H5982	a column (as standing) · noun, common masculine singular construct
cloud	הֶ֠עָנָן He.'a.non	H6051	a cloud (as covering the sky) · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
departed	סָ֨ר sar	H5493	to turn off (literal or figurative) · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
day	יוֹמָם yôwmâm	H3119	daily
lead	לְהַנְחֹתָ֣ם le.han.cho.Tam	H5148	to guide · preposition + verb, hiphil infinitive construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine plural
way	בְּהַדֶּ֔רֶךְ be.ha.De.rekh	H1870	a road (as trodden) · preposition + definite article + noun, common both genders singular absolute
pillar	עַמּ֨וּד 'a.Mud	H5982	a column (as standing) · noun, common masculine singular construct
fire	הָאֵ֤שׁ ha.'Esh	H784	fire (literally or figuratively) · definite article + noun, common both genders singular absolute
night	בְּלַ֙יְלָה֙ be.Lay.lah	H3915	properly · preposition + noun, common masculine singular absolute
light	לְהָאִ֣יר le.ha.'Ir	H215	to be (causative · preposition + verb, hiphil infinitive construct
way	הַדֶּ֖רֶךְ ha.De.rekh	H1870	a road (as trodden) · definite article + noun, common both genders singular absolute
go	יָלַךְ yâlak	H3212	to walk (literally or figuratively)

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

Nehemiah 9:27 Therefore thou deliveredst them into the hand of their enemies, who vexed them: and in the time of their trouble, when they cried unto thee,…
Psalms 106:45 And he remembered for them his covenant, and repented according to the multitude of his mercies.
Nehemiah 9:12 Moreover thou leddest them in the day by a cloudy pillar; and in the night by a pillar of fire, to give them light in the way wherein they s…
Malachi 3:6 For I am the LORD, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed.
Numbers 14:14 And they will tell it to the inhabitants of this land: for they have heard that thou LORD art among this people, that thou LORD art seen fac…
Daniel 9:9 To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgivenesses, though we have rebelled against him;
Daniel 9:18 O my God, incline thine ear, and hear; open thine eyes, and behold our desolations, and the city which is called by thy name: for we do not…
Exodus 13:21-22 And the LORD went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead them the way; and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light; to…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Nehemiah 9:4–end

We have here an account how the work of this fast-day was carried on. 1. The names of the ministers that were employed. They are twice named (Neh 9:4, Neh 9:5), only with some variation of the names. Either they prayed successively, according to that rule which the apostle gives (Co1 14:31, You may all prophesy one by one), or, as some think, there were eight several congregations at some distance from each other, and each had a Levite to preside in it. 2. The work itself in which they employed themselves. (1.) They prayed to God, cried to him with a loud voice (Neh 9:4), for the pardon of the sins of Israel and God's favour to them. They cried aloud, not that God might the better hear them,…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Nehemiah 9:6

Thou, even thou, art Lord alone, &c.--In this solemn and impressive prayer, in which they make public confession of their sins, and deprecate the judgments due to the transgressions of their fathers, they begin with a profound adoration of God, whose supreme majesty and omnipotence is acknowledged in the creation, preservation, and government of all. Then they proceed to enumerate His mercies and distinguished favors to them as a nation, from the period of the call of their great ancestor and the gracious promise intimated to him in the divinely bestowed name of Abraham, a promise which implied that he was to be the Father of the faithful, the ancestor of the Messiah, and the honored individ…

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Adam Clarke on Nehemiah 9:19

The pillar of the cloud departed not from them - מעליהם mealeyhem, "from over them." I have already had occasion to observe that this miraculous cloud, the symbol of the Divine presence, assumed three different positions while accompanying the Israelitish camp: 1. As a cloud in the form of a pillar, it went before them when they journey, to point out their way in the wilderness. 2. As a pillar of fire, it continued with them during the night, to give them light, and be a rallying point for the whole camp in the night season. 3. As an extended cloud, it hovered over them in their encampments, to refresh them with its dews, and to keep them from the ardours of the sun.

Dictionary and topics

Covenant — A contract or agreement between two parties. In the Old Testament the Hebrew word berith is always thus translated. Berith is derived from a root which means “to cut,” and hence a covenant is a…
Prayer — Is converse with God; the intercourse of the soul with God, not in contemplation or meditation, but in direct address to him. Prayer may be oral or mental, occasional or constant, ejaculatory or…
Cloud · PILLAR OF — PILLAR OF
Cloud Of Glory · Was designed to: Guide Israel — Was designed to: Guide Israel
Prayer, Public · Exemplified: Jeshua — Exemplified: Jeshua

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 9:19

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Nehemiah 9:4–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Nehemiah 9:6

Adam Clarke on Nehemiah 9:19

Dictionary and topics

Nehemiah 9:19

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Nehemiah 9:4–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Nehemiah 9:6

Adam Clarke on Nehemiah 9:19

Dictionary and topics

John Gill on Nehemiah 9:19

Keil & Delitzsch on Nehemiah 9:16-25

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Nehemiah 9:12-21

Rashi on Nehemiah 9:19