Nehemiah 9:33

Howbeit thou art just in all that is brought upon us; for thou hast done right, but we have done wickedly:

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
just	צַדִּ֔יק tza.Dik	H6662	just · adjective, masculine singular absolute
brought	הַבָּ֣א ha.Ba'	H935	to go or come (in a wide variety of applications) · definite article + verb, qal active participle, masculine singular absolute
done	עָשִׂ֖יתָ 'a.Si.ta	H6213	to do or make · verb, qal perfect, 2nd person masculine singular
right	אֱמֶ֥ת 'e.Met	H571	stability · noun, common feminine singular absolute
wickedly	הִרְשָֽׁעְנוּ hir.Sha.'e.nu	H7561	to be (causatively · verb, hiphil perfect, 1st person common plural

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Cross-references

Genesis 18:25 That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked: and that the righteous should be as the wicked, that b…
Psalms 106:6 We have sinned with our fathers, we have committed iniquity, we have done wickedly.
Daniel 9:5-14 We have sinned, and have committed iniquity, and have done wickedly, and have rebelled, even by departing from thy precepts and from thy jud…
Job 34:23 For he will not lay upon man more than right; that he should enter into judgment with God.
Leviticus 26:40-41 If they shall confess their iniquity, and the iniquity of their fathers, with their trespass which they trespassed against me, and that also…
Job 33:27 He looketh upon men, and if any say, I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, and it profited me not;
Psalms 119:137 Righteous art thou, O LORD, and upright are thy judgments.
Psalms 145:17 The LORD is righteous in all his ways, and holy in all his works.

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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 9:32

Now therefore, our God . . . who keepest covenant and mercy--God's fidelity to His covenant is prominently acknowledged, and well it might; for their whole national history bore testimony to it. But as this could afford them little ground of comfort or of hope while they were so painfully conscious of having violated it, they were driven to seek refuge in the riches of divine grace; and hence the peculiar style of invocation here adopted: "Now therefore, our God, the great, the mighty, and the terrible God, who keepest covenant and mercy."

Adam Clarke on Nehemiah 9:32

On our kings, on our princes - I believe Nehemiah in this place mentions the whole of civil society in its officers as they stand related to each other in dignity: - 1. Kings, as supreme. 2. Princes. 3. Priests. 4. Prophets. 5. The Fathers, heads or chiefs of tribes and families. 6. The Common People. Those who disturb this natural order (for it subsists even in Britain) are enemies to the peace of the whole, whatever they may pretend to the contrary.

John Gill on Nehemiah 9:33

Howbeit, thou art just in all that is brought upon us,.... They own the justice of God, could not complain of any wrong done them; and had he shown them no mercy at all, it was but what they deserved: for thou hast done right, but we have done wickedly; he had done according to the truth of his word of promise, he had faithfully kept it, but they had transgressed his righteous law.

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…
Afflicted Saints · Should acknowledge the justice of their chastisements — Should acknowledge the justice of their chastisements
Confession Of Sin · Should be accompanied with: Submission to punishment — Should be accompanied with: Submission to punishment
Disobedience To God · Acknowledge the punishment of, to be just — Acknowledge the punishment of, to be just
Judgments · Saints: Acknowledge the justice of — Saints: Acknowledge the justice of
Prayer, Public · Exemplified: Jeshua — Exemplified: Jeshua
Resignation · EXEMPLIFIED — EXEMPLIFIED

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 9:33

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Nehemiah 9:4–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Nehemiah 9:32

Adam Clarke on Nehemiah 9:32

John Gill on Nehemiah 9:33

Dictionary and topics

Nehemiah 9:33

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Nehemiah 9:4–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Nehemiah 9:32

Adam Clarke on Nehemiah 9:32

John Gill on Nehemiah 9:33

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Nehemiah 9:32-34

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Nehemiah 9:32-37

Rashi on Nehemiah 9:33