Nehemiah 9:27

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Modern

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.

Traditional

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, thou heardest them from heaven; and according to thy manifold mercies thou gavest them saviours, who saved them out of the hand of their enemies.

Literal

And You gave them into the hand of their enemies, and they brought distress to them. And in the time of their distress they cried to You, and You from the heavens heard, and according to Your abundant mercies You gave to them saviors, and they saved them from the hand of their enemies.

Latin

Et dedisti eos in manu hostium suorum, et afflixerunt eos. Et in tempore tribulationis suæ clamaverunt ad te, et tu de cælo audisti, et secundum miserationes tuas multas dedisti eis salvatores, qui salvarent eos de manu hostium suorum.

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English

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.

Notes

Nehemiah 9:26–27

The prayer describes the events in the book of Judges (see Judges 2:11–23).

Nehemiah 9:5–37

This lengthy prayer admits the nation's sins and praises God for his compassion throughout history (compare Psalms 105–106; 135–136). It encouraged listeners to admit their own unfaithfulness and ask God for compassion and forgiveness.

Nehemiah 7:73–10:39

This section, possibly from Ezra’s personal memoirs, explains how Ezra’s teaching of God’s law renewed the people's commitment to serve God and follow his instructions. Spiritual revival occurred alongside the civic work of Ezra and Nehemiah.

Theme notes and profiles

Community Responsibility: Achan’s Sin God's Word at the Center Nehemiah’s Confidence in God

Related verses

Psalm 106:41–45
He delivered them into the hand of the nations, and those who hated them ruled over them.
Daniel 9:10–14
…and have not obeyed the voice of the LORD our God to walk in His laws, which He set before us through His servants the prophets.
2 Kings 14:27
…and since the LORD had said that He would not blot out the name of Israel from under heaven, He saved them by the hand of Jeroboam son of Jehoash.
2 Kings 13:5
So the LORD gave Israel a deliverer, and they escaped the power of the Arameans. Then the people of Israel lived in their own homes as they had before.
Judges 2:18
Whenever the LORD raised up a judge for the Israelites, He was with that judge and saved them from the hands of their enemies while the judge was still alive; for the LORD was moved to pity by their groaning under those who oppressed them and afflicted them.
2 Chronicles 36:17
So He brought up against them the king of the Chaldeans, who put their young men to the sword in the sanctuary, sparing neither young men nor young women, neither elderly nor infirm. God gave them all into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar,
Judges 3:8–30
Then the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He sold them into the hand of Cushan-rishathaim king of Aram-naharaim, and the Israelites served him eight years.
Obadiah 1:21
The deliverers will ascend Mount Zion to rule over the mountains of Esau. And the kingdom will belong to the LORD.
Judges 10:15–16
“We have sinned,” the Israelites said to the LORD. “Deal with us as You see fit; but please deliver us today!”
Deuteronomy 4:29–31
But if from there you will seek the LORD your God, you will find Him if you seek Him with all your heart and with all your soul.
1 Samuel 12:10–11
Then they cried out to the LORD and said, ‘We have sinned, for we have forsaken the LORD and served the Baals and Ashtoreths. Now deliver us from the hands of our enemies, that we may serve You.’
Judges 2:14–16
Then the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He delivered them into the hands of those who plundered them. He sold them into the hands of their enemies all around, whom they were no longer able to resist.

Glossary

Book of Nehemiah Kindness Savior Suffering

Topics

God: Mercy of Heaven: God: Answers his People From Heaven: God's Dwelling Place Idolatry: Warnings Against, and Punishments of Ingratitude to God: Punishment of Prayer: Answered: from Babylonian Bondage Public Prayer: Jeshua Rebellion Against God: Forgiven Upon Repentance Rebellion Against God: They Who are Guilty of Delivered Into the Hands of Enemies on Account of Repentance: Exemplified Sin: Confession of Thankfulness: To God of the Levites The Law of God: Punishment for Disobeying The Mercy of God: Manifold The Punishment of the Wicked in This Life by Deliverance to Enemies The Punishment of the Wicked: On Account of Their: Disobeying God

Nehemiah 9:27

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