Nehemiah 9:31

Translations

Modern

But in Your great compassion, You did not put an end to them; nor did You forsake them, for You are a gracious and compassionate God.

Traditional

Nevertheless for thy great mercies’ sake thou didst not utterly consume them, nor forsake them; for thou art a gracious and merciful God.

Literal

And in Your great mercies You did not make of them a complete end, nor did You abandon them, for You are a gracious and merciful God.

Latin

In misericordiis autem tuis plurimis non fecisti eos in consumptionem, nec dereliquisti eos: quoniam Deus miserationum et clemens es tu.

Original

Hebrew

English

But in Your great compassion, You did not put an end to them; nor did You forsake them, for You are a gracious and compassionate God.

Notes

Nehemiah 9:28–31

The people did not learn from the mistakes made during the time of the judges (Nehemiah 9:26–27). The same pattern of disobedience appeared during the monarchy (compare 2 Kings 17). Despite the nation's ongoing disobedience (Nehemiah 9:29), God remained steadfast in his love, patience, compassion, and guidance through the spirit and the prophets.

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 What Is Good

Related verses

Lamentations 3:22
Because of the loving devotion of the LORD we are not consumed, for His mercies never fail.
Nehemiah 9:17
They refused to listen and failed to remember the wonders You performed among them. They stiffened their necks and appointed a leader to return them to their bondage in Egypt. But You are a forgiving God, gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and rich in loving devotion, and You did not forsake them.
Exodus 34:6–7
Then the LORD passed in front of Moses and called out: “The LORD, the LORD God, is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion and faithfulness,
Jeremiah 4:27
For this is what the LORD says: “The whole land will be desolate, but I will not finish its destruction.
Psalm 103:8–9
The LORD is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion.
Jeremiah 5:18
“Yet even in those days,” declares the LORD, “I will not make a full end of you.
Jeremiah 5:10
Go up through her vineyards and ravage them, but do not finish them off. Strip off her branches, for they do not belong to the LORD.
Psalm 145:8–9
The LORD is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in loving devotion.
Ezekiel 14:22–23
Yet, behold, some survivors will be left in it—sons and daughters who will be brought out. They will come out to you, and when you see their conduct and actions, you will be comforted regarding the disaster I have brought upon Jerusalem—all that I have brought upon it.
2 Kings 13:23
But the LORD was gracious to Israel and had compassion on them, and He turned toward them because of His covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. And to this day, the LORD has been unwilling to destroy them or cast them from His presence.
2 Chronicles 30:9
For if you return to the LORD, your brothers and sons will receive mercy in the presence of their captors and will return to this land. For the LORD your God is gracious and merciful; He will not turn His face away from you if you return to Him.”
Daniel 9:9
To the Lord our God belong compassion and forgiveness, even though we have rebelled against Him

People

LORD: Names or title used to refer to God

Glossary

Book of Nehemiah El Kindness

Topics

God: Longsuffering of, Abused God: Mercy of Idolatry: Warnings Against, and Punishments of Public Prayer: Jeshua Repentance: Exemplified Sin: Confession of Thankfulness: To God of the Levites

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