For they have not served you in their kingdom, and in your great goodness that you gave them, and in the large and rich land which you gave before them. They didn’t turn from their wicked works.
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For they have not served you in their kingdom, and in your great goodness that you gave them, and in the large and rich land which you gave before them. They didn’t turn from their wicked works.
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For they have not served thee in their kingdom, and in thy great goodness that thou gavest them, and in the large and fat land which thou gavest before them, neither turned they from their wicked works.
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For they have not served Thee in their kingdom, and in Thy great goodness that Thou gavest them, and in the large and fat land which Thou gavest before them, neither turned they from their wicked works.
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Passages linked to Nehemiah 9:35 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Deuteronomy 28:47 Because you didn’t serve Yahweh your God with joyfulness and with gladness of heart, by reason of the abundance of all things;
- Deuteronomy 32:12-15 Yahweh alone led him. There was no foreign god with him. He made him ride on the high places of the earth. He ate the increase of the field. He caused him to suck honey out of the rock, oil out of the flinty rock; butter from the herd, and milk from the flock, with fat of lambs, rams of the breed of Bashan, and goats, with the finest of the wheat. From the blood of the grape, you drank wine. But Jeshurun grew fat, and kicked. You have grown fat. You have grown thick. You have become sleek. Then he abandoned God who made him, and rejected the Rock of his salvation.
- Jeremiah 5:19 It will happen when you say, ‘Why has Yahweh our God done all these things to us?’ Then you shall say to them, ‘Just as you have forsaken me and served foreign gods in your land, so you will serve strangers in a land that is not yours.’
- Deuteronomy 8:7-10 For Yahweh your God brings you into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of springs, and underground water flowing into valleys and hills; a land of wheat, barley, vines, fig trees, and pomegranates; a land of olive trees and honey; a land in which you shall eat bread without scarcity, you shall not lack anything in it; a land whose stones are iron, and out of whose hills you may dig copper. You shall eat and be full, and you shall bless Yahweh your God for the good land which he has given you.
- Deuteronomy 31:21 It will happen, when many evils and troubles have come on them, that this song will testify before them as a witness; for it will not be forgotten out of the mouths of their descendants; for I know their ways and what they are doing today, before I have brought them into the land which I promised them.”
- Nehemiah 9:25 They took fortified cities and a rich land, and possessed houses full of all good things, cisterns dug out, vineyards, olive groves, and fruit trees in abundance. So they ate, were filled, became fat, and delighted themselves in your great goodness.
- Romans 3:4-5 May it never be! Yes, let God be found true, but every man a liar. As it is written, “that you might be justified in your words, and might prevail when you come into judgment.” But if our unrighteousness commends the righteousness of God, what will we say? Is God unrighteous who inflicts wrath? I speak like men do.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Neh 9:35 For they have not served thee in…
Neh 9:35 For they have not served thee in their kingdom, and in thy great goodness that thou gavest them, and in the large and fat land which thou gavest before them, neither turned they from their wicked works.
Ver. 35. For they have not served thee in their kingdom] As David did, who held it his highest honour to be the servant of the Lord, Psa 36:1-12; and as those three famous Christian emperors, Constantine, Valentinian, and Theodosius, who styled themselves The vassals of Jesus Christ (Socrat.).
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And in thy great goodness that thou gavest them] In the abundance of all things, Deu 28:47, they should have considered, the more wages the more work; and that thus to requite the Lord was to come under the censure of a foolish people and unwise, Deu 32:6, yea, of idle and evil servants, Mat 25:26.
And in the large and fat land] "But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked"; fulness bred forgetfulness; saturity, security, Deu 32:15; therefore he was worthily pent up and pined in a strange land, where he had liberty little enough, and prisoner’s pittance.
Neither turned they from their wicked works] They quarrel not with their faults, but with their friends that reprove them; they turn not to him from whom they had deeply revolted. Their impenitence maketh their sins mortal, says St John, 1Jn 5:16; immortal, saith St Paul, Rom 2:5; they die in their sins, as did those Jews in the Gospel, and perish for ever, Joh 8:21.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Which thou gavest before them, i.e. which thou didst…
Which thou gavest before them, i.e. which thou didst lay open to their view and possession, removing their enemies and all impediments out of the way.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain For they have not served thee in their kingdom,....…
For they have not served thee in their kingdom,.... When in it, whether of Israel or of Judah, and when in the most flourishing circumstances:
and in thy great goodness that thou gavest them; amidst all the prosperity and affluence of good things they enjoyed, which was an obligation upon them to serve the Lord:
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and in the large and fat land which thou gavest before them; the land of Canaan, a land flowing with milk, which lay open for them, their enemies being driven out before them, see Neh 9:25,
neither turned they from their wicked works; their idolatries more especially.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 35. For they have not served thee in…
Verse 35. For they have not served thee in their kingdom] Instead of במלכותם bemalcutham, "in THEIR kingdom," במלכותך bemalcuthecha, in THY kingdom," is the reading of two of Kennicott's MSS.; as also of the Septuagint, Syriac, and Arabic. This is most likely to be the true reading.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain Neh 9:35. For they served thee not in the…
Neh 9:35. For they served thee not in the land which thou gavest them — That is, which thou didst lay open to their view and possession; removing their enemies, and all impediments, out of the way. Neither turned they from their wicked works — They not only all acted wickedly, from the highest to the lowest, but would not be reclaimed. Thus they acknowledge the justice of God in all the punishments he had inflicted on them, though heavy and of long continuance.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 35. they] emphatic, i.e. the kings and princes; as…
35. they] emphatic, i.e. the kings and princes; as distinguished from ‘thou’ and ‘we,’ used emphatically in Neh_9:33.
in their kingdom] Perhaps with a slight touch of irony, since ‘their kingdom’ was itself God’s gift to Israel. The use of the word shows that the ‘kings’ and ‘princes’ of Neh_9:34 are especially referred to.
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goodness] Material blessings generally as in Neh_9:25.
fat land] Cf. Neh_9:25.
wicked works] The word so translated is used with especial reference to idolatry. Cf. Jer_35:15, ‘Amend your doings,’ Zec_1:6, ‘According to our doings, so hath he dealt with us.’
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain They have not served thee in their kingdom. There…
They have not served thee in their kingdom. There is no need of altering the reading here. "In their kingdom" means, "while they had a kingdom of their own, and were not subjects, as now, to a foreign power." Thy great goodness. See above, ver. 25. The large and fat land. Compare Exo_3:8. Although the limits of Palestine are narrow, yet the land which God flare to his people, extending as it did from the Euphrates to the river of Egypt, (Gen_15:18) might well he termed a "large" or "broad" land.
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 Connecting Statement:
Connecting Statement:
In these verses, the Levites continue to praise Yahweh in the presence of the people of Israel.
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while they enjoyed your great goodness to them
"while they enjoyed the good things you gave them"
they did not serve you
"they were not obedient to your law or teaching"
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kingdom
good
servant
turn
evil
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