American Standard Version

Nehemiah 9:22-29

22Moreover thou gavestthemkingdomsמַמְלָכוֹת֙mam.la.khOtH4467andpeoplesH5971, which thou didstallotaftertheirportions:sotheypossessedH3423thelandאֶ֣רֶץ'E.retzH776ofSihonסִיח֗וֹןsi.ChonH5511,eventhelandאֶ֙רֶץ֙'e.retzH776ofthekingמֶ֣לֶךְMe.lekhH4428ofHeshbonחֶשְׁבּ֔וֹןchesh.BonH2809,andthelandאֶ֖רֶץ'E.retzH776ofOgע֥וֹגogH5747kingמֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-H4428ofBashanהַבָּשָֽׁן׃ha.ba.ShanH1316.

23Theirchildrenalsomultipliedst thouasthestarsכְּכֹכְבֵ֖יke.cho.khe.VeiH3556ofheavenהַשָּׁמָ֑יִםha.sha.Ma.yimH8064,andbroughtestthemintothelandהָאָ֔רֶץha.'A.retzH776concerningH413whichthou didstsayH559totheirfathersH1,thattheyshouldgoH935intopossessH3423it.

24SothechildrenwentH935inandpossessedH3423thelandהָאָ֔רֶץha.'A.retzH776,andthou subduedstbeforethemtheinhabitantsיֹשְׁבֵ֤יyo.she.VeiH3427ofthelandהָאָ֙רֶץ֙ha.'A.retzH776,theCanaanitesהַכְּנַ֣עֲנִ֔יםha.ke.Na.'a.NimH3669,andgavestthemintotheirhandsבְּיָדָ֑םbe.ya.DamH3027,withtheirkingsמַלְכֵיהֶם֙mal.khei.HemH4428,andthepeoplesH5971ofthelandהָאָ֔רֶץha.'A.retzH776,thattheymightdowiththemastheywould.

25AndtheytookH3920fortifiedH1219citiesעָרִ֣ים'a.RimH5892,andafatוַיַּשְׁמִ֔ינוּvai.yash.Mi.nuH8080landH127,andpossessedH3423housesH1004fullמְלֵֽאִים־me.le.'im-H4392ofallgoodט֠וּבtuvH2898things,cisternsH953hewnout,vineyardsכְּרָמִ֧יםke.ra.MimH3754,andoliveyards,andfruit-treesinabundanceלָרֹ֑בla.RoH7230:sotheydideatH398,andwerefilled,andbecamefatH8080,anddelighted themselvesinthygreatהַגָּדֽוֹל׃ha.ga.DolH1419goodnessבְּטוּבְךָ֥be.tu.ve.KhaH2898.

26Neverthelesstheyweredisobedientוַיַּמְר֨וּvai.yam.RuH4784,andrebelledH4784againstthee,andcastH7993thylawתּוֹרָֽתְךָ֙to.ra.te.KhaH8451behindtheirbackלַהֲשִׁיבָ֣םla.ha.shi.VamH7725,andslewH2026thyprophetsנְבִיאֶ֣יךָne.vi.'Ei.khaH5030thattestifiedH5749againstthemtoturnH7725themagainunto thee,andtheywroughtgreatגְּדוֹלֹֽת׃ge.do.LotH1419provocations.

27Thereforethou deliveredstthemintothehandבְּיַ֣דbe.YadH3027oftheiradversaries,whodistressedthem:andinthetimeוּבְעֵ֤תu.ve.'EtH6256oftheirtroubleH6869,whentheycriedH6817unto thee, thou heardestfromheavenמִשָּׁמַ֣יִםmi.sha.Ma.yimH8064;andaccordingtothy manifoldmerciesthou gavestthemsaviourswhosavedH3467themoutofthehandמִיַּ֥דmi.YadH3027oftheiradversaries.

28Butaftertheyhadrestוּכְנ֣וֹחַu.khe.No.achH5117,theydidevilרַ֖עra'H7451againbeforethee;thereforeleftest thoutheminthehandבְּיַ֤דbe.YadH3027oftheirenemiesאֹֽיְבֵיהֶם֙'o.ye.vei.HemH341,sothattheyhadthedominionoverthem:yetwhentheyreturnedH7725,andcriedH2199unto thee, thou heardestfromheavenמִשָּׁמַ֧יִםmi.sha.Ma.yimH8064;andmanyרַבּ֥וֹתra.BotH7227timesH6256didst thoudeliverH5337themaccordingtothymercies,

29andtestifiedstagainstthem,thatthou mightestbringלַהֲשִׁיבָ֣םla.ha.shi.VamH7725themagainunto thylawתּוֹרָתֶ֗ךָto.ra.Te.khaH8451.Yettheydealtproudly,andhearkenednotunto thycommandmentsלְמִצְוֹתֶ֙יךָ֙le.mitz.vo.Tei.khaH4687,butsinnedH2398againstthineordinancesH4941(whichifamanH120do,heshallliveוְחָיָ֣הve.cha.YahH2421inthem),andwithdrewtheshoulderכָתֵף֙kha.TefH3802,andhardenedH7185theirneckוְעָרְפָּ֥םve.'a.re.PamH6203,andwouldnothearH8085.

Read all of Nehemiah 9

Commentaries on Nehemiah 9

American Standard Version — 1901 — Public Domain