Nehemiah 9:2

Nehemiah 9:2 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And the seed of Israel separated themselves from all strangers, and stood and confessed their sins, and the iniquities of their fathers.
• New International Version (NIV)Those of Israelite descent had separated themselves from all foreigners. They stood in their places and confessed their sins and the sins of their ancestors.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And the Israelites separated themselves from all foreigners and stood and confessed their sins and the iniquities of their fathers.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then those of Israelite lineage separated themselves from all foreigners; and they stood and confessed their sins and the iniquities of their fathers.

Context of Nehemiah 9:2

1When the Israelites assembled on the twenty-fourth day of this month, they fasted, wore sackcloth, and threw dirt on their heads. Those who were descendants of Israel separated themselves from all foreigners. They stood and confessed their sins as well as the wicked things their ancestors had done. 3They stood in their places, and for one-fourth of the day, ⌞they listened as⌟ the Book of the Teachings of the Lord their God was read, and for another fourth ⌞of the day⌟, they confessed their sins and worshiped the Lord their God. 4Then Jeshua, Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, and Chanani stood on the stairs built for the Levites and cried loudly to the Lord their God.

Nehemiah 9:2 word by word

וַיִּבָּֽדְלוּ֙ זֶ֣רַע יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל מִכֹּ֖ל בְּנֵ֣י נֵכָ֑ר וַיַּעַמְד֗וּ וַיִּתְוַדּוּ֙ עַל־חַטֹּ֣אתֵיהֶ֔ם וַעֲוֹנ֖וֹת אֲבֹתֵיהֶֽם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And the seedזֶ֫רַעzera‛ · seed: childrenH2233
• of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478
• separatedבָּדַלbâdal · to separateH914
• themselves from all strangersנֵכָרnêkâr · foreignH5236
• themselves from all strangersבֵּןbên · son: type ofH1121
• and stoodעָמַד‛âmad · to stand: standH5975
• and confessedיָדָהyâdâh · to give thanksH3034
• their sinsחַטָּאתchaţţâ'âh chaţţâ'th · sinH2403
• and the iniquitiesעָוֺן‛âvôn ‛âvôn · iniquity: crimeH5771
• of their fathersאָב'âb · fatherH1

Cross-references for Nehemiah 9:2

• Nehemiah 13:3After the people heard this Teaching, they separated the non-Israelites from the Israelites.
• Ezra 9:2The Israelites and their sons have married some of these foreign women. They have mixed our holy race with the neighboring groups of people. Furthermore, the leaders and officials have led the way in being unfaithful.”
• Ezra 10:11Confess to the Lord God of your ancestors what you have done, and do what he wants. Separate yourselves from the people of this land and from your foreign wives.”
• Psalms 144:7Stretch out your hands from above. Snatch me, and rescue me from raging waters and from foreigners’ hands.
• Isaiah 2:6Lord, you have abandoned your people, the descendants of Jacob, because they are filled with Eastern influences. They are fortunetellers like the Philistines, and they make deals with foreigners.
• Hosea 5:7They have been unfaithful to the Lord, because their children do not belong to him. Now their New Moon ⌞Festivals⌟ will devour them and their fields.
• Nehemiah 1:6Open your eyes, and pay close attention with your ears to what I, your servant, am praying. I am praying to you day and night about your servants the Israelites. I confess the sins that we Israelites have committed against you as well as the sins that my father’s family and I have committed.
• Leviticus 26:39Those who are left will waste away in the lands of their enemies because of their sins and the sins of their ancestors.
• Ezra 9:6and said, “I am ashamed, my God. I am embarrassed to look at you. Our sins have piled up over our heads, and our guilt is so overwhelming that it reaches heaven.
• Psalms 106:6We have sinned, and so did our ancestors. We have done wrong. We are guilty.
• Daniel 9:3So I turned to the Lord God and looked to him for help. I prayed, pleaded, and fasted in sackcloth and ashes.
• 1 John 1:7But if we live in the light in the same way that God is in the light, we have a relationship with each other. And the blood of his Son Jesus cleanses us from every sin.

Commentaries on Nehemiah 9:2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2The seed of Israel separated themselves - A reformation of this kind was begun by Ezra, Ezra 10:3; but it appears that either more were found out who had taken strange wives, or else those who had separated from them had taken them again. And stood and confessed their sins, and the iniquities of their fathers. - They acknowledged that they had been sinners against God throughout all their generations; that their fathers had sinned and were punished; and…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2Those of Israelite descent separated themselves from all the foreigners, and they stood and confessed their sins: This might refer to the issue of intermarriage with foreigners, as described in Ezra 9–10.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22. confessed their sins, and the iniquities of their fathers--Not only did they read in their recent sufferings a punishment of the national apostasy and guilt, but they had made themselves partakers of their fathers' sins by following the same evil ways.Read the comment

Topics related to Nehemiah 9:2

• Fasting
• Prayer
• Repentance
• Sin

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• Israel
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• Israel, History of
• Leviticus
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Commentaries on Nehemiah 9

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings