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

1On October 31 the people assembled again, and this time they fasted and dressed in burlap and sprinkled dust on their heads. Those of Israelite descent separated themselves from all foreigners as they confessed their own sins and the sins of their ancestors. 3They remained standing in place for three hours while the Book of the Law of the Lord their God was read aloud to them. Then for three more hours they confessed their sins and worshiped the Lord their God. 4The Levites—Jeshua, Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, and Kenani—stood on the stairway of the Levites and cried out to the Lord their God with loud voices.

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 13:3When this passage of the Law was read, all those of foreign descent were immediately excluded from the assembly.
• Ezra 9:2For the men of Israel have married women from these people and have taken them as wives for their sons. So the holy race has become polluted by these mixed marriages. Worse yet, the leaders and officials have led the way in this outrage.”
• Ezra 10:11So now confess your sin to the Lord, the God of your ancestors, and do what he demands. Separate yourselves from the people of the land and from these pagan women.”
• Psalms 144:7Reach down from heaven and rescue me; rescue me from deep waters, from the power of my enemies.
• Isaiah 2:6For the Lord has rejected his people, the descendants of Jacob, because they have filled their land with practices from the East and with sorcerers, as the Philistines do. They have made alliances with pagans.
• Hosea 5:7They have betrayed the honor of the Lord, bearing children that are not his. Now their false religion will devour them along with their wealth.
• Nehemiah 1:6listen to my prayer! Look down and see me praying night and day for your people Israel. I confess that we have sinned against you. Yes, even my own family and I have sinned!
• Leviticus 26:39Those of you who survive will waste away in your enemies’ lands because of their sins and the sins of their ancestors.
• Ezra 9:6I prayed, “O my God, I am utterly ashamed; I blush to lift up my face to you. For our sins are piled higher than our heads, and our guilt has reached to the heavens.
• Psalms 106:6Like our ancestors, we have sinned. We have done wrong! We have acted wickedly!
• Daniel 9:3So I turned to the Lord God and pleaded with him in prayer and fasting. I also wore rough burlap and sprinkled myself with ashes.
• 1 John 1:7But if we are living in the light, as God is in the light, then we have fellowship with each other, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, cleanses us from all 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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• Jacob, Israel
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• Israel, History of

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