Revised Version 1895

Nehemiah 9:27-31

27Therefore thou deliveredst themintoH413thehandבְּיַ֣דbe.YadH3027of their adversaries, who distressed them: and in the time of theirtroubleצָֽרָתָם֙tza.ra.TamH6869, when theycriedיִצְעֲק֣וּyitz.'a.KuH6817unto thee, thou heardest fromheavenמִשָּׁמַ֣יִםmi.sha.Ma.yimH8064; andaccordingH413to thy manifoldmerciesוּֽכְרַחֲמֶ֣יךָu.khe.ra.cha.Mei.khaH7356thou gavest them saviours whosavedH3467themoutH413of thehandמִיַּ֥דmi.YadH3027of their adversaries.

28But after they hadrestוּכְנ֣וֹחַu.khe.No.achH5117, theydidH6213evilרַ֖עra'H7451againיָשׁ֕וּבוּya.Shu.vuH7725beforeלְפָנֶ֑יךָle.fa.Nei.khaH6440thee: therefore leftest thou them in thehandבְּיַ֤דbe.YadH3027of theirenemiesאֹֽיְבֵיהֶם֙'o.ye.vei.HemH341,soH6213that they had thedominionוַיִּרְדּ֣וּvai.yir.DuH7287over them: yet when theyreturnedוַיָּשׁ֙וּבוּ֙vai.ya.Shu.vuH7725, andcriedוַיִּזְעָק֔וּךָvai.yiz.'a.Ku.chaH2199unto thee, thou heardest fromheavenמִשָּׁמַ֧יִםmi.sha.Ma.yimH8064; andmanyרַבּ֥וֹתra.BotH7227timesעִתִּֽים׃'i.TimH6256didst thoudeliverוְתַצִּילֵ֥םve.ta.tzi.LemH5337themaccordingH3027to thymerciesכְּֽרַחֲמֶ֖יךָke.ra.cha.Mei.khaH7356;

29and testifiedstagainstH413them, that thou mightestbringלַהֲשִׁיבָ֣םla.ha.shi.VamH7725themagainH7725unto thylawתּוֹרָתֶ֗ךָto.ra.Te.khaH8451: yet theydealtH2102proudlyH2102, and hearkenednotוְלֹא־ve.lo'-H3808unto thycommandmentsלְמִצְוֹתֶ֙יךָ֙le.mitz.vo.Tei.khaH4687, butsinnedחָֽטְאוּ־cha.te.'u-H2398againstH413thyjudgmentsוּבְמִשְׁפָּטֶ֣יךָu.ve.mish.pa.Tei.khaH4941, (whichH834ifH834amanאָדָ֖ם'a.DamH120doיַעֲשֶׂ֥הya.'a.SehH6213, he shallliveוְחָיָ֣הve.cha.YahH2421in them,) andwithdrewH7725theshoulderכָתֵף֙kha.TefH3802, andhardenedהִקְשׁ֖וּhik.ShuH7185theirneckוְעָרְפָּ֥םve.'a.re.PamH6203, and wouldnotוְלֹ֥אve.Lo'H3808hearH8085.

30Yetmanyרַבּ֔וֹתra.BotH7227yearsשָׁנִ֣יםsha.NimH8141didst thoubearH5414with them, and testifiedstagainstH5921them by thyspiritבְּרוּחֲךָ֛be.ru.cha.KhaH7307throughבְּיַד־be.yad-H3027thyprophetsנְבִיאֶ֖יךָne.vi.'Ei.khaH5030: yet would theynotוְלֹ֣אve.Lo'H3808giveH5414earהֶאֱזִ֑ינוּhe.'e.Zi.nuH238: therefore gavest thou themintoH5921thehandבְּיַ֖דbe.YadH3027of thepeoplesעַמֵּ֥י'a.MeiH5971of thelandsהָאֲרָצֹֽת׃ha.'a.ra.TzotH776.

31Neverthelessכִּ֛יkiH3588in thy manifoldmerciesוּֽבְרַחֲמֶ֧יךָu.ve.ra.cha.Mei.khaH7356thou didstnotלֹֽא־lo'-H3808makeעֲשִׂיתָ֥ם'a.si.TamH6213afullH3617endH3617of them,norוְלֹ֣אve.Lo'H3808forsakeעֲזַבְתָּ֑ם'a.zav.TamH5800them; for thou art agraciousחַנּ֥וּןcha.NunH2587andmercifulוְרַח֖וּםve.ra.ChumH7349Godאֵֽל־'el-H410.

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