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What a gracious and merciful God you are!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/nehemiah/9.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Nevertheless, in your great mercies you did not make an end of them or forsake them, for you are a gracious and merciful God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/nehemiah/9.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />But in Your great compassion, You did not put an end to them; nor did You forsake them, for You are a gracious and compassionate God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/nehemiah/9.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Nevertheless for thy great mercies' sake thou didst not utterly consume them, nor forsake them; for thou <i>art</i> a gracious and merciful God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/nehemiah/9.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Nevertheless in Your great mercy You did not utterly consume them nor forsake them; For You <i>are</i> God, gracious and merciful.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/nehemiah/9.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“Nevertheless, in Your great compassion You did not make an end of them or abandon them, For You are a gracious and compassionate God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/nehemiah/9.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220Nevertheless, in Your great compassion You did not make an end of them or forsake them, For You are a gracious and compassionate God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/nehemiah/9.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“Nevertheless, in Thy great compassion Thou didst not make an end of them or forsake them, For Thou art a gracious and compassionate God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/nehemiah/9.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Nevertheless, in Your abundant compassion You did not make a complete destruction of them or forsake them, For You are a gracious and compassionate God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/nehemiah/9.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“Yet in Your great compassion You did not utterly destroy them or abandon them, For You are a gracious and merciful God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/nehemiah/9.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />However, in your abundant compassion, you did not destroy them or abandon them, for you are a gracious and compassionate God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/nehemiah/9.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />However, in Your abundant compassion, You did not destroy them or abandon them, for You are a gracious and compassionate God. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/nehemiah/9.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Nevertheless in thy manifold mercies thou didst not make a full end of them, nor forsake them; for thou art a gracious and merciful God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/nehemiah/9.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />But you are merciful and kind, and so you never forgot them or let them be destroyed. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/nehemiah/9.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Nevertheless in thy manifold mercies thou didst not make a full end of them, nor forsake them; for thou art a gracious and merciful God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/nehemiah/9.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />But your compassion is endless. You didn't destroy them or abandon them. You are a merciful and compassionate God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/nehemiah/9.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />And yet, because your mercy is great, you did not forsake or destroy them. You are a gracious and merciful God! <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/nehemiah/9.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Nevertheless, in your great compassion you did not completely destroy them or abandon them, because you are a God of grace and you are merciful.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/nehemiah/9.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />But in Your great compassion, You did not put an end to them; nor did You forsake them, for You are a gracious and compassionate God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/nehemiah/9.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />However, due to your abundant mercy you did not do away with them altogether; you did not abandon them. For you are a merciful and compassionate God. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/nehemiah/9.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />"Nevertheless in your manifold mercies you did not make a full end of them, nor forsake them; for you are a gracious and merciful God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/nehemiah/9.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Nevertheless, for thy great mercies' sake thou didst not utterly consume them, nor forsake them; for thou art a gracious and merciful God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/nehemiah/9.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />“Nevertheless in your manifold mercies you didn’t make a full end of them, nor forsake them; for you are a gracious and merciful God. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/nehemiah/9.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />and in Your abundant mercies "" You have not made them a consumption, "" Nor have forsaken them; For a God, gracious and merciful, [are] You.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/nehemiah/9.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> and in Thine abundant mercies Thou hast not made them a consumption, nor hast forsaken them; for a God, gracious and merciful, art Thou.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/nehemiah/9.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And in thy many compassions thou madest them not a finishing, and thou didst not forsake them; for thou a God merciful and compassionate.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/nehemiah/9.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Yet in thy very many mercies thou didst not utterly consume them, nor forsake them: because thou art a merciful and gracious God. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/nehemiah/9.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Yet in your very many mercies, you did not cause them to be consumed, nor did you abandon them. For you are a compassionate and lenient God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/nehemiah/9.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Yet in your great mercy you did not completely destroy them and did not forsake them, for you are a gracious and merciful God. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/nehemiah/9.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Nevertheless, in your great mercies you did not make an end of them or forsake them, for you are a gracious and merciful God.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/nehemiah/9.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Nevertheless because of thy great mercy thou didst not utterly destroy them nor forsake them; for thou art a gracious and merciful God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/nehemiah/9.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And because of your many mercies, you did not destroy them, and you did not abandon them, because you are a compassionate and loving God.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/nehemiah/9.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Nevertheless in Thy manifold mercies Thou didst not utterly consume them, nor forsake them; for Thou art a gracious and merciful God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/nehemiah/9.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />But thou in thy many mercies didst not appoint them to destruction, and didst not forsake them; for thou art strong, and merciful, and pitiful.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/nehemiah/9-31.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ZsQrw7rBvgc?start=2684" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/nehemiah/9.htm">The People Confess Their Sins</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">30</span>You were patient with them for many years, and Your Spirit admonished them through Your prophets. Yet they would not listen, so You gave them into the hands of the neighboring peoples. <span class="reftext">31</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/7227.htm" title="7227: hā·rab·bîm (Art:: Adj-mp) -- Much, many, great. By contracted from rabab; abundant.">But in Your great</a> <a href="/hebrew/7356.htm" title="7356: ū·ḇə·ra·ḥă·me·ḵā (Conj-w, Prep-b:: N-mpc:: 2ms) -- Compassion. From racham; compassion; by extension, the womb; by implication, a maiden.">compassion,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: lō- (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">You did not</a> <a href="/hebrew/6213.htm" title="6213: ‘ă·śî·ṯām (V-Qal-Perf-2ms:: 3mp) -- To do, make. A primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application.">put an end to them;</a> <a href="/hebrew/3617.htm" title="3617: kā·lāh (N-fs) -- Completion, complete destruction, consumption, annihilation. From kalah; a completion; adverb, completely; also destruction."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: wə·lō (Conj-w:: Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">nor</a> <a href="/hebrew/5800.htm" title="5800: ‘ă·zaḇ·tām (V-Qal-Perf-2ms:: 3mp) -- To loosen, relinquish, permit. A primitive root; to loosen, i.e. Relinquish, permit, etc.">did You forsake them,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">for</a> <a href="/hebrew/859.htm" title="859: ’āt·tāh (Pro-2ms) -- You (masc. sing.). ">You</a> <a href="/hebrew/2587.htm" title="2587: ḥan·nūn (Adj-ms) -- Gracious. From chanan; gracious.">are a gracious</a> <a href="/hebrew/7349.htm" title="7349: wə·ra·ḥūm (Conj-w:: Adj-ms) -- Compassionate. From racham; compassionate.">and compassionate</a> <a href="/hebrew/410.htm" title="410: ’êl- (N-ms) -- God, in pl. gods. Shortened from 'ayil; strength; as adjective, mighty; especially the Almighty.">God.</a> </span><span class="reftext">32</span>So now, our God, the great and mighty and awesome God who keeps His gracious covenant, do not view lightly all the hardship that has come upon us, and upon our kings and leaders, our priests and prophets, our ancestors and all Your people, from the days of the kings of Assyria until today.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/34-6.htm">Exodus 34:6-7</a></span><br />Then the LORD passed in front of Moses and called out: “The LORD, the LORD God, is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion and faithfulness, / maintaining loving devotion to a thousand generations, forgiving iniquity, transgression, and sin. Yet He will by no means leave the guilty unpunished; He will visit the iniquity of the fathers on their children and grandchildren to the third and fourth generations.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/103-8.htm">Psalm 103:8-10</a></span><br />The LORD is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion. / He will not always accuse us, nor harbor His anger forever. / He has not dealt with us according to our sins or repaid us according to our iniquities.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/lamentations/3-22.htm">Lamentations 3:22-23</a></span><br />Because of the loving devotion of the LORD we are not consumed, for His mercies never fail. / They are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/joel/2-13.htm">Joel 2:13</a></span><br />So rend your hearts and not your garments, and return to the LORD your God. For He is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion. And He relents from sending disaster.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jonah/4-2.htm">Jonah 4:2</a></span><br />So he prayed to the LORD, saying, “O LORD, is this not what I said while I was still in my own country? This is why I was so quick to flee toward Tarshish. I knew that You are a gracious and compassionate God, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion—One who relents from sending disaster.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/14-18.htm">Numbers 14:18</a></span><br />‘The LORD is slow to anger and abounding in loving devotion, forgiving iniquity and transgression. Yet He will by no means leave the guilty unpunished; He will visit the iniquity of the fathers upon their children to the third and fourth generation.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/54-7.htm">Isaiah 54:7-8</a></span><br />“For a brief moment I forsook you, but with great compassion I will bring you back. / In a surge of anger I hid My face from you for a moment, but with everlasting kindness I will have compassion on you,” says the LORD your Redeemer.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/micah/7-18.htm">Micah 7:18-19</a></span><br />Who is a God like You, who pardons iniquity and passes over the transgression of the remnant of His inheritance—who does not retain His anger forever, because He delights in loving devotion? / He will again have compassion on us; He will vanquish our iniquities. You will cast out all our sins into the depths of the sea.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/86-15.htm">Psalm 86:15</a></span><br />But You, O Lord, are a compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion and faithfulness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/30-9.htm">2 Chronicles 30:9</a></span><br />For if you return to the LORD, your brothers and sons will receive mercy in the presence of their captors and will return to this land. For the LORD your God is gracious and merciful; He will not turn His face away from you if you return to Him.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/2-4.htm">Romans 2:4</a></span><br />Or do you disregard the riches of His kindness, tolerance, and patience, not realizing that God’s kindness leads you to repentance?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ephesians/2-4.htm">Ephesians 2:4-5</a></span><br />But because of His great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, / made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in our trespasses. It is by grace you have been saved!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/titus/3-5.htm">Titus 3:5</a></span><br />He saved us, not by the righteous deeds we had done, but according to His mercy, through the washing of new birth and renewal by the Holy Spirit.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_peter/3-9.htm">2 Peter 3:9</a></span><br />The Lord is not slow in keeping His promise as some understand slowness, but is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish but everyone to come to repentance.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/james/5-11.htm">James 5:11</a></span><br />See how blessed we consider those who have persevered. You have heard of Job’s perseverance and have seen the outcome from the Lord. The Lord is full of compassion and mercy.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Nevertheless for your great mercies' sake you did not utterly consume them, nor forsake them; for you are a gracious and merciful God.</p><p class="hdg">for thy great.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/4-27.htm">Jeremiah 4:27</a></b></br> For thus hath the LORD said, The whole land shall be desolate; yet will I not make a full end.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/5-10.htm">Jeremiah 5:10,18</a></b></br> Go ye up upon her walls, and destroy; but make not a full end: take away her battlements; for they <i>are</i> not the LORD'S… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/lamentations/3-22.htm">Lamentations 3:22</a></b></br> <i>It is of</i> the LORD'S mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.</p><p class="hdg">gracious.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/nehemiah/9-17.htm">Nehemiah 9:17</a></b></br> And refused to obey, neither were mindful of thy wonders that thou didst among them; but hardened their necks, and in their rebellion appointed a captain to return to their bondage: but thou <i>art</i> a God ready to pardon, gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and forsookest them not.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/34-6.htm">Exodus 34:6,7</a></b></br> And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth, … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_kings/13-23.htm">2 Kings 13:23</a></b></br> And the LORD was gracious unto them, and had compassion on them, and had respect unto them, because of his covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and would not destroy them, neither cast he them from his presence as yet.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/2_kings/21-14.htm">Abandon</a> <a href="/nehemiah/9-17.htm">Abundant</a> <a href="/nehemiah/9-19.htm">Compassion</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/4-31.htm">Compassionate</a> <a href="/ezra/7-23.htm">Completely</a> <a href="/ezra/9-14.htm">Consume</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-22.htm">Consumption</a> <a href="/nehemiah/4-11.htm">End</a> <a href="/nehemiah/9-19.htm">Forsake</a> <a href="/ezra/9-10.htm">Forsaken</a> <a href="/nehemiah/9-25.htm">Full</a> <a href="/ezra/9-8.htm">Grace</a> <a href="/nehemiah/9-17.htm">Gracious</a> <a href="/nehemiah/9-27.htm">Great</a> <a href="/nehemiah/9-27.htm">Manifold</a> <a href="/nehemiah/9-28.htm">Mercies</a> <a href="/nehemiah/9-17.htm">Merciful</a> <a href="/nehemiah/9-30.htm">Mercy</a> <a href="/nehemiah/9-26.htm">Nevertheless</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/35-21.htm">Sake</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/32-14.htm">Utterly</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/psalms/16-10.htm">Abandon</a> <a href="/nehemiah/9-35.htm">Abundant</a> <a href="/nehemiah/13-22.htm">Compassion</a> <a href="/psalms/78-38.htm">Compassionate</a> <a href="/job/4-20.htm">Completely</a> <a href="/esther/9-24.htm">Consume</a> <a href="/psalms/71-9.htm">Consumption</a> <a href="/nehemiah/13-6.htm">End</a> <a href="/nehemiah/10-39.htm">Forsake</a> <a href="/nehemiah/13-11.htm">Forsaken</a> <a href="/esther/1-4.htm">Full</a> <a href="/esther/2-17.htm">Grace</a> <a href="/job/33-24.htm">Gracious</a> <a href="/nehemiah/9-32.htm">Great</a> <a href="/job/11-6.htm">Manifold</a> <a href="/psalms/6-4.htm">Mercies</a> <a href="/psalms/4-1.htm">Merciful</a> <a href="/nehemiah/9-32.htm">Mercy</a> <a href="/nehemiah/13-26.htm">Nevertheless</a> <a href="/job/17-5.htm">Sake</a> <a href="/psalms/31-11.htm">Utterly</a><div class="vheading2">Nehemiah 9</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/nehemiah/9-1.htm">A solemn fast, and repentance of the people</a></span><br><span class="reftext">4. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/nehemiah/9-4.htm">The Levites make a confession of God's goodness, and their wickedness</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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Throughout the Old Testament, God's compassion is a recurring theme, especially in His dealings with Israel. Despite their repeated disobedience, God continually shows mercy. This compassion is rooted in His covenantal love, as seen in <a href="/exodus/34-6.htm">Exodus 34:6-7</a>, where God describes Himself as "compassionate and gracious." The Hebrew word for compassion, "racham," is often associated with a deep, tender love, akin to a mother's love for her child.<p><b>You did not put an end to them</b><br>This reflects God's patience and long-suffering nature. Despite Israel's repeated failures and idolatry, God refrains from completely destroying them. This restraint is evident throughout the history of Israel, such as during the wilderness wanderings (<a href="/numbers/14-11.htm">Numbers 14:11-20</a>) and the period of the Judges. God's decision not to annihilate Israel underscores His commitment to His promises to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, ensuring the continuation of their lineage and the eventual coming of the Messiah.<p><b>nor did You forsake them</b><br>God's faithfulness is emphasized here. Even when Israel turned away from Him, God did not abandon them. This is a fulfillment of His promise in <a href="/deuteronomy/31-6.htm">Deuteronomy 31:6</a>, where He assures His people that He will never leave nor forsake them. The concept of God not forsaking His people is a reassurance of His unchanging nature and His steadfast love, which is also echoed in the New Testament, such as in <a href="/hebrews/13-5.htm">Hebrews 13:5</a>.<p><b>for You are a gracious and compassionate God</b><br>This phrase encapsulates the character of God as revealed throughout Scripture. God's grace is His unmerited favor, and His compassion is His deep empathy and love. These attributes are foundational to His interactions with humanity. The grace and compassion of God are ultimately fulfilled in Jesus Christ, who embodies these qualities perfectly. In the New Testament, Jesus' ministry is marked by acts of grace and compassion, such as healing the sick and forgiving sins (<a href="/matthew/9-36.htm">Matthew 9:36</a>, <a href="/john/1-14.htm">John 1:14</a>). This phrase also connects to the prophetic hope found in the Old Testament, where the coming Messiah would be a shepherd to His people, full of grace and truth.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/n/nehemiah.htm">Nehemiah</a></b><br>A Jewish leader who played a crucial role in the rebuilding of Jerusalem's walls and the spiritual renewal of the Jewish people after the Babylonian exile.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/i/israelites.htm">Israelites</a></b><br>The people of God who had returned from exile and were confessing their sins and the sins of their ancestors in this chapter.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/j/jerusalem.htm">Jerusalem</a></b><br>The city where the events of Nehemiah take place, significant as the center of Jewish worship and identity.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/b/babylonian_exile.htm">Babylonian Exile</a></b><br>The period when the Israelites were taken captive to Babylon, a consequence of their disobedience to God.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/e/ezra.htm">Ezra</a></b><br>A priest and scribe who, along with Nehemiah, led the people in spiritual renewal and the public reading of the Law.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_unfailing_compassion.htm">God's Unfailing Compassion</a></b><br>Despite Israel's repeated disobedience, God’s compassion remains steadfast. This teaches us that God's love and mercy are not dependent on our actions but on His character.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_nature_of_god.htm">The Nature of God</a></b><br>Understanding God as gracious and compassionate should lead us to trust in His goodness and faithfulness, even when we fall short.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/repentance_and_restoration.htm">Repentance and Restoration</a></b><br>The Israelites' confession and acknowledgment of God's mercy serve as a model for us to seek repentance and restoration in our relationship with God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_faithfulness_to_his_promises.htm">God's Faithfulness to His Promises</a></b><br>God's refusal to forsake His people demonstrates His commitment to His covenant promises, encouraging us to rely on His faithfulness.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/l/living_in_gratitude.htm">Living in Gratitude</a></b><br>Recognizing God's grace and compassion should inspire us to live lives of gratitude and obedience, reflecting His love to others.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_nehemiah_9.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Nehemiah 9</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_is_forbearance_in_the_bible.htm">What does forbearance mean in the Bible?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_god_rescue_rebellious_people.htm">In Nehemiah 9:29-31, why does God repeatedly rescue a people who continually rebel, and how does this align with other biblical texts suggesting divine judgment upon persistent disobedience?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_nehemiah_use_force_in_13_25.htm">Why does Nehemiah resort to physical force (Nehemiah 13:25) to enforce marriage laws, and doesn't this contradict other scriptures urging gentleness and compassion?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/bible's_teachings_on_compassion.htm">What are the Bible's teachings on compassion?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/nehemiah/9-31.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">But in Your great</span><br /><span class="heb">הָרַבִּ֛ים</span> <span class="translit">(hā·rab·bîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Adjective - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7227.htm">Strong's 7227: </a> </span><span class="str2">Much, many, great</span><br /><br /><span class="word">compassion,</span><br /><span class="heb">וּֽבְרַחֲמֶ֧יךָ</span> <span class="translit">(ū·ḇə·ra·ḥă·me·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7356.htm">Strong's 7356: </a> </span><span class="str2">Compassion, the womb, a maiden</span><br /><br /><span class="word">You did not</span><br /><span class="heb">לֹֽא־</span> <span class="translit">(lō-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb - Negative particle<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> </span><span class="str2">Not, no</span><br /><br /><span class="word">put an end to them;</span><br /><span class="heb">עֲשִׂיתָ֥ם</span> <span class="translit">(‘ă·śî·ṯām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6213.htm">Strong's 6213: </a> </span><span class="str2">To do, make</span><br /><br /><span class="word">nor</span><br /><span class="heb">וְלֹ֣א</span> <span class="translit">(wə·lō)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> </span><span class="str2">Not, no</span><br /><br /><span class="word">did You forsake them,</span><br /><span class="heb">עֲזַבְתָּ֑ם</span> <span class="translit">(‘ă·zaḇ·tām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5800.htm">Strong's 5800: </a> </span><span class="str2">To loosen, relinquish, permit</span><br /><br /><span class="word">for</span><br /><span class="heb">כִּ֛י</span> <span class="translit">(kî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> </span><span class="str2">A relative conjunction</span><br /><br /><span class="word">You</span><br /><span class="heb">אָֽתָּה׃</span> <span class="translit">(’āt·tāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_859.htm">Strong's 859: </a> </span><span class="str2">Thou and thee, ye and you</span><br /><br /><span class="word">are a gracious</span><br /><span class="heb">חַנּ֥וּן</span> <span class="translit">(ḥan·nūn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2587.htm">Strong's 2587: </a> </span><span class="str2">Gracious</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and compassionate</span><br /><span class="heb">וְרַח֖וּם</span> <span class="translit">(wə·ra·ḥūm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Adjective - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7349.htm">Strong's 7349: </a> </span><span class="str2">Compassionate</span><br /><br /><span class="word">God.</span><br /><span class="heb">אֵֽל־</span> <span class="translit">(’êl-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_410.htm">Strong's 410: </a> </span><span class="str2">Strength -- as adjective, mighty, the Almighty</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/nehemiah/9-31.htm">Nehemiah 9:31 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/nehemiah/9-31.htm">Nehemiah 9:31 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/nehemiah/9-31.htm">Nehemiah 9:31 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/nehemiah/9-31.htm">Nehemiah 9:31 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/nehemiah/9-31.htm">Nehemiah 9:31 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/nehemiah/9-31.htm">Nehemiah 9:31 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/nehemiah/9-31.htm">Nehemiah 9:31 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/nehemiah/9-31.htm">Nehemiah 9:31 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/nehemiah/9-31.htm">Nehemiah 9:31 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/nehemiah/9-31.htm">Nehemiah 9:31 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/nehemiah/9-31.htm">OT History: Nehemiah 9:31 Nevertheless in your manifold mercies you did (Neh Ne) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/nehemiah/9-30.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Nehemiah 9:30"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Nehemiah 9:30" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/nehemiah/9-32.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Nehemiah 9:32"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Nehemiah 9:32" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>