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<t><p class="indent1">You have made the heavens, <t><p class="indent1">The heaven of heavens with all their host (the heavenly bodies), <t><p class="indent1">The earth and everything that is on it, <t><p class="indent1">The seas and everything that is in them. <t><p class="indent1">You give life to all of them, <t><p class="indent1">And the heavenly host is bowing down [in worship] to You. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/9-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>“You are the LORD God, <t><p class="indent1">Who chose Abram <t><p class="indent1">And brought him out of Ur of the Chaldees, <t><p class="indent1">And gave him the name Abraham. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/9-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>“You found his heart to be faithful <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[d]</a></span>before You, <t><p class="indent1">And You <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[e]</a></span>made a covenant with him <t><p class="indent1">To give him the land of the Canaanite, <t><p class="indent1">Of the Hittite, of the Amorite, <t><p class="indent1">Of the Perizzite, the Jebusite, and the Girgashite-- <t><p class="indent1">To give it to his descendants. <t><p class="indent1">And You have fulfilled Your promise, <t><p class="indent1">For You are righteous <i>and</i> just. <poetry><p class="paragraph"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/9-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>“You saw our fathers’ affliction in Egypt, <t><p class="indent1">And You heard their cry by the Red Sea (Sea of Reeds). <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/9-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>“Then You performed signs and wonders against Pharaoh, <t><p class="indent1">Against all his servants and all the people of his land; <t><p class="indent1">For You knew that they behaved arrogantly toward them (the Israelites), <t><p class="indent1">And You made a name for Yourself, as it is to this day. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/9-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>“You divided the sea before them, <t><p class="indent1">So that they passed through the midst of the sea on dry land; <t><p class="indent1">You hurled their pursuers into the depths, <t><p class="indent1">Like a stone into mighty <i>and</i> raging waters. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/9-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>“And with a pillar of cloud You led them by day, <t><p class="indent1">And with a pillar of fire by night <t><p class="indent1">To light the way for them <t><p class="indent1">In which they were to go. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/9-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>“Then You came down on Mount Sinai, <t><p class="indent1">And spoke with them from heaven; <t><p class="indent1">And You gave them fair ordinances and true laws, <t><p class="indent1">Good statutes and commandments. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/9-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>“So You made known to them Your holy Sabbath, <t><p class="indent1">And gave them commandments, statutes, and law, <t><p class="indent1"><span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[f]</a></span>Through Your servant Moses. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/9-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>“You gave them bread from heaven for their hunger, <t><p class="indent1">And brought water for them out of a rock for their thirst, <t><p class="indent1">And You told them to enter and take possession of <t><p class="indent1">The land that You <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[g]</a></span>swore to give them. <poetry><p class="paragraph"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/9-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>“But they, our fathers, acted arrogantly; <t><p class="indent1">They stiffened their necks and would not heed Your commandments. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/9-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>“They refused to listen <i>and</i> obey, <t><p class="indent1">And did not remember Your wondrous acts which You had performed among them; <t><p class="indent1">So they stiffened their necks and [in their rebellion] appointed a leader in order to return them to slavery in Egypt. <t><p class="indent1">But You are a God of forgiveness, <t><p class="indent1">Gracious and merciful <i>and</i> compassionate, <t><p class="indent1"><span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[h]</a></span>Slow to anger and abounding in lovingkindness; <t><p class="indent1">And You did not abandon them. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/9-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>“Even when they had made for themselves <t><p class="indent1">A <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[i]</a></span>calf of cast metal <t><p class="indent1">And said, ‘This is your god <t><p class="indent1">Who brought you up from Egypt,’ <t><p class="indent1">And committed great [and contemptible] blasphemies, <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/9-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>You, in Your great mercy <i>and</i> compassion, <t><p class="indent1">Did not abandon them in the wilderness; <t><p class="indent1">The pillar of the cloud did not leave them by day, <t><p class="indent1">To lead them in the way, <t><p class="indent1">Nor the pillar of fire by night, to light for them the way they should go. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/9-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>“You [also] gave Your good Spirit to instruct them, <t><p class="indent1">You did not withhold Your manna from their mouth, <t><p class="indent1">And You gave them water for their thirst. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/9-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>“Indeed, for forty years You sustained them in the wilderness; they lacked nothing, <t><p class="indent1">Their clothes did not wear out, and their feet did not swell. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/9-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>“You also gave them kingdoms and peoples, <t><p class="indent1">And You allotted <i>the kingdoms</i> to them as a boundary. <t><p class="indent1">So they took possession of the land of Sihon king of Heshbon <t><p class="indent1">And the land of Og king of Bashan. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/9-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>“You made their children as numerous as the stars of heaven, <t><p class="indent1">And You brought them into the land <t><p class="indent1">Which You told their fathers to enter and possess. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/9-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>“So their sons (descendants) went in and took possession of the land; <t><p class="indent1">And You subdued before them the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, <t><p class="indent1">And You gave them into their hand, with their kings and the peoples of the land, <t><p class="indent1">To do with them as they pleased. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/9-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>“They captured fortified cities and a fertile land. <t><p class="indent1">They took possession of houses full of all good things, <t><p class="indent1">Hewn cisterns, vineyards, olive groves, <t><p class="indent1">And <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[j]</a></span>fruit trees in abundance. <t><p class="indent1">So they ate and were filled and became fat, <t><p class="indent1">And they reveled <i>and</i> were delighted in Your great goodness. <poetry><p class="paragraph"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/9-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>“Yet they were disobedient and rebelled against You, <t><p class="indent1">And cast Your law behind their backs <t><p class="indent1">And killed Your prophets who warned them <t><p class="indent1">To return to You; <t><p class="indent1">And they committed great [and contemptible] blasphemies. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/9-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>“Therefore You handed them over to their enemies who oppressed them. <t><p class="indent1"><i>But when</i> they cried out to You in the time of their suffering <i>and</i> distress, <t><p class="indent1">You heard them from heaven, and according to Your great compassion You gave them <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[k]</a></span>people to rescue <i>them</i>. <t><p class="indent1">Who rescued them from the hand of their enemies. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/9-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>“But as soon as they had rest, they again did evil before You; <t><p class="indent1">Therefore You abandoned them into the hand of their enemies, so that they ruled over them. <t><p class="indent1">Yet when they turned and cried out again to You, You heard them from heaven, <t><p class="indent1">And You rescued them many times in accordance with Your compassion, <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/9-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>And You admonished them <i>and</i> warned them to turn them back to Your law. <t><p class="indent1">Yet they acted presumptuously <i>and</i> arrogantly and did not heed Your commandments, but sinned against Your ordinances, <t><p class="indent1">Which by keeping, a man will live. <t><p class="indent1">But they turned a stubborn shoulder, stiffened their neck, and would not listen. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/9-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>“Yet You were patient with them for many years, <t><p class="indent1">And admonished them <i>and</i> warned them by Your Spirit through Your prophets; <t><p class="indent1">Still they would not <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[l]</a></span>listen. <t><p class="indent1">Therefore You gave them into the hand (power) of the peoples of the lands. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/9-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>“Yet in Your great compassion You did not utterly destroy them or abandon them, <t><p class="indent1">For You are a gracious and merciful God. <poetry><p class="paragraph"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/9-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>“Now therefore, our God, the great, the mighty, and the awesome God, who keeps the covenant and lovingkindness, <t><p class="indent1">Do not let all the hardship seem insignificant before You, <t><p class="indent1">Which has come upon us, our kings, our princes, our priests, our prophets, our fathers and on all Your people, <t><p class="indent1">Since the time of the kings of Assyria to this day. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/9-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>“However, You are just <i>and</i> righteous in everything that has come upon us; <t><p class="indent1">For You have dealt faithfully, but we have acted wickedly. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/9-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>“Our kings, our princes, our priests, and our fathers have not kept Your law <t><p class="indent1">Or paid attention to Your commandments and Your warnings which You have given them. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/9-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span>“But they, in their kingdom, <t><p class="indent1">With Your great goodness which You gave them, <t><p class="indent1">With the broad and rich land which You set before them, <t><p class="indent1">Did not serve You or turn from their wicked deeds. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/9-36.htm"><b>36</b></a></span>“Behold, we are slaves today, <t><p class="indent1">And as for the land which You gave our fathers, to eat of its fruit and its goodness, <t><p class="indent1">Behold, we are slaves in it. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/9-37.htm"><b>37</b></a></span>“Its abundant produce is for the kings <t><p class="indent1">Whom You have set over us because of our sins; <t><p class="indent1">They also rule over our bodies <t><p class="indent1">And over our cattle as they please, <t><p class="indent1">So we are in great distress. <p class="hdg">A Covenant Results</p><poetry><p class="paragraph"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/9-38.htm"><b>38</b></a></span>“<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[m]</a></span>Now because of all this <t><p class="indent1">We are making an agreement in writing; <t><p class="indent1">And on the sealed document <i>are the names</i> of our princes, our Levites, and our priests.”<A name="fn"></a></p><br /><br /><span class="footnotesbot">[a]</span> <span class="fnverse">1</span> Lit <i>upon them.</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[b]</span> <span class="fnverse">2</span> Lit <i>seed</i>.<br><span class="footnotesbot">[c]</span> <span class="fnverse">5</span> Lit <i>from the eternity to the eternity</i>.<br><span class="footnotesbot">[d]</span> <span class="fnverse">8</span> Lit <i>before Your face</i>.<br><span class="footnotesbot">[e]</span> <span class="fnverse">8</span> Lit <i>cut</i>.<br><span class="footnotesbot">[f]</span> <span class="fnverse">14</span> Lit <i>by the hand of</i>.<br><span class="footnotesbot">[g]</span> <span class="fnverse">15</span> Lit <i>lifted up Your hand</i>.<br><span class="footnotesbot">[h]</span> <span class="fnverse">17</span> Lit <i>with a long nose.</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[i]</span> <span class="fnverse">18</span> The selection of a calf-god was probably inspired by the Egyptian bull-god Apis (Hapis), believed to be a living manifestation of the Egyptian god, Ptah. In ancient Egypt, a bull-calf with specific markings was chosen from the herd and worshiped as Apis. The Apis was the most important of the sacred animals of Egypt. At the age of twenty-eight the Apis bull was sacrificed and buried in a highly structured ritual and a new bull-calf was selected to take his place. Numerous elaborate burial sites containing the Apis bulls have been discovered in Egypt. Both the Greeks and Romans adopted the cultic worship of Apis and it continued until about A.D. 400.<br><span class="footnotesbot">[j]</span> <span class="fnverse">25</span> Lit <i>food</i>.<br><span class="footnotesbot">[k]</span> <span class="fnverse">27</span> Lit <i>deliverers</i>.<br><span class="footnotesbot">[l]</span> <span class="fnverse">30</span> Lit <i>give ear</i>.<br><span class="footnotesbot">[m]</span> <span class="fnverse">38</span> Ch 10:1 in Hebrew.<br></div><br /><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Amplified Bible Copyright © 2015<br>by The Lockman Foundation<br>All rights reserved <a href="http://www.lockman.org">www.lockman.org</a><br><br><a href="/">Bible Hub</a><br>                                                                                                                                <span class="p"><br /><br /></span></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../nehemiah/8.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Nehemiah 8"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Nehemiah 8" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../nehemiah/10.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Nehemiah 10"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Nehemiah 10" /></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 align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchapnoad.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>