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they did not pay attention to your commands or the statutes you warned them to keep.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/nehemiah/9.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />Our kings, leaders, priests, and ancestors did not obey your Law or listen to the warnings in your commands and laws.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/nehemiah/9.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Our kings, our princes, our priests, and our fathers have not kept your law or paid attention to your commandments and your warnings that you gave them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/nehemiah/9.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Our kings and leaders and priests and fathers did not obey Your law or listen to Your commandments and warnings that You gave them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/nehemiah/9.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Neither have our kings, our princes, our priests, nor our fathers, kept thy law, nor hearkened unto thy commandments and thy testimonies, wherewith thou didst testify against them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/nehemiah/9.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Neither our kings nor our princes, Our priests nor our fathers, Have kept Your law, Nor heeded Your commandments and Your testimonies, With which You testified against them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/nehemiah/9.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“For our kings, our leaders, our priests, and our fathers have not kept Your Law Or paid attention to Your commandments and Your admonitions with which You have admonished them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/nehemiah/9.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220For our kings, our leaders, our priests and our fathers have not kept Your law Or paid attention to Your commandments and Your admonitions with which You have admonished them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/nehemiah/9.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“For our kings, our leaders, our priests, and our fathers have not kept Thy law Or paid attention to Thy commandments and Thine admonitions with which Thou hast admonished them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/nehemiah/9.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Now our kings, our princes, our priests, and our fathers did not do Your law Or pay attention to Your commandments and Your testimonies with which You testified against them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/nehemiah/9.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“Our kings, our princes, our priests, and our fathers have not kept Your law Or paid attention to Your commandments and Your warnings which You have given them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/nehemiah/9.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Our kings, leaders, priests, and ancestors did not obey your law or listen to your commands and warnings you gave them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/nehemiah/9.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Our kings, leaders, priests, and ancestors did not obey Your law or listen to Your commands and warnings You gave them. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/nehemiah/9.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />neither have our kings, our princes, our priests, nor our fathers, kept thy law, nor hearkened unto thy commandments and thy testimonies wherewith thou didst testify against them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/nehemiah/9.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Our kings and leaders, our priests and ancestors have never obeyed your commands or heeded your warnings. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/nehemiah/9.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />neither have our kings, our princes, our priests, nor our fathers, kept thy law, nor hearkened unto thy commandments and thy testimonies, wherewith thou didst testify against them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/nehemiah/9.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Our kings, leaders, priests, and ancestors didn't obey your teachings. They didn't pay attention to your commandments or the warnings that you gave them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/nehemiah/9.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Our ancestors, our kings, leaders, and priests have not kept your Law. They did not listen to your commands and warnings. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/nehemiah/9.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Furthermore, neither our kings, nor our leaders, nor our priests nor our ancestors have practiced your Law or paid attention to your commands and warnings by which you admonished them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/nehemiah/9.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Our kings and leaders and priests and fathers did not obey Your law or listen to Your commandments and warnings that You gave them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/nehemiah/9.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Our kings, our leaders, our priests, and our ancestors have not kept your law. They have not paid attention to your commandments or your testimonies by which you have solemnly admonished them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/nehemiah/9.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />neither have our kings, our leaders, our priests, nor our fathers, kept your law, nor listened to your commandments and your testimonies with which you testified against them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/nehemiah/9.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Neither have our kings, our princes, our priests, nor our fathers, kept thy law, nor hearkened to thy commandments and thy testimonies, with which thou didst testify against them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/nehemiah/9.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Also our kings, our princes, our priests, and our fathers have not kept your law, nor listened to your commandments and your testimonies with which you testified against them. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/nehemiah/9.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And our kings, our heads, "" Our priests, and our fathers, "" Have not done Your law, "" Nor attended to Your commands, "" And to Your testimonies, "" That You have testified against them;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/nehemiah/9.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> and our kings, our heads, our priests, and our fathers, have not done Thy law, nor attended unto Thy commands, and to Thy testimonies, that Thou hast testified against them;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/nehemiah/9.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And our kings, our chiefs, our priests and our fathers, they did not thy law, and they attended not to thy commands and thy testimonies which thou didst testify against them.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/nehemiah/9.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Our kings, our princes, our priests, and our fathers have not kept thy law, and have not minded thy commandments, and thy testimonies which thou hast testified among them. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/nehemiah/9.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Our kings, our leaders, our priests, and our fathers have not done your law, and they have not been attentive to your commandments and your testimonies, to which you have testified among them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/nehemiah/9.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Yes, our kings, our princes, our priests, and our ancestors have not kept your law; They paid no attention to your commandments and the warnings which you gave them. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/nehemiah/9.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />our kings, our officials, our priests, and our ancestors have not kept your law or heeded the commandments and the warnings that you gave them.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/nehemiah/9.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Neither have our kings, our princes, our priests, nor our fathers, kept thy law, nor given ear to thy commandments and thy testimonies, wherewith thou didst testify against them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/nehemiah/9.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Neither have our Kings and our Princes and our Priests and their fathers performed your Law, neither have they paid attention to your commandments or to your testimonies which you testified before them.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/nehemiah/9.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />neither have our kings, our princes, our priests, nor our fathers, kept Thy law, nor hearkened unto Thy commandments and Thy testimonies, wherewith Thou didst testify against them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/nehemiah/9.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And our kings, and our princes, and our priests, and our fathers, have not performed thy law, and have not given heed to thy commandments, and <i>have not kept</i> thy testimonies which thou didst testify to them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/nehemiah/9-34.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ZsQrw7rBvgc?start=2726" 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">33</span>You are just in all that has befallen us, because You have acted faithfully, while we have acted wickedly. <span class="reftext">34</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: wə·’eṯ- (Conj-w:: DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/4428.htm" title="4428: mə·lā·ḵê·nū (N-mpc:: 1cp) -- King. From malak; a king.">Our kings</a> <a href="/hebrew/8269.htm" title="8269: śā·rê·nū (N-mpc:: 1cp) -- Chieftain, chief, ruler, official, captain, prince. From sarar; a head person.">and leaders</a> <a href="/hebrew/3548.htm" title="3548: kō·hă·nê·nū (N-mpc:: 1cp) -- Priest. Active participle of kahan; literally, one officiating, a priest; also an acting priest.">and priests</a> <a href="/hebrew/1.htm" title="1: wa·’ă·ḇō·ṯê·nū (Conj-w:: N-mpc:: 1cp) -- Father. A primitive word; father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application).">and fathers</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.">did not</a> <a href="/hebrew/6213.htm" title="6213: ‘ā·śū (V-Qal-Perf-3cp) -- To do, make. A primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application.">obey</a> <a href="/hebrew/8451.htm" title="8451: tō·w·rā·ṯe·ḵā (N-fsc:: 2ms) -- Direction, instruction, law. Or torah; from yarah; a precept or statute, especially the Decalogue or Pentateuch.">Your law</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."></a> <a href="/hebrew/7181.htm" title="7181: hiq·šî·ḇū (V-Hifil-Perf-3cp) -- To incline (ears), attend. A primitive root; to prick up the ears, i.e. Hearken.">or listen</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’el- (Prep) -- To, into, towards. ">to</a> <a href="/hebrew/4687.htm" title="4687: miṣ·wō·ṯe·ḵā (N-fpc:: 2ms) -- Commandment. From tsavah; a command, whether human or divine.">Your commandments</a> <a href="/hebrew/5715.htm" title="5715: ū·lə·‘ê·ḏə·wō·ṯe·ḵā (Conj-w, Prep-l:: N-fpc:: 2ms) -- Testimony. Feminine of ed; testimony.">and warnings</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.">that</a> <a href="/hebrew/5749.htm" title="5749: ha·‘î·ḏō·ṯā (V-Hifil-Perf-2ms) -- A primitive root; to duplicate or repeat; by implication, to protest, testify; intensively, to encompass, restore.">You gave</a> <a href="/hebrew/bā·hem (Prep:: 3mp) -- ">them.</a> </span><span class="reftext">35</span>For even while they were in their kingdom, with the abundant goodness that You had given them, and in the spacious and fertile land that You had set before them, they would not serve You or turn from their wicked ways.…<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="/jeremiah/22-21.htm">Jeremiah 22:21</a></span><br />I warned you when you were secure. You said, ‘I will not listen.’ This has been your way from youth, that you have not obeyed My voice.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/17-13.htm">2 Kings 17:13-14</a></span><br />Yet through all His prophets and seers, the LORD warned Israel and Judah, saying, “Turn from your wicked ways and keep My commandments and statutes, according to the entire Law that I commanded your fathers and delivered to you through My servants the prophets.” / But they would not listen, and they stiffened their necks like their fathers, who did not believe the LORD their God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/36-15.htm">2 Chronicles 36:15-16</a></span><br />Again and again the LORD, the God of their fathers, sent word to His people through His messengers because He had compassion on them and on His dwelling place. / But they mocked the messengers of God, despising His words and scoffing at His prophets, until the wrath of the LORD against His people was stirred up beyond remedy.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/7-25.htm">Jeremiah 7:25-26</a></span><br />From the day your fathers came out of the land of Egypt until this day, I have sent you all My servants the prophets again and again. / Yet they would not listen to Me or incline their ear, but they stiffened their necks and did more evil than their fathers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/20-21.htm">Ezekiel 20:21</a></span><br />But the children rebelled against Me. They did not walk in My statutes or carefully observe My ordinances—though the man who does these things will live by them—and they profaned My Sabbaths. So I resolved to pour out My wrath upon them and vent My anger against them in the wilderness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/daniel/9-6.htm">Daniel 9:6</a></span><br />We have not listened to Your servants the prophets, who spoke in Your name to our kings, leaders, fathers, and all the people of the land.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/30-9.htm">Isaiah 30:9</a></span><br />These are rebellious people, deceitful children, children unwilling to obey the LORD’s instruction.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/25-4.htm">Jeremiah 25:4</a></span><br />And the LORD has sent all His servants the prophets to you again and again, but you have not listened or inclined your ear to hear.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/zechariah/7-11.htm">Zechariah 7:11-12</a></span><br />But they refused to pay attention and turned a stubborn shoulder; they stopped up their ears from hearing. / They made their hearts like flint and would not listen to the law or to the words that the LORD of Hosts had sent by His Spirit through the earlier prophets. Therefore great anger came from the LORD of Hosts.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/24-19.htm">2 Chronicles 24:19</a></span><br />Nevertheless, the LORD sent prophets to bring the people back to Him and to testify against them, but they would not listen.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/23-37.htm">Matthew 23:37</a></span><br />O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/7-51.htm">Acts 7:51-52</a></span><br />You stiff-necked people with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit, just as your fathers did. / Which of the prophets did your fathers fail to persecute? They even killed those who foretold the coming of the Righteous One. And now you are His betrayers and murderers—<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/10-21.htm">Romans 10:21</a></span><br />But as for Israel he says: “All day long I have held out My hands to a disobedient and obstinate people.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/3-7.htm">Hebrews 3:7-10</a></span><br />Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says: “Today, if you hear His voice, / do not harden your hearts, as you did in the rebellion, in the day of testing in the wilderness, / where your fathers tested and tried Me, and for forty years saw My works. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/13-34.htm">Luke 13:34</a></span><br />O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling!</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Neither have our kings, our princes, our priests, nor our fathers, kept your law, nor listened to your commandments and your testimonies, with which you did testify against them.</p><p class="hdg">nor hearkened.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/29-19.htm">Jeremiah 29:19</a></b></br> Because they have not hearkened to my words, saith the LORD, which I sent unto them by my servants the prophets, rising up early and sending <i>them</i>; but ye would not hear, saith the LORD.</p><p class="hdg">thy testimonies.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/nehemiah/9-30.htm">Nehemiah 9:30</a></b></br> Yet many years didst thou forbear them, and testifiedst against them by thy spirit in thy prophets: yet would they not give ear: therefore gavest thou them into the hand of the people of the lands.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_kings/17-15.htm">2 Kings 17:15</a></b></br> And they rejected his statutes, and his covenant that he made with their fathers, and his testimonies which he testified against them; and they followed vanity, and became vain, and went after the heathen that <i>were</i> round about them, <i>concerning</i> whom the LORD had charged them, that they should not do like them.</p><p class="hdg">thou didst.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/31-21.htm">Deuteronomy 31:21</a></b></br> And it shall come to pass, when many evils and troubles are befallen them, that this song shall testify against them as a witness; for it shall not be forgotten out of the mouths of their seed: for I know their imagination which they go about, even now, before I have brought them into the land which I sware.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_kings/17-13.htm">2 Kings 17:13</a></b></br> Yet the LORD testified against Israel, and against Judah, by all the prophets, <i>and by</i> all the seers, saying, Turn ye from your evil ways, and keep my commandments <i>and</i> my statutes, according to all the law which I commanded your fathers, and which I sent to you by my servants the prophets.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/nehemiah/9-30.htm">Admonished</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/33-10.htm">Attended</a> <a href="/nehemiah/9-30.htm">Attention</a> <a href="/nehemiah/9-29.htm">Commandments</a> <a href="/nehemiah/9-32.htm">Fathers</a> <a href="/2_kings/18-6.htm">Follow</a> <a href="/nehemiah/9-1.htm">Heads</a> <a href="/nehemiah/9-29.htm">Hearkened</a> <a href="/1_kings/18-29.htm">Heeded</a> <a href="/nehemiah/8-18.htm">Kept</a> <a href="/nehemiah/9-32.htm">Kings</a> <a href="/nehemiah/9-29.htm">Law</a> <a href="/nehemiah/9-16.htm">Orders</a> <a href="/nehemiah/9-30.htm">Paid</a> <a href="/nehemiah/9-10.htm">Performed</a> <a href="/nehemiah/9-32.htm">Priests</a> <a href="/nehemiah/9-32.htm">Princes</a> <a href="/nehemiah/9-30.htm">Testified</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/24-19.htm">Testify</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/34-31.htm">Testimonies</a> <a href="/philippians/3-1.htm">Warnings</a> <a href="/nehemiah/6-13.htm">Wherewith</a> <a href="/nehemiah/9-30.htm">Witness</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/job/4-3.htm">Admonished</a> <a href="/esther/2-2.htm">Attended</a> <a href="/esther/3-4.htm">Attention</a> <a href="/nehemiah/10-29.htm">Commandments</a> <a href="/nehemiah/9-36.htm">Fathers</a> <a href="/esther/2-20.htm">Follow</a> <a href="/nehemiah/10-14.htm">Heads</a> <a href="/esther/3-4.htm">Hearkened</a> <a href="/proverbs/1-24.htm">Heeded</a> <a href="/nehemiah/11-19.htm">Kept</a> <a href="/nehemiah/9-37.htm">Kings</a> <a href="/nehemiah/10-29.htm">Law</a> <a href="/nehemiah/11-23.htm">Orders</a> <a href="/esther/3-2.htm">Paid</a> <a href="/nehemiah/11-12.htm">Performed</a> <a href="/nehemiah/9-38.htm">Priests</a> <a href="/nehemiah/9-38.htm">Princes</a> <a href="/nehemiah/13-15.htm">Testified</a> <a href="/nehemiah/13-21.htm">Testify</a> <a href="/psalms/19-7.htm">Testimonies</a> <a href="/job/33-16.htm">Warnings</a> <a href="/job/3-20.htm">Wherewith</a> <a href="/nehemiah/13-21.htm">Witness</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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The Hebrew words for "kings" (מַלְכֵּ֣ינוּ, malkeinu), "leaders" (שָׂרֵ֔ינוּ, sareinu), "priests" (כֹּהֲנֵ֖ינוּ, kohaneinu), and "fathers" (אֲבֹתֵֽינוּ, avoteinu) emphasize the hierarchical structure of ancient Israelite society. Each group had distinct roles: kings were to govern according to God's law, leaders were to guide the people, priests were to mediate between God and man, and fathers were to instruct their families in righteousness. Historically, this reflects the period of the monarchy and the priesthood's central role in spiritual life. The failure of these groups to adhere to God's law led to national consequences, underscoring the importance of godly leadership.<p><b>did not follow Your Law</b><br />The phrase "did not follow" (לֹ֣א עָשׂ֔וּ, lo asu) indicates a deliberate choice to ignore or disobey. "Your Law" (תּוֹרָתֶ֑ךָ, toratecha) refers to the Torah, the divine instructions given to Israel. The Torah was not merely a set of rules but a covenantal guide for living in relationship with God. The leaders' failure to follow the Law signifies a breach of this covenant, which had both spiritual and societal ramifications. This disobedience is a recurring theme in the Old Testament, often leading to periods of judgment and exile.<p><b>or pay attention to Your commandments</b><br />The phrase "pay attention" (הִקְשִׁ֖יבוּ, hikshivu) suggests an active listening and obedience. "Your commandments" (מִצְוֺתֶ֥יךָ, mitzvotecha) are specific directives from God, meant to guide the moral and ethical conduct of His people. The Hebrew root of "commandments" (צוה, tzavah) implies a sense of duty and obligation. The leaders' neglect to heed these commandments reflects a spiritual apathy and a turning away from God's voice, which is a central concern in the prophetic literature.<p><b>and warnings You gave them</b><br />The "warnings" (וְעֵדֹתֶ֖יךָ, ve'edotecha) refer to the testimonies or admonitions provided by God through the prophets and the Law. The Hebrew root (עֵדוּת, edut) conveys the idea of a witness or testimony, often serving as a reminder of the consequences of disobedience. These warnings were meant to steer the people back to faithfulness and prevent the calamities that would follow rebellion. Historically, the failure to heed these warnings led to the Babylonian exile, a pivotal event in Israel's history that underscored the seriousness of covenantal unfaithfulness.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/nehemiah/9.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(34) <span class= "bld">Our kings.</span>--Note that the prophets are omitted in this enumeration.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/nehemiah/9.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 34.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Thy testimonies, wherewith thou didst testify against them</span>. <span class="accented">i.e.</span> the testimony borne by the prophets (see ver. 30). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/nehemiah/9-34.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">Our kings</span><br /><span class="heb">מְלָכֵ֤ינוּ</span> <span class="translit">(mə·lā·ḵê·nū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4428.htm">Strong's 4428: </a> </span><span class="str2">A king</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and leaders</span><br /><span class="heb">שָׂרֵ֙ינוּ֙</span> <span class="translit">(śā·rê·nū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8269.htm">Strong's 8269: </a> </span><span class="str2">Chieftain, chief, ruler, official, captain, prince</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and priests</span><br /><span class="heb">כֹּהֲנֵ֣ינוּ</span> <span class="translit">(kō·hă·nê·nū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3548.htm">Strong's 3548: </a> </span><span class="str2">Priest</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and fathers</span><br /><span class="heb">וַאֲבֹתֵ֔ינוּ</span> <span class="translit">(wa·’ă·ḇō·ṯê·nū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1.htm">Strong's 1: </a> </span><span class="str2">Father</span><br /><br /><span class="word">did not</span><br /><span class="heb">לֹ֥א</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">obey</span><br /><span class="heb">עָשׂ֖וּ</span> <span class="translit">(‘ā·śū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common 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">Your law</span><br /><span class="heb">תּוֹרָתֶ֑ךָ</span> <span class="translit">(tō·w·rā·ṯe·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8451.htm">Strong's 8451: </a> </span><span class="str2">Direction, instruction, law</span><br /><br /><span class="word">or listen</span><br /><span class="heb">הִקְשִׁ֙יבוּ֙</span> <span class="translit">(hiq·šî·ḇū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7181.htm">Strong's 7181: </a> </span><span class="str2">To prick up the ears, hearken</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to</span><br /><span class="heb">אֶל־</span> <span class="translit">(’el-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_413.htm">Strong's 413: </a> </span><span class="str2">Near, with, among, to</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Your commandments</span><br /><span class="heb">מִצְוֺתֶ֔יךָ</span> <span class="translit">(miṣ·wō·ṯe·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine plural construct | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4687.htm">Strong's 4687: </a> </span><span class="str2">Commandment</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and warnings</span><br /><span class="heb">וּלְעֵ֣דְוֺתֶ֔יךָ</span> <span class="translit">(ū·lə·‘ê·ḏə·wō·ṯe·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Noun - feminine plural construct | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5715.htm">Strong's 5715: </a> </span><span class="str2">Testimony</span><br /><br /><span class="word">that</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲשֶׁ֥ר</span> <span class="translit">(’ă·šer)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - relative<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_834.htm">Strong's 834: </a> </span><span class="str2">Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that</span><br /><br /><span class="word">You gave</span><br /><span class="heb">הַעִידֹ֖תָ</span> <span class="translit">(ha·‘î·ḏō·ṯā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Perfect - second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5749.htm">Strong's 5749: </a> </span><span class="str2">To duplicate, repeat, to protest, testify, to encompass, restore</span><br /><br /><span class="word">them.</span><br /><span class="heb">בָּהֶֽם׃</span> <span class="translit">(bā·hem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/.htm">Strong's Hebrew</a> </span><span class="str2"></span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/nehemiah/9-34.htm">Nehemiah 9:34 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/nehemiah/9-34.htm">Nehemiah 9:34 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/nehemiah/9-34.htm">Nehemiah 9:34 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/nehemiah/9-34.htm">Nehemiah 9:34 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/nehemiah/9-34.htm">Nehemiah 9:34 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/nehemiah/9-34.htm">Nehemiah 9:34 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/nehemiah/9-34.htm">Nehemiah 9:34 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/nehemiah/9-34.htm">Nehemiah 9:34 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/nehemiah/9-34.htm">Nehemiah 9:34 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/nehemiah/9-34.htm">Nehemiah 9:34 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/nehemiah/9-34.htm">OT History: Nehemiah 9:34 Neither have our kings our princes our (Neh Ne) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/nehemiah/9-33.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Nehemiah 9:33"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Nehemiah 9:33" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/nehemiah/9-35.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Nehemiah 9:35"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Nehemiah 9:35" /></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>