The king of Assyria carried the Israelites away to Assyria and settled them in Halah, on the Habor, the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes,
Nehemiah 9:30 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 Many years you were patient with them and warned them by your spirit through your prophets, yet they would not listen. Therefore you handed them over to the peoples of the lands. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Yet You bore with them many years more and reproved and warned them by Your Spirit through Your prophets; still they would not listen. Therefore You gave them into the power of the peoples of the lands. American Standard Version (1901) Yet many years didst thou bear with them, and testifiedst against them by thy Spirit through thy prophets: yet would they not give ear: therefore gavest thou them into the hand of the peoples of the lands. Common English Bible You were patient with them for many years and warned them by your spirit through the prophets. But they wouldn’t listen, so you handed them over to the neighboring peoples. Catholic Public Domain Version And you continued to forbear them for many years. And you contended with them by your Spirit, through the hand of your prophets. And they did not listen, and so you delivered them into the hand of the peoples of the lands. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And thou didst forbear with them for many years, and didst testify against them by thy spirit, by the hand of thy prophets. And they heard not, and thou didst deliver them into the hand of the people of the lands. |
The king of Assyria carried the Israelites away to Assyria and settled them in Halah, on the Habor, the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes,
Yet he sent prophets among them to bring them back to the Lord; they testified against them, but they would not listen.
“And now, our God, what shall we say after this? For we have forsaken your commandments,
You gave your good spirit to instruct them and did not withhold your manna from their mouths and gave them water for their thirst.
“Nevertheless, they were disobedient and rebelled against you and cast your law behind their backs and killed your prophets, who had warned them in order to turn them back to you, and they committed great blasphemies.
And you warned them in order to turn them back to your law, yet they acted presumptuously and did not obey your commandments but sinned against your ordinances, by the observance of which a person shall live. They turned a stubborn shoulder and stiffened their neck and would not obey.
But you, O Lord, are a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness.
For forty years I loathed that generation and said, “They are a people whose hearts go astray, and they do not regard my ways.”
For it is precept upon precept, precept upon precept, line upon line, line upon line, here a little, there a little.”
Who gave up Jacob to the spoiler and Israel to the robbers? Was it not the Lord, against whom they sinned, in whose ways they would not walk, and whose law they would not obey?
For my name’s sake I defer my anger; for the sake of my praise I restrain it for you, so that I may not cut you off.
But they rebelled and grieved his holy spirit; therefore he became their enemy; he himself fought against them.
And though the Lord persistently sent you all his servants the prophets, you have neither listened nor inclined your ears to hear
The Lord could no longer bear the sight of your evil doings, the abominations that you committed; therefore your land became a desolation and a waste and a curse, without inhabitant, as it is to this day.
Yet I persistently sent to you all my servants the prophets, saying, “I beg you not to do this abominable thing that I hate!”
But they did not listen or incline their ear, to turn from their wickedness and make no offerings to other gods.
From the day that your ancestors came out of the land of Egypt until this day, I have persistently sent all my servants the prophets to them, day after day,
The Lord has done what he purposed; he has carried out his threat; as he ordained long ago, he has demolished without pity; he has made the enemy rejoice over you and exalted the might of your foes.
We have not listened to your servants the prophets, who spoke in your name to our kings, our princes, and our ancestors, and to all the people of the land.
They made their hearts adamant in order not to hear the law and the words that the Lord of hosts had sent by his spirit through the former prophets. Therefore great wrath came from the Lord of hosts.
Just as, when I called, they would not hear, so, when they called, I would not hear, says the Lord of hosts,
Two men remained in the camp, one named Eldad and the other named Medad, and the spirit rested on them; they were among those registered, but they had not gone out to the tent, so they prophesied in the camp.
So they disagreed with each other, and as they were leaving Paul made one further statement: “The Holy Spirit was right in saying to your ancestors through the prophet Isaiah,
“You stiff-necked people, uncircumcised in heart and ears, you are forever opposing the Holy Spirit, just as your ancestors used to do.
Or do you despise the riches of his kindness and forbearance and patience? Do you not realize that God’s kindness is meant to lead you to repentance?
inquiring about the time and circumstances that the Spirit of Christ within them indicated when it testified in advance to the sufferings intended for Christ and the subsequent glory.
because no prophecy ever came by human will, but men and women moved by the Holy Spirit spoke from God.
The Lord is not slow about his promise, as some think of slowness, but is patient with you, not wanting any to perish but all to come to repentance.