Biblia Todo Logo
Cross References

- Advertisements -




Nehemiah 9:30

Conservative English Version

For years, you were patient, and your Spirit warned them with messages spoken by your prophets. Still they refused to listen, and you handed them over to their enemies.

See the chapter Copy

34 Cross References  

The king of Assyria took the Israelites away as prisoners; he forced some of them to live in the town of Halah, others to live near the Habor River in the territory of Gozan, and still others to live in towns where the Median people lived.

One day the LORD said to some of his prophets:

but he still sent prophets who warned them to turn back to him. The people refused to listen.

Our God, what can we say now? Even after all this, we have disobeyed the commands

Your gentle Spirit instructed them, and you gave them manna to eat and water to drink.

In spite of this, they rebelled and disobeyed your laws. They killed your prophets, who warned them to turn back to you, and they cursed your name.

You warned them to turn back and discover true life by obeying your laws. But they stubbornly refused and continued to sin.

But you, the Lord God, are kind and merciful. You don't easily get angry, and your love can always be trusted.

Then God got tired of them and said, "You never show good sense, and you don't understand what I want you to do."

You don't even listen-- all you hear is senseless sound after senseless sound.

Israel sinned and refused to obey the LORD or follow his instructions. So the LORD let them be robbed of everything they owned.

I, the LORD, am true to myself; I will be praised for not punishing and destroying you.

Then the LORD's people turned against him and made his Holy Spirit sad. So he became their enemy and attacked them.

The LORD has sent prophets to you time after time, but you refused to listen.

And when he could no longer put up with your disgusting sins, he placed a curse on your land and turned it into a desert, as it is today.

Time after time I sent my servants the prophets to tell the people of Judah how much I hated their disgusting sins. The prophets warned them to stop sinning,

but they refused to listen and would not stop worshiping other gods.

Ever since your ancestors left Egypt, I have been sending my servants the prophets to speak for me.

The LORD has done everything that he had planned and threatened long ago. He destroyed you without mercy and let your enemies boast about their powerful forces.

We have ignored the message your servants the prophets spoke to our kings, our leaders, our ancestors, and everyone else.

and said, "You people paid no attention when I called out to you, and now I'll pay no attention when you call out to me."

Eldad and Medad were two leaders who had not gone to the tent. But when the Spirit took control of them, they began shouting like prophets right there in camp.

and for about forty years he took care of them in the desert.

Since they could not agree among themselves, they started leaving. But Paul said, "The Holy Spirit said the right thing when he sent Isaiah the prophet

You stubborn and hardheaded people! You are always fighting against the Holy Spirit, just as your ancestors did.

You surely don't think much of God's wonderful goodness or of his patience and willingness to put up with you. Don't you know that the reason God is good to you is because he wants you to turn to him?

The Spirit of Christ was in them and was telling them how Christ would suffer and would then be given great honor. So they searched to find out exactly who Christ would be and when this would happen.

The prophets did not think these things up on their own, but they were guided by the Spirit of God.

The Lord isn't slow about keeping his promises, as some people think he is. In fact, God is patient, because he wants everyone to turn from sin and no one to be lost.




Follow us:

Advertisements


Advertisements