Nehemiah 9:27

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

So you handed them over to their enemies, who treated them terribly. But in their sufferings, they begged you to help. From heaven you listened to their prayers and because of your great mercy, you sent leaders to rescue them.

Cross References

2 Kings 13:5

by sending Israel a leader who rescued them from the Syrians, and the Israelites lived in peace as they had before.

2 Kings 14:27

And since the LORD had promised that he would not let Israel be completely destroyed, he helped Jeroboam rescue them.

2 Kings 17:20

So the LORD turned his back on everyone in Israel and Judah and let them be punished and defeated until no one was left.

2 Kings 17:39

except me. I am the LORD your God, and I will rescue you from all your enemies.

2 Chronicles 36:17

The LORD sent King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylonia to attack Jerusalem. Nebuchadnezzar killed the young men who were in the temple, and he showed no mercy to anyone, whether man or woman, young or old. God let him kill everyone in the city.

Nehemiah 9:19

Because of your great mercy, you never abandoned them in the desert. And you always guided them with a cloud by day and a fire at night.

Psalm 136:24

He rescued us from our enemies. God's love never fails.

Leviticus 26:17

and I will turn from you and let you be destroyed by your attackers. You will even run at the very rumour of attack.

Obadiah 1:21

Those the LORD has saved will live on Mount Zion and rule over Edom. Then the kingdom will belong to the LORD.

Judges 2:18

When enemies made life miserable for the Israelites, the LORD would feel sorry for them. He would choose a judge and help that judge rescue Israel from its enemies. The LORD would be kind to Israel as long as that judge lived.