Yet Adonai was gracious to them, had compassion on them and turned to them because of His covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. So He was not willing to destroy them or cast them from His presence up to now.
Nehemiah 9:31 - Tree of Life Version Nevertheless, in Your great compassion, You did not put an end to them or abandon them, for You are a gracious and compassionate God. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Nevertheless for thy great mercies' sake thou didst not utterly consume them, nor forsake them; for thou art a gracious and merciful God. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Yet in Your great mercies You did not utterly consume them or forsake them, for You are a gracious and merciful God. American Standard Version (1901) Nevertheless in thy manifold mercies thou didst not make a full end of them, nor forsake them; for thou art a gracious and merciful God. Common English Bible In your great mercy, however, you didn’t make an end of them. Neither did you forsake them, because you are a merciful and compassionate God. Catholic Public Domain Version Yet in your very many mercies, you did not cause them to be consumed, nor did you abandon them. For you are a compassionate and lenient God. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Yet in thy very many mercies thou didst not utterly consume them, nor forsake them: because thou art a merciful and gracious God. |
Yet Adonai was gracious to them, had compassion on them and turned to them because of His covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. So He was not willing to destroy them or cast them from His presence up to now.
For if you return to Adonai, your brothers and children will receive compassion before their captors, and will return to this land. For Adonai your God is compassionate and merciful; He will not turn His face away from you if you return to Him.”
They refused to obey and did not remember Your wonders that You did among them. Instead, they became stiff-necked and in their rebellion, appointed a leader in order to return to their bondage. But You are a God of forgiveness, merciful and compassionate, slow to anger, and abounding in love. Therefore You did not abandon them,
“Yet in Your great compassion You did not abandon them in the wilderness. The pillar of cloud by day did not depart from above them, guiding them in the way, nor the pillar of fire by night, illuminating the way they should go.
For My Name’s sake I defer My anger, for My praise I will restrain it for you— otherwise I would cut you off.
For thus says Adonai, “The whole land will be wasteland, yet I will not totally destroy it.
Go up into her vines and ravage them, but do not completely destroy them. Strip away her branches for they are not Adonai’s.
“Yet even in those days,” declares Adonai, “I will not completely destroy you.
Because of the mercies of Adonai we will not be consumed, for His compassions never fail.
The Lord our God is compassionate and forgiving, even though we have rebelled against Him.
For Adonai your God is a merciful God. He will not abandon you or destroy you, or forget the covenant with your fathers that He swore to them.