Nehemiah 9:17

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And refused to obey, neither were mindful of thy wonders that thou didst among them; but hardened their necks, and in their rebellion appointed a captain to return to their bondage: but thou art a God ready to pardon, gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and forsookest them not.

Refused

Hebrews 12:25

Mindful

2 Peter 1:12

Appointed

Numbers 14:4

Acts 7:39

A god

Forsookest

1 Kings 6:13

1 Kings 8:57

Psalm 106:43

General references

Numbers 14:4

Bible References

Refused

Why is the Lord bringing us into this land, to fall by the sword? Our wives and our little ones will become plunder; would it not be better for us to return to Egypt?”

Indeed, you have not brought us into a land flowing with milk and honey, nor have you given us an inheritance of fields and vineyards. Would you

put out the eyes of these men? We will not come up!”

Then they despised the pleasant land;
They did not believe in His word,

“Because I called and you refused,
I stretched out my hand and no one paid attention;

See to it that you do not refuse Him who is speaking. For if those did not escape when they refused him who warned them on earth, much less will we escape who turn away from Him who warns from heaven.

Mindful

They forgot His deeds
And His miracles that He had shown them.

For You, Lord, are good, and ready to forgive,
And abundant in lovingkindness to all who call upon You.

Our fathers in Egypt did not understand Your wonders;
They did not remember Your abundant kindnesses,
But rebelled by the sea, at the Red Sea.

Do you not yet understand or remember the five loaves of the five thousand, and how many baskets full you picked up?

Therefore, I will always be ready to remind you of these things, even though you already know them, and have been established in the truth which is present with you.

Appointed

So they said to one another, “Let us appoint a leader and return to Egypt.”

Our fathers were unwilling to be obedient to him, but repudiated him and in their hearts turned back to Egypt,

A god

‘The Lord is slow to anger and abundant in lovingkindness, forgiving iniquity and transgression; but He will by no means clear the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and the fourth generations.’

For You, Lord, are good, and ready to forgive,
And abundant in lovingkindness to all who call upon You.

But there is forgiveness with You,
That You may be feared.

Who is a God like You, who pardons iniquity
And passes over the rebellious act of the remnant of His possession?
He does not retain His anger forever,
Because He delights in unchanging love.

Forsookest

I will dwell among the sons of Israel, and will not forsake My people Israel.”

May the Lord our God be with us, as He was with our fathers; may He not leave us or forsake us,

Many times He would deliver them;
They, however, were rebellious in their counsel,
And so sank down in their iniquity.

General references

So they said to one another, “Let us appoint a leader and return to Egypt.”