Nehemiah 9:16

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Summary

Nehemiah 9:16

But they and our fathers dealt proudly, and hardened their necks, and hearkened not to thy commandments,

Dealt

Hardened

General references

Numbers 14:4

Psalm 106:6

Bible References

Dealt

You performed signs and wonders against Pharaoh,
all his officials, and all the people of his land,
for You knew how arrogantly they treated our ancestors.
You made a name for Yourself
that endures to this day.

The Lord also said to Moses: “I have seen this people, and they are indeed a stiff-necked people.

Understand that the Lord your God is not giving you this good land to possess because of your righteousness, for you are a stiff-necked people.

Then Jeshurun

became fat and rebelled—

you became fat, bloated, and gorged.
He abandoned the God who made him
and scorned the Rock of his salvation.

Then they would not be like their fathers,
a stubborn and rebellious generation,
a generation whose heart was not loyal
and whose spirit was not faithful to God.

Both we and our fathers have sinned;
we have done wrong and have acted wickedly.

But they rebelled
and grieved His Holy Spirit.
So He became their enemy
and fought against them.

Evil generation,
pay attention to the word of the Lord!
Have I been a wilderness to Israel
or a land of dense darkness?
Why do My people claim,
“We will go where we want;
we will no longer come to You”?

“You stiff-necked people with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You are always resisting the Holy Spirit; as your ancestors did, so do you.

Hardened

For I know how rebellious and stiff-necked you are. If you are rebelling against the Lord now, while I am still alive, how much more will you rebel after I am dead!

But they would not listen. Instead they became obstinate like their ancestors who did not believe the Lord their God.

Don’t become obstinate

now like your fathers did. Give your allegiance to Yahweh, and come to His sanctuary that He has consecrated forever. Serve the Lord your God so that He may turn His burning anger away from you,

He also rebelled against King Nebuchadnezzar who had made him swear allegiance by God. He became obstinate

and hardened his heart against returning to Yahweh, the God of Israel.

Do not harden your hearts as at Meribah,
as on that day at Massah in the wilderness

One who becomes stiff-necked,
after many reprimands
will be shattered instantly—
beyond recovery.

Because I know that you are stubborn,
and your neck is iron
and your forehead bronze,

“This is what the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘I am about to bring on this city—and on all its dependent villages—all the disaster that I spoke against it, for they have become obstinate, not obeying My words.’”

But because of your hardness and unrepentant heart you are storing up wrath for yourself in the day of wrath, when God’s righteous judgment is revealed.

But encourage each other daily, while it is still called today, so that none of you is hardened by sin’s deception.

General references

So they said to one another, “Let’s appoint a leader and go back to Egypt.”

Both we and our fathers have sinned;
we have done wrong and have acted wickedly.