Nehemiah 9:19

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Summary

Yet thou in thy manifold mercies forsookest them not in the wilderness: the pillar of the cloud departed not from them by day, to lead them in the way; neither the pillar of fire by night, to shew them light, and the way wherein they should go.

In thy

The pillar

1 Corinthians 10:1

General references

Psalm 136:16

Bible References

In thy

Therefore thou deliveredst them into the hand of their adversaries, who distressed them: and in the time of their trouble, when they cried unto thee, thou heardest from heaven; and according to thy manifold mercies thou gavest them saviours who saved them out of the hand of their adversaries.

For Jehovah will not forsake his people for his great name's sake, because it hath pleased Jehovah to make you a people unto himself.

Our fathers understood not thy wonders in Egypt; They remembered not the multitude of thy lovingkindnesses, But were rebellious at the sea, even at the Red Sea.

Remember these things, O Jacob, and Israel; for thou art my servant: I have formed thee; thou art my servant: O Israel, thou shalt not be forgotten of me.

It is of Jehovah's lovingkindnesses that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.

But I wrought for my name's sake, that it should not be profaned in the sight of the nations, in whose sight I brought them out.

To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgiveness; for we have rebelled against him;

For I, Jehovah, change not; therefore ye, O sons of Jacob, are not consumed.

The pillar

Moreover in a pillar of cloud thou leddest them by day; and in a pillar of fire by night, to give them light in the way wherein they should go.

And Jehovah went before them by day in a pillar of cloud, to lead them the way, and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light, that they might go by day and by night:

For the cloud of Jehovah was upon the tabernacle by day, and there was fire therein by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel, throughout all their journeys.

And on the day that the tabernacle was reared up the cloud covered the tabernacle, even the tent of the testimony: and at even it was upon the tabernacle as it were the appearance of fire, until morning.

and they will tell it to the inhabitants of this land. They have heard that thou Jehovah art in the midst of this people; for thou Jehovah art seen face to face, and thy cloud standeth over them, and thou goest before them, in a pillar of cloud by day, and in a pillar of fire by night.

And Jehovah will create over the whole habitation of mount Zion, and over her assemblies, a cloud and smoke by day, and the shining of a flaming fire by night; for over all the glory'shall be spread a covering.

For I would not, brethren, have you ignorant, that our fathers were all under the cloud, and all passed through the sea;

General references

And Jehovah went before them by day in a pillar of cloud, to lead them the way, and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light, that they might go by day and by night:

So it was alway: the cloud covered it, and the appearance of fire by night.

And the cloud of Jehovah was over them by day, when they set forward from the camp.

In the day-time also he led them with a cloud, And all the night with a light of fire.

To him that led his people through the wilderness; For his lovingkindness endureth for ever: