Nehemiah 9:30

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Summary

Yet many years didst thou forbear them, and testifiedst against them by thy spirit in thy prophets: yet would they not give ear: therefore gavest thou them into the hand of the people of the lands.

Many years

Psalm 86:15

Romans 2:4

2 Peter 3:9

Testifiedst

By thy spirit

Therefore

General references

Bible References

Many years

But You, Lord, are a compassionate and gracious God,
slow to anger and rich in faithful love and truth.

Or do you despise the riches of His kindness, restraint, and patience, not recognizing that God’s kindness is intended to lead you to repentance?

The Lord does not delay His promise, as some understand delay, but is patient with you, not wanting any to perish but all to come to repentance.

Testifiedst

Still, the Lord warned Israel and Judah through every prophet and every seer, saying, “Turn from your evil ways and keep My commands and statutes according to all the law I commanded your ancestors and sent to you through My servants the prophets.”

But Yahweh, the God of their ancestors sent word against them by the hand of His messengers, sending them time and time again, for He had compassion on His people and on His dwelling place.

Since the day your ancestors came out of the land of Egypt until this day, I have sent all My servants the prophets to you time and time again.

The Lord sent all His servants the prophets to you time and time again, but you have not obeyed or even paid attention.

By thy spirit

You sent Your good Spirit to instruct them.
You did not withhold Your manna from their mouths,
and You gave them water for their thirst.

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

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

Disagreeing among themselves, they began to leave after Paul made one statement: “The Holy Spirit correctly spoke through the prophet Isaiah to your ancestors

They inquired into what time or what circumstances the Spirit of Christ within them was indicating when He testified in advance to the messianic sufferings

and the glories that would follow.

because no prophecy ever came by the will of man; instead, men spoke from God as they were moved by the Holy Spirit.

Therefore

Now I will tell you
what I am about to do to My vineyard:
I will remove its hedge,
and it will be consumed;
I will tear down its wall,
and it will be trampled.

Who gave Jacob to the robber,
and Israel to the plunderers?
Was it not the Lord?
Have we not sinned against Him?
They were not willing to walk in His ways,
and they would not listen to His instruction.

The captain of the guard took Jeremiah and said to him, “The Lord your God decreed this disaster on this place,

The Lord can no longer bear your evil deeds and the detestable acts you have committed, so your land has become a waste, a desolation, and an object of cursing, without inhabitant, as you see today.

ע AyinThe Lord has done what He planned;
He has accomplished His decree,
which He ordained in days of old.
He has demolished without compassion,
letting the enemy gloat over you
and exalting the horn of your adversaries.

Just as He had called, and they would not listen, so when they called, I would not listen,” says the Lord of Hosts.

General references

The Lord spoke through His servants the prophets, saying,

The Lord spoke to Manasseh and his people, but they didn’t listen.

As He spoke to me, the Spirit entered me and set me on my feet, and I listened to the One who was speaking to me.

The Holy Spirit also testifies to us about this. For after He says: