Nehemiah 9:30

9:30 You prolonged your kindness ¹  with them for many years, and you solemnly admonished them by your Spirit through your prophets. Still they paid no attention, ²  so you delivered them into the hands of the neighboring peoples. ³ 

Nehemiah 8:14

8:14 They discovered written in the law that the LORD had commanded through ⁴  Moses that the Israelites should live in temporary shelters during the festival of the seventh month,

Nehemiah 9:14

9:14 You made known to them your holy Sabbath; you issued commandments, statutes, and law to them through ⁵  Moses your servant.

Nehemiah 9:27-28

9:27 Therefore you delivered them into the hand of their adversaries, who oppressed them. But in the time of their distress they called to you, and you heard from heaven. In your abundant compassion you provided them with deliverers to rescue them from ⁶  their adversaries.

9:28 “Then, when they were at rest again, they went back to doing evil before you. Then you abandoned them to ⁷  their enemies, and they gained dominion over them. When they again cried out to you, in your compassion you heard from heaven and rescued them time and again.

Nehemiah 10:29

10:29 hereby participate with their colleagues the town leaders ⁸  and enter into a curse and an oath ⁹  to adhere to ¹⁰  the law of God which was given through Moses the servant of God, and to obey ¹¹  carefully all the commandments of the LORD our Lord, ¹²  along with his ordinances and his statutes.

[9:30]  ¹ tn The Hebrew expression here is elliptical. The words “your kindness” are not included in the Hebrew text, but have been supplied in the translation for clarity.

[9:30]  ² tn Heb “did not give ear to.”

[9:30]  ³ tn Heb “the peoples of the lands.”

[8:14]  ⁴ tn Heb “by the hand of.”

[9:14]  ⁷ tn Heb “by the hand of.”

[9:27]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “from the hand of” (so NASB, NIV); NAB “from the power of.”

[9:28]  ¹³ tn Heb “in the hand of” (so KJV, ASV); NAB “to the power of.”

[10:29]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “the nobles.”

[10:29]  ¹⁷ tn The expression “a curse and an oath” may be a hendiadys, meaning “an oath with penalties.”

[10:29]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “to walk in.”

[10:29]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “keep.” See the note on the word “obey” in Neh 1:5.

[10:29]  ²⁰ tn The Hebrew term translated “Lord” here is אֲדֹנָי (’adonay).