34 Neither our kings nor our princes,
Our priests nor our fathers,
Have kept Your law,
Nor heeded Your commandments and Your testimonies,
With which You testified against them.
Our priests nor our fathers,
Have kept Your law,
Nor heeded Your commandments and Your testimonies,
With which You testified against them.
35 For they have anot served You in their kingdom,
Or in the many good things that You gave them,
Or in the large and rich land which You set before them;
Nor did they turn from their wicked works.
Or in the many good things that You gave them,
Or in the large and rich land which You set before them;
Nor did they turn from their wicked works.
36 “Here awe are, servants today!
And the land that You gave to our fathers,
To eat its fruit and its bounty,
Here we are, servants in it!
And the land that You gave to our fathers,
To eat its fruit and its bounty,
Here we are, servants in it!
37 And ait yields much increase to the kings
You have set over us,
Because of our sins;
Also they have bdominion over our bodies and our cattle
At their pleasure;
And we are in great distress.
You have set over us,
Because of our sins;
Also they have bdominion over our bodies and our cattle
At their pleasure;
And we are in great distress.
38 “And because of all this,
We amake a sure covenant and write it;
Our leaders, our Levites, and our priests bseal it.”
We amake a sure covenant and write it;
Our leaders, our Levites, and our priests bseal it.”
New King James Version®, Copyright© 1982, Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.
Commentaries:
No entry exists in John Wesley's Notes for Nehemiah 9:36.
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