THEOSISNehemiah 4:5Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
Cover not their iniquity, and let not their sin be blotted out from before thy face, because they have mocked thy builders.
וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ צָרֵ֗ינוּ לֹ֤א יֵדְעוּ֙ וְלֹ֣א יִרְא֔וּ עַ֛ד אֲשֶׁר־נָב֥וֹא אֶל־תּוֹכָ֖ם וַהֲרַגְנ֑וּם וְהִשְׁבַּ֖תְנוּ אֶת־הַמְּלָאכָֽה׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Jer 18:23But thou, O Lord, knowest all their counsel against me unto death: not their iniquity, and let not their sin be blotted out from thy sight: let them be overthrown before thy eyes, in the time of thy wrath do thou destroy them.
- Ps 109 (108):14
- Ps 69 (68):27
- Ps 69 (68):28
- Isa 44:22I have blotted out thy iniquities as a cloud, and thy sins as a mist: return to me, for I have redeemed thee.
- 2 Tim 4:14Alexander the coppersmith hath done me much evil: the Lord will reward him according to his works:
- Ps 51 (50):1
- Isa 43:25I am, I am he that blot out thy iniquities for my own sake, and I will not remember thy sins.