THEOSISNehemiah 9:31Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
Yet in thy very many mercies thou didst not utterly consume them, nor forsake them: because thou art a merciful and gracious God.
וּֽבְרַחֲמֶ֧יךָ הָרַבִּ֛ים לֹֽא־עֲשִׂיתָ֥ם כָּלָ֖ה וְלֹ֣א עֲזַבְתָּ֑ם כִּ֛י אֵֽל־חַנּ֥וּן וְרַח֖וּם אָֽתָּה׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Jer 4:27For thus saith the Lord: All the land shall be desolate, but yet I will not utterly destroy.
- Neh 9:17And they would not hear, and they remembered not thy wonders which thou hadst done for them. And they hardened their necks, and gave the head to return to their bondage, as it were by contention. But thou, a forgiving God, gracious, and merciful, longsuffering, and full of compassion, didst not forsake them.
- Ex 34:6And when he passed before him, he said: O the Lord, the Lord God, merciful and gracious, patient and of much compassion, and true,
- Ex 34:7Who keepest mercy unto thousands: who takest away iniquity, and wickedness, and sin, and no man of himself is innocent before thee. Who renderest the iniquity of the fathers to the children, and to the grandchildren unto the third and fourth generation.
- Ps 103 (102):8
- Ps 103 (102):9
- Lam 3:22Heth. The mercies of the Lord that we are not consumed: because his commiserations have not failed.
- Jer 5:18Nevertheless in those days, saith the Lord, I will not bring you to utter destruction.