Treasury of Scripture Knowledge Our kings, our princes, our priests, and our fathers have not kept thy law, and have not minded thy commandments, and thy testimonies which thou hast testified among them. nor hearkened. Jeremiah 29:19 Because they have not hearkened to my words, saith the Lord: which I sent to them by my servants the prophets, rising by night, and sending: and you have not heard, saith the Lord. thy testimonies. Nehemiah 9:30 And thou didst forbear with them for many years, and didst testify against them by thy spirit by the hand of thy prophets: and they heard not, and thou didst deliver them into the hand of the people of the lands. 2 Kings 17:15 And they rejected his ordinances, and the covenant that he made with their fathers, and the testimonies which he testified against them: and they followed vanities, and acted vainly: and they followed the nations that were round about them, concerning which the Lord had commanded them that they should not do as they did. thou didst. Deuteronomy 31:21 And after many evils and afflictions shall have come upon them, this canticle shall answer them for a testimony, which no oblivion shall take away out of the mouth of their seed. For I know their thoughts, and what they are about to do this day, before that I bring them into the land which I have promised them. 2 Kings 17:13 And the Lord testified to them in Israel, and in Juda, by the hand of all the prophets and seers, saying: Return from your wicked ways, and keep my precepts, and ceremonies, according to all the law which I commanded your fathers: and as I have sent to you in the hand of my servants the prophets. Context The People Confess Their Sins…33And thou art just in all things that have come upon us: because thou hast done truth, but we have done wickedly. 34Our kings, our princes, our priests, and our fathers have not kept thy law, and have not minded thy commandments, and thy testimonies which thou hast testified among them.35And they have not served thee in their kingdoms, and in thy manifold goodness, which thou gavest them, and in the large and fat land, which thou deliveredst before them, nor did they return from their most wicked devices.… Cross References Nehemiah 9:33 And thou art just in all things that have come upon us: because thou hast done truth, but we have done wickedly. Nehemiah 9:35 And they have not served thee in their kingdoms, and in thy manifold goodness, which thou gavest them, and in the large and fat land, which thou deliveredst before them, nor did they return from their most wicked devices. Jeremiah 44:17 But we will certainly do every word that shall proceed out of our own mouth, to sacrifice to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings to her, as we and our fathers have done, our kings, and our princes in the cities of Juda, and in the streets of Jerusalem: and we were filled with bread, and it was well with us, and we saw no evil. Lexicon Our kingsמְלָכֵ֤ינוּ (mə·lā·ḵê·nū) Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common plural Strong's Hebrew 4428: A king and leaders שָׂרֵ֙ינוּ֙ (śā·rê·nū) Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common plural Strong's Hebrew 8269: Chieftain, chief, ruler, official, captain, prince and priests כֹּהֲנֵ֣ינוּ (kō·hă·nê·nū) Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common plural Strong's Hebrew 3548: Priest and fathers וַאֲבֹתֵ֔ינוּ (wa·’ă·ḇō·ṯê·nū) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common plural Strong's Hebrew 1: Father did not לֹ֥א (lō) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no obey עָשׂ֖וּ (‘ā·śū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural Strong's Hebrew 6213: To do, make Your law תּוֹרָתֶ֑ךָ (tō·w·rā·ṯe·ḵā) Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 8451: Direction, instruction, law or listen הִקְשִׁ֙יבוּ֙ (hiq·šî·ḇū) Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person common plural Strong's Hebrew 7181: To prick up the ears, hearken to אֶל־ (’el-) Preposition Strong's Hebrew 413: Near, with, among, to Your commandments מִצְוֺתֶ֔יךָ (miṣ·wō·ṯe·ḵā) Noun - feminine plural construct | second person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 4687: Commandment and warnings וּלְעֵ֣דְוֺתֶ֔יךָ (ū·lə·‘ê·ḏə·wō·ṯe·ḵā) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Noun - feminine plural construct | second person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 5715: Testimony that אֲשֶׁ֥ר (’ă·šer) Pronoun - relative Strong's Hebrew 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that You gave הַעִידֹ֖תָ (ha·‘î·ḏō·ṯā) Verb - Hifil - Perfect - second person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 5749: To duplicate, repeat, to protest, testify, to encompass, restore them. בָּהֶֽם׃ (bā·hem) Preposition | third person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew Additional Translations Our kings and leaders and priests and fathers did not obey Your law or listen to Your commandments and warnings that You gave them.Neither have our kings, our princes, our priests, nor our fathers, kept your law, nor listened to your commandments and your testimonies, with which you did testify against them. neither have our kings, our princes, our priests, nor our fathers, kept thy law, nor hearkened unto thy commandments and thy testimonies wherewith thou didst testify against them. And our kings, and our princes, and our priests, and our fathers, have not performed thy law, and have not given heed to thy commandments, and have not kept thy testimonies which thou didst testify to them. And our kings, our princes, our priests, and our fathers, have not performed thy law, nor hearkened unto thy commandments and thy testimonies, wherewith thou didst testify against them. neither have our kings, our princes, our priests, nor our fathers, kept thy law, nor hearkened unto thy commandments and thy testimonies, wherewith thou didst testify against them. Neither have our kings, our princes, our priests, nor our fathers, kept thy law, nor hearkened to thy commandments and thy testimonies, with which thou didst testify against them. neither have our kings, our princes, our priests, nor our fathers, kept your law, nor listened to your commandments and your testimonies with which you testified against them. and our kings, our heads, our priests, and our fathers, have not done Thy law, nor attended unto Thy commands, and to Thy testimonies, that Thou hast testified against them; Jump to Previous Admonished Attended Attention Commandments Fathers Follow Heads Hearkened Heeded Kept Kings Law Orders Paid Performed Priests Princes Testified Testify Testimonies Warnings Wherewith WitnessJump to Next Admonished Attended Attention Commandments Fathers Follow Heads Hearkened Heeded Kept Kings Law Orders Paid Performed Priests Princes Testified Testify Testimonies Warnings Wherewith WitnessExternal Links Nehemiah 9:34 NIVNehemiah 9:34 NLT Nehemiah 9:34 ESV Nehemiah 9:34 NASB Nehemiah 9:34 ASV Nehemiah 9:34 Bible Apps Nehemiah 9:34 Biblia Paralela Nehemiah 9:34 Chinese Bible Nehemiah 9:34 French Bible Nehemiah 9:34 German Bible Alphabetical: admonished admonitions and attention commandments commands did fathers follow For gave have kept kings law leaders not or Our paid pay priests the them they to warnings which with you your OT History: Nehemiah 9:34 Neither have our kings our princes our (Neh Ne) Bible Study Resources, Dictionary, Concordance and Search Tools |