Nehemiah 4:5

(3-37) and cover not their iniquity, and let not their sin be blotted out from before Thee; for they have vexed Thee before the builders.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

In The King James Version

And cover not their iniquity, and let not their sin be blotted out from before thee: for they have provoked thee to anger before the builders.

In Context

4(3-36) Hear, O our God; for we are despised; and turn back their reproach upon their own head, and give them up to spoiling in a land of captivity;

6(3-38) So we built the wall; and all the wall was joined together unto half the height thereof; for the people had a mind to work.

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Cross References

Psalms 51:1(51-1) For the Leader. A Psalm of David; (51-2) When Nathan the prophet came unto him, after he had gone in to Bath-sheba. (51-3) Be gracious unto me, O God, according to Thy mercy; according to the multitude of Thy compassions blot out my transgressions.

Psalms 59:5(59-6) Thou therefore, O LORD God of hosts, the God of Israel, arouse Thyself to punish all the nations; show no mercy to any iniquitous traitors. Selah

Psalms 109:14Let the iniquity of his fathers be brought to remembrance unto the LORD; and let not the sin of his mother be blotted out.

Isaiah 43:25I, even I, am He that blotteth out thy transgressions for Mine own sake; and thy sins I will not remember.

Jeremiah 18:23Yet, LORD, Thou knowest all their counsel against me to slay me; forgive not their iniquity, neither blot out their sin from Thy sight; but let them be made to stumble before Thee; Deal Thou with them in the time of Thine anger.

Matthew Henry on Nehemiah 4:2-7

The Opposition of Sanballat, &c.. ( b. c. 445.) 1 But it came to pass, that when Sanballat heard that we builded the wall, he was wroth, and took great indignation, and mocked the Jews. 2 And he spake before his brethren and the army of Samaria, and said, What do these feeble Jews? will they fortify themselves? will they sacrifice? will they make an end in a day? will they revive the stones out of the heaps of the rubbish which are burned? 3 Now Tobiah the Ammonite was by him, and he said, Even that which they… Read the whole commentary →

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