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Nehemiah 9:34

Our kings and leaders and priests and fathers did not obey Your law or listen to Your commandments and warnings that You gave them.

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ASV

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.

KJV

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.

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וְאֶת־ve.'Etand <obj.>H853 →
מְלָכֵ֤ינוּme.la.Khei.nukings ourH4428 →
שָׂרֵ֙ינוּ֙sa.Rei.nuleaders ourH8269 →
כֹּהֲנֵ֣ינוּko.ha.Nei.nupriests ourH3548 →
וַאֲבֹתֵ֔ינוּva.'a.vo.Tei.nuand ancestors ourH1 →
לֹ֥אlo'notH3808 →
עָשׂ֖וּ'a.Suthey didH6213 →
תּוֹרָתֶ֑ךָto.ra.Te.khalaw yourH8451 →
וְלֹ֤אve.Lo'and notH3808 →
הִקְשִׁ֙יבוּ֙hik.Shi.vuthey paid attentionH7181 →
אֶל־'el-toH413 →
מִצְוֹתֶ֔יךָmitz.vo.Tei.khacommandments yourH4687 →
וּלְעֵ֣דְוֹתֶ֔יךָu.le.'E.de.vo.Tei.khaand to testimonies yourH5715 →
אֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherwhichH834 →
הַעִידֹ֖תָha.'i.Do.tayou admonishedH5749 →
בָּהֶֽם׃ba.Hem<in> them

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Jeremiah 44:17Instead, we will do everything we vowed to do: We will burn incense to the Queen of Heaven and offer drink offerings to her, just as we, our fathers, our kings, and our officials did in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem. At that time we had plenty of food and good things, and we saw no disaster.Daniel 9:6We have not listened to Your servants the prophets, who spoke in Your name to our kings, leaders, and fathers, and to all the people of the land.2 Kings 17:13Yet through all His prophets and seers, the LORD warned Israel and Judah, saying, “Turn from your wicked ways and keep My commandments and statutes, according to the entire Law that I commanded your fathers and delivered to you through My servants the prophets.”Jeremiah 29:19I will do this because they have not listened to My words, declares the LORD, which I sent to them again and again through My servants the prophets. And neither have you exiles listened, declares the LORD.”Deuteronomy 31:21And when many troubles and afflictions have come upon them, this song will testify against them, because it will not be forgotten from the lips of their descendants. For I know their inclination, even before I bring them into the land that I swore to give them.”Ezekiel 22:6See how every prince of Israel within you has used his power to shed blood.Isaiah 1:5Why do you want more beatings? Why do you keep rebelling? Your head has a massive wound, and your whole heart is afflicted.Ezekiel 44:10Surely the Levites who wandered away from Me when Israel went astray, and who wandered away from Me after their idols, will bear the consequences of their iniquity.Ezekiel 11:12Then you will know that I am the LORD. For you have neither followed My statutes nor practiced My ordinances, but you have conformed to the ordinances of the nations around you.”Nehemiah 9:30You were patient with them for many years, and Your Spirit admonished them through Your prophets. Yet they would not listen, so You gave them into the hands of the neighboring peoples.2 Kings 17:15They rejected His statutes and the covenant He had made with their fathers, as well as the decrees He had given them. They pursued worthless idols and themselves became worthless, going after the surrounding nations that the LORD had commanded them not to imitate.Galatians 5:3Again I testify to every man who gets himself circumcised that he is obligated to obey the whole law.

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