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Nehemiah 9:36

King James Version (KJV)

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Nehemiah 9:36

Verse 36 of 38

Scripture focus

Behold, we [are] servants this day, and [for] the land that thou gavest unto our fathers to eat the fruit thereof and the good thereof, behold, we [are] servants in it:

Nehemiah 9:36 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Nehemiah 9:36

Theological / Devotional

We are servants. Since the children of Israel had refused to be servants of God, they were handed over to foreigners as slaves (see Jeremiah 5:19). For that matter, they still found themselves servants of a foreign power, the Persians, though God in His mercy had restored them a certain measure of independence and liberty. Compare 2 Chronicles 12:8, where the service of God and “the service of the kingdoms of the countries” are contrasted.

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