They are Your servants and Your people. You redeemed them by Your great power and mighty hand.
Parallel translations
- WEB “Now these are your servants and your people, whom you have redeemed by your great power, and by your strong hand.
- KJV Now these are thy servants and thy people, whom thou hast redeemed by thy great power, and by thy strong hand.
- NKJV Now these are Your servants and Your people, whom You have redeemed by Your great power, and by Your strong hand.
- NASB They are Your servants and Your people whom You redeemed by Your great power and by Your strong hand.
- NLT “The people you rescued by your great power and strong hand are your servants.
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Nehemiah reminds God that Israel is His own people, redeemed by His great power and strong hand. He bases his appeal on God's prior saving acts.
Overview
By calling Israel "your servants and your people, whom you have redeemed," Nehemiah recalls the exodus deliverance as grounds for present help—God does not abandon those He has bought. The language of redemption by a strong hand anchors his confidence in God's character as Savior. This pattern, pleading past redemption as the basis for present mercy, ultimately rests for the believer on the greater redemption accomplished in Christ.
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- Deut 9:29But they are Your people, Your inheritance, whom You brought out by Your great power and outstretched arm.”
- Dan 9:15–27Now, O Lord our God, who brought Your people out of the land of Egypt with a mighty hand, and who made for Yourself a name renowned to this day, we have sinned; we have acted wickedly.
- Exod 32:11But Moses sought the favor of the LORD his God, saying, “O LORD, why does Your anger burn against Your people, whom You brought out of the land of Egypt with great power and a mighty hand?
- Isa 63:16–19Yet You are our Father, though Abraham does not know us and Israel does not acknowledge us. You, O LORD, are our Father; our Redeemer from Everlasting is Your name.
- Exod 6:1But the LORD said to Moses, “Now you will see what I will do to Pharaoh, for because of My mighty hand he will let the people go; because of My strong hand he will drive them out of his land.”
- Isa 64:9Do not be angry, O LORD, beyond measure; do not remember our iniquity forever. Oh, look upon us, we pray; we are all Your people!
- Deut 15:15Remember that you were slaves in the land of Egypt, and the LORD your God redeemed you; that is why I am giving you this command today.
- Ps 74:2Remember Your congregation, which You purchased long ago and redeemed as the tribe of Your inheritance—Mount Zion where You dwell.
- Exod 15:13With loving devotion You will lead the people You have redeemed; with Your strength You will guide them to Your holy dwelling.
- Exod 13:9It shall be a sign for you on your hand and a reminder on your forehead that the Law of the LORD is to be on your lips. For with a mighty hand the LORD brought you out of Egypt.
- Ps 136:12with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm. His loving devotion endures forever.
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