Now these are thy servants and thy people, whom thou hast redeemed by thy great power, and by thy strong 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.
- BSB They are Your servants and Your people. You redeemed them by Your great power and mighty 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 9:29Yet they are thy people and thine inheritance, which thou broughtest out by thy mighty power and by thy stretched out arm.
- Dan 9:15–27And now, O Lord our God, that hast brought thy people forth out of the land of Egypt with a mighty hand, and hast gotten thee renown, as at this day; we have sinned, we have done wickedly.
- Exod 32:11And Moses besought the LORD his God, and said, LORD, why doth thy wrath wax hot against thy people, which thou hast brought forth out of the land of Egypt with great power, and with a mighty hand?
- Isa 63:16–19Doubtless thou art our father, though Abraham be ignorant of us, and Israel acknowledge us not: thou, O LORD, art our father, our redeemer; thy name is from everlasting.
- Exod 6:1Then the LORD said unto Moses, Now shalt thou see what I will do to Pharaoh: for with a strong hand shall he let them go, and with a strong hand shall he drive them out of his land.
- Isa 64:9Be not wroth very sore, O LORD, neither remember iniquity for ever: behold, see, we beseech thee, we are all thy people.
- Deut 15:15And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in the land of Egypt, and the LORD thy God redeemed thee: therefore I command thee this thing to day.
- Ps 74:2Remember thy congregation, which thou hast purchased of old; the rod of thine inheritance, which thou hast redeemed; this mount Zion, wherein thou hast dwelt.
- Exod 15:13Thou in thy mercy hast led forth the people which thou hast redeemed: thou hast guided them in thy strength unto thy holy habitation.
- Exod 13:9And it shall be for a sign unto thee upon thine hand, and for a memorial between thine eyes, that the LORD’s law may be in thy mouth: for with a strong hand hath the LORD brought thee out of Egypt.
- Ps 136:12With a strong hand, and with a stretched out arm: for his mercy endureth for ever.
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