And it grieved me bitterly; therefore I threw all the household goods of Tobiah out of the room.
Parallel translations
- WEB It grieved me severely. Therefore I threw all Tobiah’s household stuff out of the room.
- KJV And it grieved me sore: therefore I cast forth all the household stuff of Tobiah out of the chamber.
- BSB And I was greatly displeased and threw all of Tobiah’s household goods out of the room.
- NASB It was very displeasing to me, so I threw all of Tobiah’s household articles out of the room.
- NLT I became very upset and threw all of Tobiah’s belongings out of the room.
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Quick answer
Deeply grieved, Nehemiah threw all of Tobiah's belongings out of the temple room. It matters because genuine grief over sin produces decisive action to cleanse God's house.
Overview
Nehemiah's severe distress moved him to forcefully expel Tobiah's goods from the sacred chamber. His response models holy indignation that does not merely lament evil but acts against it. This zealous cleansing of the temple courts directly anticipates Jesus driving out what defiled His Father's house.
Cross-references & the web
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- John 2:13–17The Passover of the Jews was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
- Mark 11:15–17They came to Jerusalem, and Jesus entered into the temple, and began to throw out those who sold and those who bought in the temple, and overthrew the money changers’ tables, and the seats of those who sold the doves.
- Ezra 10:1Now while Ezra prayed and made confession, weeping and casting himself down before God’s house, there was gathered together to him out of Israel a very great assembly of men and women and children; for the people wept very bitterly.
- Ps 69:9For the zeal of your house consumes me. The reproaches of those who reproach you have fallen on me.
- Ezra 9:3–4When I heard this thing, I tore my garment and my robe, and pulled the hair out of my head and of my beard, and sat down confounded.
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