Nehemiah 1:8

8 Remember, I pray thee, the word wherewith thou didst charge thy servant Moses, saying, If ye break covenant , I will disperse you among the nations.

Nehemiah 1:8 Meaning and Commentary

Nehemiah 1:8

Remember, I beseech thee, the word that thou commandedst thy
servant Moses
To publish and declare to the children of Israel, ( Deuteronomy 28:64 ) ( 30:3-5 ) ,

saying, if ye transgress;
the law of God:

I will scatter you abroad among the nations;
as now they had been among the Assyrians, Chaldeans, Medes, and Persians.

Nehemiah 1:8 In-Context

6 let now thine ear be attentive, and thine eyes open, that thou mayest hear the prayer of thy servant, which I pray before thee at this time, this day day and night, for the children of Israel thy servants, and make confession for the sins of the children of Israel, which we have sinned against thee: both I and the house of my father have sinned.

7 We have altogether broken with thee, and we have not kept the commandments, and the ordinances, and the judgments, which thou didst command thy servant Moses.

8 Remember, I pray thee, the word wherewith thou didst charge thy servant Moses, saying, If ye break covenant , I will disperse you among the nations.

9 But if ye turn again to me, and keep my commandments, and do them; if ye should be scattered under the utmost of heaven, thence will I gather them, and I will bring them into the place which I have chosen to cause my name to dwell there.

10 Now they thy servants and thy people, whom thou hast redeemed with thy great power, and with thy strong hand.