Nehemiah 9:1-6

The Israelites Confess Their Sins

1 On the twenty-fourth day of the same month, the Israelites gathered together, fasting and wearing sackcloth and putting dust on their heads.
2 Those of Israelite descent had separated themselves from all foreigners. They stood in their places and confessed their sins and the sins of their ancestors.
3 They stood where they were and read from the Book of the Law of the LORD their God for a quarter of the day, and spent another quarter in confession and in worshiping the LORD their God.
4 Standing on the stairs of the Levites were Jeshua, Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani and Kenani. They cried out with loud voices to the LORD their God.
5 And the Levites—Jeshua, Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah and Pethahiah—said: “Stand up and praise the LORD your God, who is from everlasting to everlasting.[a] ” “Blessed be your glorious name, and may it be exalted above all blessing and praise.
6 You alone are the LORD. You made the heavens, even the highest heavens, and all their starry host, the earth and all that is on it, the seas and all that is in them. You give life to everything, and the multitudes of heaven worship you.

Cross References 13

  • 1. Leviticus 26:40-45; S Joshua 7:6; 1 Samuel 4:12; 2 Chronicles 7:14-16
  • 2. S Ezra 6:21; Nehemiah 10:28; Nehemiah 13:3,30
  • 3. S Leviticus 26:40; S Ezra 10:11; Psalms 106:6
  • 4. S Ezra 10:23
  • 5. Psalms 78:4
  • 6. S 2 Samuel 7:26
  • 7. S Deuteronomy 6:4
  • 8. S Exodus 8:19; 2 Kings 19:15
  • 9. Isaiah 40:26; Isaiah 45:12
  • 10. S Genesis 1:1; Isaiah 37:16
  • 11. Psalms 95:5; Psalms 146:6; John 1:9
  • 12. Deuteronomy 10:14; Acts 4:24; Revelation 10:6
  • 13. Psalms 103:20; Psalms 148:2

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. Or "God for ever and ever"
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