Nehemiah 1:10

10 They are Your servants and Your people. You redeemed [them] by Your great power and strong hand.^[a]

Nehemiah 1:10 Meaning and Commentary

Nehemiah 1:10

Now these are thy servants, and thy people
Meaning those that were in Jerusalem and Judah, gathered out of several countries, and returned to Jerusalem:

whom thou hast redeemed by thy great power, and by thy strong hand;
touching and moving the heart of Cyrus to proclaim liberty to them.

Nehemiah 1:10 In-Context

8 Please remember what You commanded Your servant Moses: "[If] you are unfaithful, I will scatter you among the peoples.

9 But if you return to Me and carefully observe My commands, even though your exiles were banished to the ends of the earth, I will gather them from there and bring them to the place where I chose to have My name dwell."

10 They are Your servants and Your people. You redeemed [them] by Your great power and strong hand.

11 Please, Lord, let Your ear be attentive to the prayer of Your servant and to that of Your servants who delight to revere Your name. Give Your servant success today, and have compassion on him in the presence of this man. [At the time,] I was the king's cupbearer.

Footnotes

• [a]. Dt 7:8; 9:26,29