Nehemiah 13:27

27 Must we hear now that you too are doing all this terrible wickedness and are being unfaithful to our God by marrying foreign women?”

Nehemiah 13:27 in Other Translations

27 Shall we then hearken unto you to do all this great evil, to transgress against our God in marrying strange wives?

27 Shall we then listen to you and do all this great evil and act treacherously against our God by marrying foreign women?"

27 How could you even think of committing this sinful deed and acting unfaithfully toward God by marrying foreign women?”

27 Do you call this obedience - engaging in this extensive evil, showing yourselves faithless to God by marrying foreign wives?"

27 Why then should we hear about you doing all this terrible evil and acting unfaithfully against our God by marrying foreign women?"

Nehemiah 13:27 Meaning and Commentary

Nehemiah 13:27

Shall we then hearken unto you to do all this great evil
To suffer it to be done, and connive at it, and not punish for it:

to transgress against our God;
his law, his mind, and will:

in marrying strange wives?
forbidden by him, ( Deuteronomy 7:1 Deuteronomy 7:3 ) ( 1 Kings 11:1 1 Kings 11:2 ) .

Nehemiah 13:27 In-Context

25 I rebuked them and called curses down on them. I beat some of the men and pulled out their hair. I made them take an oath in God’s name and said: “You are not to give your daughters in marriage to their sons, nor are you to take their daughters in marriage for your sons or for yourselves.

26 Was it not because of marriages like these that Solomon king of Israel sinned? Among the many nations there was no king like him. He was loved by his God, and God made him king over all Israel, but even he was led into sin by foreign women.

27 Must we hear now that you too are doing all this terrible wickedness and are being unfaithful to our God by marrying foreign women?”

28 One of the sons of Joiada son of Eliashib the high priest was son-in-law to Sanballat the Horonite. And I drove him away from me.

29 Remember them, my God, because they defiled the priestly office and the covenant of the priesthood and of the Levites.

Cross References

• 1. Ezra 9:14; Ezra 10:2