Nehemiah 9:31

Mercy and compassion Grace God's love God's faithfulness

²⁹ You admonished them to turn back to Your law, but they were arrogant and disobeyed Your commandments. They sinned against Your ordinances, by which a man will live if he practices them. They stubbornly shrugged their shoulders; they stiffened their necks and would not obey.

³⁰ You were patient with them for many years, and Your Spirit admonished them through Your prophets. Yet they would not listen, so You gave them into the hands of the neighboring peoples.

But in Your great compassion, You did not put an end to them; nor did You forsake them, for You are a gracious and compassionate God.

³² So now, our God, the great and mighty and awesome God who keeps His gracious covenant, do not view lightly all the hardship that has come upon us, and upon our kings and leaders, our priests and prophets, our ancestors and all Your people, from the days of the kings of Assyria until today.

³³ You are just in all that has befallen us, because You have acted faithfully, while we have acted wickedly.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: But in Your great compassion, You did not put an end to them; nor did You forsake them, for You are a gracious and compassionate God.
KJV: Nevertheless for thy great mercies’ sake thou didst not utterly consume them, nor forsake them; for thou art a gracious and merciful God.
WEB: “Nevertheless in your manifold mercies you didn’t make a full end of them, nor forsake them; for you are a gracious and merciful God.
ASV: Nevertheless in thy manifold mercies thou didst not make a full end of them, nor forsake them; for thou art a gracious and merciful God.
DARBY: Nevertheless for thy manifold mercies' sake, thou didst not make a full end of them nor forsake them; for thou art a gracious and merciful God.
BLB: And in Your great mercies You did not make of them a complete end, nor did You abandon them, for You [are] a gracious and merciful God.

ÅB: Men i din store barmhjertighet gjorde du ikke aldeles ende på dem og forlot dem ikke; for du er en nådig og barmhjertig Gud.
OTB: Likevel, i din store miskunn, gjorde du ikke ende på dem eller forlot dem, for du er en nådig og barmhjertig Gud.
B1930: Men i din store barmhjertighet gjorde du ikke aldeles ende på dem og forlot dem ikke; for du er en nådig og barmhjertig Gud.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Lamentations 3:22
Because of the loving devotion of the LORD we are not consumed, for His mercies never fail.
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Psalms 103:8–9
The LORD is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion.
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Nehemiah 9:17
They refused to listen and failed to remember the wonders You performed among them. They stiffened their necks and appointed a leader to return them to their bondage in Egypt. But You are a forgiving God, gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and rich in loving devotion, and You did not forsake them.
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Jeremiah 4:27
For this is what the LORD says: “The whole land will be desolate, but I will not finish its destruction.
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Exodus 34:6–7
Then the LORD passed in front of Moses and called out: “The LORD, the LORD God, is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion and faithfulness,
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Jeremiah 5:18
“Yet even in those days,” declares the LORD, “I will not make a full end of you.
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Jeremiah 5:10
Go up through her vineyards and ravage them, but do not finish them off. Strip off her branches, for they do not belong to the LORD.
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Psalms 145:8–9
The LORD is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in loving devotion.
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