Verse 18

Nehemiah 13:18

New Living Translation

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18 “Wasn’t it just this sort of thing that your ancestors did that caused our God (Elohim) to bring all this trouble upon us and our city? Now you are bringing even more wrath upon Israel by permitting the Sabbath to be desecrated in this way!”

Original Language Text

hebrew

הֲ/ל֨וֹא כֹ֤ה עָשׂוּ֙ אֲבֹ֣תֵי/כֶ֔ם וַ/יָּבֵ֨א אֱלֹהֵ֜י/נוּ עָלֵ֗י/נוּ אֵ֚ת כָּל הָ/רָעָ֣ה הַ/זֹּ֔את וְ/עַ֖ל הָ/עִ֣יר הַ/זֹּ֑את וְ/אַתֶּ֞ם מוֹסִיפִ֤ים חָרוֹן֙ עַל יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל לְ/חַלֵּ֖ל אֶת הַ/שַּׁבָּֽת

English Translation

Have not your fathers done this, and our God brought all this evil upon us and upon this city, and you are adding to the anger against Israel to profane the Sabbath?

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Chapter 13 Context

1 On that same day, as the Book of Moses was being read to the people, the passage was found that said... Focus ↗

2 For they had not provided the Israelites with food and water in the wilderness. Instead, they hired... Focus ↗

3 When this passage of the Law was read, all those of foreign descent were immediately excluded from t... Focus ↗

4 Before this had happened, Eliashib the priest, who had been appointed as supervisor of the storeroom... Focus ↗

5 had converted a large storage room and placed it at Tobiah’s disposal. The room had previously been... Focus ↗

6 I was not in Jerusalem at that time, for I had returned to King Artaxerxes of Babylon in the thirty-... Focus ↗

7 When I arrived back in Jerusalem, I learned about Eliashib’s evil deed in providing Tobiah with a ro... Focus ↗

8 I became very upset and threw all of Tobiah’s belongings out of the room. Focus ↗

9 Then I demanded that the rooms be purified, and I brought back the articles for God (Elohim)’s Templ... Focus ↗

10 I also discovered that the Levites had not been given their prescribed portions of food, so they and... Focus ↗

11 I immediately confronted the leaders and demanded, “Why has the Temple of God (Elohim) been neglecte... Focus ↗

12 And once more all the people of Judah began bringing their tithes of grain, new wine, and olive oil... Focus ↗

13 I assigned supervisors for the storerooms: Shelemiah the priest, Zadok the scribe, and Pedaiah, one... Focus ↗

14 Remember this good deed, O my God (Elohim), and do not forget all that I have faithfully done for th... Focus ↗

15 In those days I saw men of Judah treading out their winepresses on the Sabbath. They were also bring... Focus ↗

16 Some men from Tyre, who lived in Jerusalem, were bringing in fish and all kinds of merchandise. They... Focus ↗

17 So I confronted the nobles of Judah. “Why are you profaning the Sabbath in this evil way?” I asked. Focus ↗

18 “Wasn’t it just this sort of thing that your ancestors did that caused our God (Elohim) to bring all...

19 Then I commanded that the gates of Jerusalem should be shut as darkness fell every Friday evening, n... Focus ↗

20 The merchants and tradesmen with a variety of wares camped outside Jerusalem once or twice. Focus ↗

21 But I spoke sharply to them and said, “What are you doing out here, camping around the wall? If you... Focus ↗

22 Then I commanded the Levites to purify themselves and to guard the gates in order to preserve the ho... Focus ↗

23 About the same time I realized that some of the men of Judah had married women from Ashdod, Ammon, a... Focus ↗

24 Furthermore, half their children spoke the language of Ashdod or of some other people and could not... Focus ↗

25 So I confronted them and called down curses on them. I beat some of them and pulled out their hair.... Focus ↗

26 “Wasn’t this exactly what led King Solomon of Israel into sin?” I demanded. “There was no king from... Focus ↗

27 How could you even think of committing this sinful deed and acting unfaithfully toward God (Elohim)... Focus ↗

28 One of the sons of Joiada son of Eliashib the high priest had married a daughter of Sanballat the Ho... Focus ↗

29 Remember them, O my God (Elohim), for they have defiled the priesthood and the solemn vows of the pr... Focus ↗

30 So I purged out everything foreign and assigned tasks to the priests and Levites, making certain tha... Focus ↗

31 I also made sure that the supply of wood for the altar and the first portions of the harvest were br... Focus ↗

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Book: Nehemiah
Chapter: Chapter 13 (31 verses)
Version: New Living Translation

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