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Ne 9:26	Strong Concordance	Nevertheless they were disobedient [04784], and rebelled [04775] against thee, and cast [07993] thy law [08451] behind [0310] their backs [01458], and slew [02026] thy prophets [05030] which testified [05749] against them to turn [07725] them to thee, and they wrought [06213] great [01419] provocations [05007].
	King James	Nevertheless they were disobedient, and rebelled against thee, and cast thy law behind their backs, and slew thy prophets which testified against them to turn them to thee, and they wrought great provocations.

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Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
Slew thy prophets - Compare Kg1 18:4; Kg1 19:10; Ch2 24:21. Jewish tradition further affirms that more than one of the great prophets (e. g., Isaiah, Jeremiah, and Ezekiel) were martyred by their countrymen.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]

Slew thy prophets - Compare Kg1 18:4; Kg1 19:10; Ch2 24:21. Jewish tradition further affirms that more than one of the great prophets (e. g., Isaiah, Jeremiah, and Ezekiel) were martyred by their countrymen.

Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78]
But even in that good land the fathers were disobedient: they rejected the commands of God, slew the prophets who admonished them, and were not brought back to the obedience of God even by the chastisement inflicted on them, till at length God delivered them into the hands of Gentile kings, though after His great mercy He did not utterly forsake them. - Neh 9:26 "And they were disobedient, and rebelled against Thee, and cast Thy law behind their backs, and slew Thy prophets which testified against them to turn them to Thee, and they wrought great provocations. Neh 9:27 And Thou deliveredst them into the hand of their oppressors, so that they oppressed them; and in the time of their oppression they cried unto Thee. Then Thou heardest them from heaven, and according to Thy manifold mercies Thou gavest them deliverers, who delivered them out of the hand of their oppressors. Neh 9:28 And when they had rest, they again did evil before Thee. Then Thou deliveredst them into the hand of their enemies, so that they had dominion over them; and they cried again unto Thee, and Thou heardest from heaven, and didst deliver them according to Thy great mercy, many times." Neh 9:26 Neh 9:26 again contains, like Neh 9:16, a general condemnation of the conduct of the children of Israel towards the Lord their God during the period between their entrance into Canaan and the captivity, which is then justified by the facts adduced in the verses following. In proof of their disobedience, it is mentioned that they cast the commands of God behind their back (comp. Kg1 14:19; Eze 23:35), and slew the prophets, e.g., Zechariah (Ch2 24:21), the prophets of the days of Jezebel (Kg1 18:13; Kg1 19:10), and others who rebuked their sins to turn them from them. בּ העיד, to testify against sinners, comp. Kg2 17:13, Kg2 17:15. The last clause of Neh 9:26 is a kind of refrain, repeated from Neh 9:18. Neh 9:27-28 Neh 9:27 and Neh 9:28 refer to the times of the judges; comp. Jdg 2:11-23. מושׁיעים are the judges whom God raised up to deliver Israel out of the power of their oppressors; comp. Jdg 3:9. with Neh 2:16. עתּים רבּות, multitudes of times, is a co-ordinate accusative: at many times, frequently; רבּות like Lev 25:51. Neh 9:29-30 "And testifiedst against them, to bring them back again to Thy law; yet they hearkened not to Thy commandments, and sinned against Thy judgments, which if a man do he shall live in them, and gave a resisting shoulder, and hardened their neck, and would not hear. Neh 9:30 And Thou didst bear with them many years, and didst testify against them by Thy Spirit through Thy prophets; but they would not hearken, therefore Thou gavest them into the hand of the people of the lands. Neh 9:31 Nevertheless in Thy great mercy Thou didst not utterly consume them, nor forsake them; for Thou art gracious and merciful." Neh 9:29 and Neh 9:30 treat of the times of the kings. בּהם ותּעד is the testimony of the prophets against the idolatrous people; comp. Neh 9:26. וּבמשׁפּטיך is emphatically prefixed, and taken up again by בּם. The sentence, which if a man do he shall live in them, is formed upon Lev 18:5, comp. Eze 20:11. On the figurative expression, they gave a resisting shoulder, comp. Zac 7:11. The simile is taken from the ox, who rears against the yoke, and desires not to bear it; comp. Hos 4:16. The sentences following are repeated from Neh 9:16. עליהם תּמשׁך is an abbreviated expression for חסד משׁך, Psa 36:11; Psa 109:12; Jer 31:3, to draw out, to extend for a long time favour to any one: Thou hadst patience with them for many years, viz., the whole period of kingly rule from Solomon to the times of the Assyrians. The delivering into the power of the people of the lands, i.e., of the heathen (comp. Psa 106:40.), began with the invasion of the Assyrians (comp. Neh 9:32), who destroyed the kingdom of the ten tribes, and was inflicted upon Judah also by means of the Chaldeans. Neh 9:31 But in the midst of these judgments also, God, according to His promise, Jer 4:27; Jer 5:10, Jer 5:18; Jer 30:11, and elsewhere, did not utterly forsake His people, nor make a full end of them; for He did not suffer them to become extinct in exile, but preserved a remnant, and delivered it from captivity.

Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78]

But even in that good land the fathers were disobedient: they rejected the commands of God, slew the prophets who admonished them, and were not brought back to the obedience of God even by the chastisement inflicted on them, till at length God delivered them into the hands of Gentile kings, though after His great mercy He did not utterly forsake them. - Neh 9:26 "And they were disobedient, and rebelled against Thee, and cast Thy law behind their backs, and slew Thy prophets which testified against them to turn them to Thee, and they wrought great provocations. Neh 9:27 And Thou deliveredst them into the hand of their oppressors, so that they oppressed them; and in the time of their oppression they cried unto Thee. Then Thou heardest them from heaven, and according to Thy manifold mercies Thou gavest them deliverers, who delivered them out of the hand of their oppressors. Neh 9:28 And when they had rest, they again did evil before Thee. Then Thou deliveredst them into the hand of their enemies, so that they had dominion over them; and they cried again unto Thee, and Thou heardest from heaven, and didst deliver them according to Thy great mercy, many times."

Neh 9:26

Neh 9:26 again contains, like Neh 9:16, a general condemnation of the conduct of the children of Israel towards the Lord their God during the period between their entrance into Canaan and the captivity, which is then justified by the facts adduced in the verses following. In proof of their disobedience, it is mentioned that they cast the commands of God behind their back (comp. Kg1 14:19; Eze 23:35), and slew the prophets, e.g., Zechariah (Ch2 24:21), the prophets of the days of Jezebel (Kg1 18:13; Kg1 19:10), and others who rebuked their sins to turn them from them. בּ העיד, to testify against sinners, comp. Kg2 17:13, Kg2 17:15. The last clause of Neh 9:26 is a kind of refrain, repeated from Neh 9:18.

Neh 9:27-28

Neh 9:27 and Neh 9:28 refer to the times of the judges; comp. Jdg 2:11-23. מושׁיעים are the judges whom God raised up to deliver Israel out of the power of their oppressors; comp. Jdg 3:9. with Neh 2:16. עתּים רבּות, multitudes of times, is a co-ordinate accusative: at many times, frequently; רבּות like Lev 25:51.

Neh 9:29-30

"And testifiedst against them, to bring them back again to Thy law; yet they hearkened not to Thy commandments, and sinned against Thy judgments, which if a man do he shall live in them, and gave a resisting shoulder, and hardened their neck, and would not hear. Neh 9:30 And Thou didst bear with them many years, and didst testify against them by Thy Spirit through Thy prophets; but they would not hearken, therefore Thou gavest them into the hand of the people of the lands. Neh 9:31 Nevertheless in Thy great mercy Thou didst not utterly consume them, nor forsake them; for Thou art gracious and merciful."

Neh 9:29 and Neh 9:30 treat of the times of the kings. בּהם ותּעד is the testimony of the prophets against the idolatrous people; comp. Neh 9:26. וּבמשׁפּטיך is emphatically prefixed, and taken up again by בּם. The sentence, which if a man do he shall live in them, is formed upon Lev 18:5, comp. Eze 20:11. On the figurative expression, they gave a resisting shoulder, comp. Zac 7:11. The simile is taken from the ox, who rears against the yoke, and desires not to bear it; comp. Hos 4:16. The sentences following are repeated from Neh 9:16. עליהם תּמשׁך is an abbreviated expression for חסד משׁך, Psa 36:11; Psa 109:12; Jer 31:3, to draw out, to extend for a long time favour to any one: Thou hadst patience with them for many years, viz., the whole period of kingly rule from Solomon to the times of the Assyrians. The delivering into the power of the people of the lands, i.e., of the heathen (comp. Psa 106:40.), began with the invasion of the Assyrians (comp. Neh 9:32), who destroyed the kingdom of the ten tribes, and was inflicted upon Judah also by means of the Chaldeans.

Neh 9:31

But in the midst of these judgments also, God, according to His promise, Jer 4:27; Jer 5:10, Jer 5:18; Jer 30:11, and elsewhere, did not utterly forsake His people, nor make a full end of them; for He did not suffer them to become extinct in exile, but preserved a remnant, and delivered it from captivity.

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²¹ And they conspired [07194] against him, and stoned [07275] him with stones [068] at the commandment [04687] of the king [04428] in the court [02691] of the house [01004] of the LORD [03068].

¹⁰ And he said [0559], I have been very [07065] jealous [07065] for the LORD [03068] God [0430] of hosts [06635]: for the children [01121] of Israel [03478] have forsaken [05800] thy covenant [01285], thrown down [02040] thine altars [04196], and slain [02026] thy prophets [05030] with the sword [02719]; and I, even I only, am left [03498]; and they seek [01245] my life [05315], to take it away [03947].

⁴ For it was so, when Jezebel [0348] cut off [03772] the prophets [05030] of the LORD [03068], that Obadiah [05662] took [03947] an hundred [03967] prophets [05030], and hid [02244] them by fifty [0376] [02572] in a cave [04631], and fed [03557] them with bread [03899] and water [04325].)

¹¹ For I am with thee, saith [05002] the LORD [03068], to save [03467] thee: though I make [06213] a full end [03617] of all nations [01471] whither I have scattered [06327] thee, yet will I not make [06213] a full end [03617] of thee: but I will correct [03256] thee in measure [04941], and will not leave thee altogether [05352] unpunished [05352].

¹⁸ Nevertheless in those days [03117], saith [05002] the LORD [03068], I will not make [06213] a full end [03617] with you.

¹⁰ Go ye up [05927] upon her walls [08284], and destroy [07843]; but make [06213] not a full end [03617]: take away [05493] her battlements [05189]; for they are not the LORD'S [03068].

²⁷ For thus hath the LORD [03068] said [0559], The whole land [0776] shall be desolate [08077]; yet will I not make [06213] a full end [03617].

³¹ Nevertheless for thy great [07227] mercies [07356]' sake thou didst [06213] not utterly consume [03617] them, nor forsake [05800] them; for thou art a gracious [02587] and merciful [07349] God [0410].

³² Now therefore, our God [0430], the great [01419], the mighty [01368], and the terrible [03372] God [0410], who keepest [08104] covenant [01285] and mercy [02617], let not all the trouble [08513] seem little [04591] before [06440] thee, that hath come [04672] upon us, on our kings [04428], on our princes [08269], and on our priests [03548], and on our prophets [05030], and on our fathers [01], and on all thy people [05971], since the time [03117] of the kings [04428] of Assyria [0804] unto this day [03117].

⁴⁰ Therefore was the wrath [0639] of the LORD [03068] kindled [02734] against his people [05971], insomuch that he abhorred [08581] his own inheritance [05159].

³ The LORD [03068] hath appeared [07200] of old [07350] unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved [0157] thee with an everlasting [05769] love [0160]: therefore with lovingkindness [02617] have I drawn [04900] thee.

¹² Let there be none to extend [04900] mercy [02617] unto him: neither let there be any to favour [02603] his fatherless children [03490].

¹¹ Let not the foot [07272] of pride [01346] come [0935] against me, and let not the hand [03027] of the wicked [07563] remove [05110] me.

¹⁶ But they and our fathers [01] dealt proudly [02102], and hardened [07185] their necks [06203], and hearkened [08085] not to thy commandments [04687],

¹⁶ For Israel [03478] slideth back [05637] as a backsliding [05637] heifer [06510]: now the LORD [03068] will feed [07462] them as a lamb [03532] in a large place [04800].

¹¹ But they refused [03985] to hearken [07181], and pulled away [05414] [05637] the shoulder [03802], and stopped [03513] their ears [0241], that they should not hear [08085].

¹¹ And I gave [05414] them my statutes [02708], and shewed [03045] them my judgments [04941], which if a man [0120] do [06213], he shall even live [02425] in them.

⁵ Ye shall therefore keep [08104] my statutes [02708], and my judgments [04941]: which [0834] if a man [0120] do [06213], he shall live [02425] in them: I am the LORD [03068].

²⁶ Nevertheless they were disobedient [04784], and rebelled [04775] against thee, and cast [07993] thy law [08451] behind [0310] their backs [01458], and slew [02026] thy prophets [05030] which testified [05749] against them to turn [07725] them to thee, and they wrought [06213] great [01419] provocations [05007].

³⁰ Yet many [07227] years [08141] didst thou forbear [04900] them, and testifiedst [05749] against them by thy spirit [07307] in [03027] thy prophets [05030]: yet would they not give ear [0238]: therefore gavest [05414] thou them into the hand [03027] of the people [05971] of the lands [0776].

²⁹ And testifiedst [05749] against them, that thou mightest bring them again [07725] unto thy law [08451]: yet they dealt proudly [02102], and hearkened [08085] not unto thy commandments [04687], but sinned [02398] against thy judgments [04941], (which if a man [0120] do [06213], he shall live [02421] in them;) and withdrew [05414] [05637] the shoulder [03802], and hardened [07185] their neck [06203], and would not hear [08085].
³⁰ Yet many [07227] years [08141] didst thou forbear [04900] them, and testifiedst [05749] against them by thy spirit [07307] in [03027] thy prophets [05030]: yet would they not give ear [0238]: therefore gavest [05414] thou them into the hand [03027] of the people [05971] of the lands [0776].

⁵¹ If there be yet many [07227] years [08141] behind, according [06310] unto them he shall give again [07725] the price of his redemption [01353] out of the money [03701] that he was bought [04736] for.

¹⁶ And the rulers [05461] knew [03045] not whither I went [01980], or what I did [06213]; neither had I as yet [03651] told [05046] it to the Jews [03064], nor to the priests [03548], nor to the nobles [02715], nor to the rulers [05461], nor to the rest [03499] that did [06213] the work [04399].

⁹ And when the children [01121] of Israel [03478] cried [02199] unto the LORD [03068], the LORD [03068] raised up [06965] a deliverer [03467] to the children [01121] of Israel [03478], who delivered [03467] them, even Othniel [06274] the son [01121] of Kenaz [07073], Caleb's [03612] younger [06996] brother [0251].

¹¹ And the children [01121] of Israel [03478] did [06213] evil [07451] in the sight [05869] of the LORD [03068], and served [05647] Baalim [01168]:
¹² And they forsook [05800] the LORD [03068] God [0430] of their fathers [01], which brought them out [03318] of the land [0776] of Egypt [04714], and followed [03212] [0310] other [0312] gods [0430], of the gods [0430] of the people [05971] that were round about [05439] them, and bowed [07812] themselves unto them, and provoked the LORD [03068] to anger [03707].
¹³ And they forsook [05800] the LORD [03068], and served [05647] Baal [01168] and Ashtaroth [06252].
¹⁴ And the anger [0639] of the LORD [03068] was hot [02734] against Israel [03478], and he delivered [05414] them into the hands [03027] of spoilers [08154] that spoiled [08155] them, and he sold [04376] them into the hands [03027] of their enemies [0341] round about [05439], so that they could [03201] not any longer [05750] stand [05975] before [06440] their enemies [0341].
¹⁵ Whithersoever they went out [03318], the hand [03027] of the LORD [03068] was against them for evil [07451], as the LORD [03068] had said [01696], and as the LORD [03068] had sworn [07650] unto them: and they were greatly [03966] distressed [03334].
¹⁶ Nevertheless the LORD [03068] raised up [06965] judges [08199], which delivered [03467] them out of the hand [03027] of those that spoiled [08154] them.
¹⁷ And yet they would not hearken [08085] unto their judges [08199], but they went a whoring [02181] after [0310] other [0312] gods [0430], and bowed [07812] themselves unto them: they turned [05493] quickly [04118] out of the way [01870] which their fathers [01] walked in [01980], obeying [08085] the commandments [04687] of the LORD [03068]; but they did [06213] not so.
¹⁸ And when the LORD [03068] raised [06965] them up judges [08199], then the LORD [03068] was with the judge [08199], and delivered [03467] them out of the hand [03027] of their enemies [0341] all the days [03117] of the judge [08199]: for it repented [05162] the LORD [03068] because [06440] of their groanings [05009] by reason of them that oppressed [03905] them and vexed [01766] them.
¹⁹ And it came to pass, when the judge [08199] was dead [04194], that they returned [07725], and corrupted [07843] themselves more than their fathers [01], in following [03212] [0310] other [0312] gods [0430] to serve [05647] them, and to bow down [07812] unto them; they ceased [05307] not from their own doings [04611], nor from their stubborn [07186] way [01870].
²⁰ And the anger [0639] of the LORD [03068] was hot [02734] against Israel [03478]; and he said [0559], Because that this people [01471] hath transgressed [05674] my covenant [01285] which I commanded [06680] their fathers [01], and have not hearkened [08085] unto my voice [06963];
²¹ I also will not henceforth [03254] drive out [03423] any [0376] from before [06440] them of the nations [01471] which Joshua [03091] left [05800] when he died [04191]:
²² That through them I may prove [05254] Israel [03478], whether they will keep [08104] the way [01870] of the LORD [03068] to walk [03212] therein, as their fathers [01] did keep [08104] it, or not.
²³ Therefore the LORD [03068] left [03240] those nations [01471], without [01115] driving them out [03423] hastily [04118]; neither delivered [05414] he them into the hand [03027] of Joshua [03091].

²⁸ But after they had rest [05117], they did [06213] evil [07451] again [07725] before [06440] thee: therefore leftest [05800] thou them in the hand [03027] of their enemies [0341], so that they had the dominion [07287] over them: yet when they returned [07725], and cried [02199] unto thee, thou heardest [08085] them from heaven [08064]; and many [07227] times [06256] didst thou deliver [05337] them according to thy mercies [07356];

²⁷ Therefore thou deliveredst [05414] them into the hand [03027] of their enemies [06862], who vexed [06887] them: and in the time [06256] of their trouble [06869], when they cried [06817] unto thee, thou heardest [08085] them from heaven [08064]; and according to thy manifold [07227] mercies [07356] thou gavest [05414] them saviours [03467], who saved [03467] them out of the hand [03027] of their enemies [06862].
²⁸ But after they had rest [05117], they did [06213] evil [07451] again [07725] before [06440] thee: therefore leftest [05800] thou them in the hand [03027] of their enemies [0341], so that they had the dominion [07287] over them: yet when they returned [07725], and cried [02199] unto thee, thou heardest [08085] them from heaven [08064]; and many [07227] times [06256] didst thou deliver [05337] them according to thy mercies [07356];

¹⁸ Yea, when they had made [06213] them a molten [04541] calf [05695], and said [0559], This is thy God [0430] that brought thee up [05927] out of Egypt [04714], and had wrought [06213] great [01419] provocations [05007];

¹⁵ And they rejected [03988] his statutes [02706], and his covenant [01285] that he made [03772] with their fathers [01], and his testimonies [05715] which he testified [05749] against them; and they followed [03212] [0310] vanity [01892], and became vain [01891], and went after [0310] the heathen [01471] that were round about [05439] them, concerning whom the LORD [03068] had charged [06680] them, that they should not do [06213] like them.

¹³ Yet the LORD [03068] testified [05749] against Israel [03478], and against Judah [03063], by [03027] all the prophets [05030], and by all the seers [02374], saying [0559], Turn [07725] ye from your evil [07451] ways [01870], and keep [08104] my commandments [04687] and my statutes [02708], according to all the law [08451] which I commanded [06680] your fathers [01], and which I sent [07971] to you by [03027] my servants [05650] the prophets [05030].

¹³ Was it not told [05046] my lord [0113] what I did [06213] when Jezebel [0348] slew [02026] the prophets [05030] of the LORD [03068], how I hid [02244] an hundred [03967] men [0376] of the LORD'S [03068] prophets [05030] by fifty [02572] in a cave [04631], and fed [03557] them with bread [03899] and water [04325]?

²¹ And they conspired [07194] against him, and stoned [07275] him with stones [068] at the commandment [04687] of the king [04428] in the court [02691] of the house [01004] of the LORD [03068].

³⁵ Therefore thus saith [0559] the Lord [0136] GOD [03069]; Because thou hast forgotten [07911] me, and cast [07993] me behind [0310] thy back [01458], therefore bear [05375] thou also thy lewdness [02154] and thy whoredoms [08457].

¹⁹ And the rest [03499] of the acts [01697] of Jeroboam [03379], how he warred [03898], and how he reigned [04427], behold, they are written [03789] in the book [05612] of the chronicles [01697] [03117] of the kings [04428] of Israel [03478].

¹⁶ But they and our fathers [01] dealt proudly [02102], and hardened [07185] their necks [06203], and hearkened [08085] not to thy commandments [04687],