Nehemiah 9:27

So You delivered them into the hands of enemies who oppressed them, and in their time of distress they cried out to You. From heaven You heard them, and in Your great compassion You gave them deliverers who saved them from the hands of their enemies.

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — The Levites address God during a corporate confession following the rebuilding of Jerusalem’s wall, recounting Israel’s historical cycle of rebellion and rescue.

The words — יִצְעֲק֣וּ (yitz.'a.Ku) = they cried out and צָֽרָתָ/ם (tza.ra.Ta/m) = their distress mark the precise moment oppression turns to divine attention.

The thread — This cycle of judgment through enemy hands and deliverance upon crying out runs through Psalms 106:41, 2 Kings 13:5, and 2 Kings 14:27.

Why it lands — The text demands acknowledgment that God hears from heaven when people cry out in distress, and that rescue comes solely through His compassion-given deliverers.

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The Hebrew words

וַֽתִּתְּנֵם֙va./ti.te.Ne/mand/ you gave/ them בְּיַ֣דbe./Yadin/ [the] hand of צָֽרֵיהֶ֔םtza.rei./Hemopponents/ their וַיָּצֵ֖רוּva/i.ya.Tze.ruand/ they caused distressלָהֶ֑םla./Hemto/ themוּבְעֵ֤תu./ve./'Etand/ in/ [the] time of צָֽרָתָם֙tza.ra.Ta/mdistress/ their יִצְעֲק֣וּyitz.'a.Kuthey cried out אֵלֶ֔יךָ'e.Lei./khato/ you וְאַתָּה֙ve./'a.Tahand/ you מִשָּׁמַ֣יִםmi./sha.Ma.yimfrom/ heaven תִּשְׁמָ֔עtish.Ma'you heard וּֽכְרַחֲמֶ֣יךָu./khe./ra.cha.Mei./khaand/ according to/ compassion<s>/ your הָֽרַבִּ֗יםha./ra.Bim<the>/ great תִּתֵּ֤ןti.Tenyou gaveלָהֶם֙la./Hemto/ themמֽוֹשִׁיעִ֔יםmo.shi.'Imdeliverers וְיוֹשִׁיע֖וּםve./yo.shi.'U/mand/ they delivered/ them מִיַּ֥דmi./Yadfrom/ [the] hand of צָרֵיהֶֽם׃tza.rei./Hemopponents/ their

King James Version

Therefore thou deliveredst them into the hand of their enemies, who vexed them: and in the time of their trouble, when they cried unto thee, thou heardest them from heaven; and according to thy manifold mercies thou gavest them saviours, who saved them out of the hand of their enemies.

Cross-references

Psalms 106:41 He delivered them into the hand of the nations, and those who hated them ruled over them.
2 Kings 13:5 So the LORD gave Israel a deliverer, and they escaped the power of the Arameans. Then the people of Israel lived in their own homes as they had before.
2 Kings 14:27 and since the LORD had said that He would not blot out the name of Israel from under heaven, He saved them by the hand of Jeroboam son of Jehoash.
Daniel 9:10 and have not obeyed the voice of the LORD our God to walk in His laws, which He set before us through His servants the prophets.
Deuteronomy 4:29 But if from there you will seek the LORD your God, you will find Him if you seek Him with all your heart and with all your soul.
Deuteronomy 31:16 And the LORD said to Moses, “You will soon rest with your fathers, and these people will rise up and prostitute themselves with the foreign gods of the land they are entering. They will forsake Me and break the covenant I have made with them.
Judges 2:14 Then the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He delivered them into the hands of those who plundered them. He sold them into the hands of their enemies all around, whom they were no longer able to resist.
Judges 2:18 Whenever the LORD raised up a judge for the Israelites, He was with that judge and saved them from the hands of their enemies while the judge was still alive; for the LORD was moved to pity by their groaning under those who oppressed them and afflicted them.
Judges 3:8 Then the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He sold them into the hand of Cushan-rishathaim king of Aram-naharaim, and the Israelites served him eight years.
Judges 6:6 Israel was greatly impoverished by Midian, and the Israelites cried out to the LORD.