Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Nehemiah 9:31

Nevertheless for thy great mercies’ sake thou didst not utterly consume them, nor forsake them; for thou [art] a gracious and merciful God.

31. for thy great mercies’ sake ] R.V. in thy manifold mercies. The emphasis on the variety of the mercy even more than on its magnitude. Cf. Lam 3:22-23, ‘It is of the Lord’s mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not. They are new every morning.’

thou didst not utterly consume them ] R.V. thou didst not make a full end of them (LXX. . Vulg. ‘non fecisti eos in consumptionem.’ For the phrase see Jer 4:17; Jer 5:10; Jer 5:18; Jer 46:28; Eze 20:17. The promise that though grievously humbled, Israel should not be utterly consumed, ever animated the courage of the prophets, cf. Lev 26:44, ‘And yet for all that, when they be in the land of their enemies, I will not reject them, neither will I abhor them, to destroy them utterly, and to break my covenant with them;’ Isa 6:13, ‘As a terebinth, and as an oak, whose stock remaineth, when they are felled.’

gracious and merciful ] The same words in Heb. as Neh 9:17 ‘gracious and full of compassion.’

Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

Nevertheless, for thy great mercies’ sake, For the displaying of that, and the glorifying of it, which is so large and exceeding abundant:

thou didst not utterly consume them, nor forsake them; some were left in the land, and those that were carried captive found favour in the eyes of those that carried them away, and were suffered to live, and many of them now had returned to their own land:

for thou art a gracious and merciful God; of which they had abundant proof and evidence.

Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible

Neh 9:31 Nevertheless for thy great mercies’ sake thou didst not utterly consume them, nor forsake them; for thou [art] a gracious and merciful God.

Ver. 31. Nevertheless for thy great mercies’ sake] Man’s perverseness cannot interrupt the course of God’s goodness. In the midst of judgment he remembereth mercy, which beareth the same proportion to his judgment which seven (a complete number) hath to a unity.

Thou didst not utterly consume them ] God will repent for his people, when he seeth their power is gone, Deu 32:36 , and be jealous with a great jealousy when the enemy goes beyond his commission, Zec 1:14-15 .

For thou art a gracious and merciful God ] And this is most seen when misery weighs down, and nothing but mercy turneth the scale.

Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)

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for thy great: Jer 4:27, Jer 5:10, Jer 5:18, Lam 3:22, Eze 14:22, Eze 14:23, Dan 9:9

gracious: Neh 9:17, Exo 34:6, Exo 34:7, 2Ki 13:23, 2Ch 30:9, Psa 103:8, Psa 103:9, Psa 145:8, Psa 145:9

Reciprocal: Lev 26:44 – I will Deu 4:31 – the Lord Ezr 9:8 – grace hath Psa 89:2 – Mercy Psa 103:10 – dealt Psa 116:5 – Gracious Isa 48:9 – defer Isa 63:7 – mention Hos 3:1 – according Jam 5:11 – the Lord is

Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Neh 9:31. Nevertheless, thou didst not utterly consume them But didst leave a remnant of the poorer people in the land, and show favour to the captives in Babylon. For thou art a gracious and merciful God To which alone they owed their preservation from utter destruction.

Fuente: Joseph Bensons Commentary on the Old and New Testaments