el-o-heem'
plural of 433; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically
used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the
supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to
magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative:--angels, X
exceeding, God (gods)(-dess, -ly), X (very) great, judges, X
mighty.
see Hebrew for [0433]
And it came to pass, when I heard [08085] these words [01697], that I sat down [03427] and wept [01058], and mourned [056] certain days [03117], and fasted [06684], and prayed [06419] before [06440] the God [0430] of heaven [08064],
And said [0559], I beseech [0577] thee, O Lord [03068] God [0430] of heaven [08064], the great [01419] and terrible [03372] God [0410], that keepeth [08104] covenant [01285] and mercy [02617] for them that love [0157] him and observe [08104] his commandments [04687]:
Then the king [04428] said [0559] unto me, For what dost thou make request [01245]? So I prayed [06419] to the God [0430] of heaven [08064].
And a letter [0107] unto Asaph [0623] the keeper [08104] of the king's [04428] forest [06508], that he may give [05414] me timber [06086] to make beams [07136] for the gates [08179] of the palace [01002] which appertained to the house [01004], and for the wall [02346] of the city [05892], and for the house [01004] that I shall enter into [0935]. And the king [04428] granted [05414] me, according to the good [02896] hand [03027] of my God [0430] upon me.
And I arose [06965] in the night [03915], I and some [04592] few [04592] men [0582] with me; neither told [05046] I any man [0120] what my God [0430] had put [05414] in my heart [03820] to do [06213] at Jerusalem [03389]: neither was there any beast [0929] with me, save the beast [0929] that I rode upon [07392].
Then I told [05046] them of the hand [03027] of my God [0430] which was good [02896] upon me; as also the king's [04428] words [01697] that he had spoken [0559] unto me. And they said [0559], Let us rise up [06965] and build [01129]. So they strengthened [02388] their hands [03027] for this good [02896] work.
Then answered [01697] [07725] I them, and said [0559] unto them, The God [0430] of heaven [08064], he will prosper [06743] us; therefore we his servants [05650] will arise [06965] and build [01129]: but ye have no portion [02506], nor right [06666], nor memorial [02146], in Jerusalem [03389].
Hear [08085], O our God [0430]; for we are despised [0939]: and turn [07725] their reproach [02781] upon their own head [07218], and give [05414] them for a prey [0961] in the land [0776] of captivity [07633]:despised: Heb. despite
Nevertheless we made our prayer [06419] unto our God [0430], and set [05975] a watch [04929] against them day [03119] and night [03915], because [06440] of them.
And it came to pass, when our enemies [0341] heard [08085] that it was known [03045] unto us, and God [0430] had brought [06565] their counsel [06098] to nought [06565], that we returned [07725] all of us to the wall [02346], every one [0376] unto his work [04399].
In what place [04725] therefore ye hear [08085] the sound [06963] of the trumpet [07782], resort [06908] ye thither unto us: our God [0430] shall fight [03898] for us.
Also I said [0559], It is not good [02896] that [01697] ye do [06213]: ought ye not to walk [03212] in the fear [03374] of our God [0430] because of the reproach [02781] of the heathen [01471] our enemies [0341]?
Also I shook [05287] my lap [02684], and said [0559], So God [0430] shake out [05287] every man [0376] from his house [01004], and from his labour [03018], that performeth [06965] not this promise [01697], even thus be he shaken out [05287], and emptied [07386]. And all the congregation [06951] said [0559], Amen [0543], and praised [01984] the Lord [03068]. And the people [05971] did [06213] according to this promise [01697].emptied: Heb. empty, or, void
But the former [07223] governors [06346] that had been before [06440] me were chargeable [03513] unto the people [05971], and had taken [03947] of them bread [03899] and wine [03196], beside [0310] forty [0705] shekels [08255] of silver [03701]; yea, even [01571] their servants [05288] bare rule [07980] over the people [05971]: but so did [06213] not I, because [06440] of the fear [03374] of God [0430].
Think [02142] upon me, my God [0430], for good [02896], according to all that I have done [06213] for this people [05971].
Afterward I came [0935] unto the house [01004] of Shemaiah [08098] the son [01121] of Delaiah [01806] the son [01121] of Mehetabeel [04105], who was shut up [06113]; and he said [0559], Let us meet together [03259] in the house [01004] of God [0430], within [08432] the temple [01964], and let us shut [05462] the doors [01817] of the temple [01964]: for they will come [0935] to slay [02026] thee; yea, in the night [03915] will they come [0935] to slay [02026] thee.
And, lo, I perceived [05234] that God [0430] had not sent [07971] him; but that he pronounced [01696] this prophecy [05016] against me: for Tobiah [02900] and Sanballat [05571] had hired [07936] him.
My God [0430], think [02142] thou upon Tobiah [02900] and Sanballat [05571] according to these their works [04639], and on the prophetess [05031] Noadiah [05129], and the rest [03499] of the prophets [05030], that would have put me in fear [03372].
And it came to pass, that when all our enemies [0341] heard [08085] thereof, and all the heathen [01471] that were about us [05439] saw [07200] these things, they were much [03966] cast down [05307] in their own eyes [05869]: for they perceived [03045] that this work [04399] was wrought [06213] of our God [0430].
That I gave my brother [0251] Hanani [02607], and Hananiah [02608] the ruler [08269] of the palace [01002], charge [06680] over Jerusalem [03389]: for he was a faithful [0571] man [0376], and feared [03372] God [0430] above many [07227].
And my God [0430] put [05414] into mine heart [03820] to gather together [06908] the nobles [02715], and the rulers [05461], and the people [05971], that they might be reckoned by genealogy [03187]. And I found [04672] a register [05612] of the genealogy [03188] of them which came up [05927] at the first [07223], and found [04672] written [03789] therein,
And Ezra [05830] blessed [01288] the Lord [03068], the great [01419] God [0430]. And all the people [05971] answered [06030], Amen [0543], Amen [0543], with lifting up [04607] their hands [03027]: and they bowed [06915] their heads, and worshipped [07812] the Lord [03068] with their faces [0639] to the ground [0776].
So they read [07121] in the book [05612] in the law [08451] of God [0430] distinctly [06567], and gave [07760] the sense [07922], and caused them to understand [0995] the reading [04744].
And Nehemiah [05166], which is the Tirshatha [08660], and Ezra [05830] the priest [03548] the scribe [05608], and the Levites [03881] that taught [0995] the people [05971], said [0559] unto all the people [05971], This day [03117] is holy [06918] unto the Lord [03068] your God [0430]; mourn [056] not, nor weep [01058]. For all the people [05971] wept [01058], when they heard [08085] the words [01697] of the law [08451].the Tirshatha: or, the governor
So the people [05971] went forth [03318], and brought [0935] them, and made [06213] themselves booths [05521], every one [0376] upon the roof of his house [01406], and in their courts [02691], and in the courts [02691] of the house [01004] of God [0430], and in the street [07339] of the water [04325] gate [08179], and in the street [07339] of the gate [08179] of Ephraim [0669].
Also day [03117] by day [03117], from the first [07223] day [03117] unto the last [0314] day [03117], he read [07121] in the book [05612] of the law [08451] of God [0430]. And they kept [06213] the feast [02282] seven [07651] days [03117]; and on the eighth [08066] day [03117] was a solemn assembly [06116], according unto the manner [04941].a solemn…: Heb. a restraint
And they stood up [06965] in their place [05977], and read [07121] in the book [05612] of the law [08451] of the Lord [03068] their God [0430] one fourth part [07243] of the day [03117]; and another fourth part [07243] they confessed [03034], and worshipped [07812] the Lord [03068] their God [0430].
Then stood up [06965] upon the stairs [04608], of the Levites [03881], Jeshua [03442], and Bani [01137], Kadmiel [06934], Shebaniah [07645], Bunni [01138], Sherebiah [08274], Bani [01137], and Chenani [03662], and cried [02199] with a loud [01419] voice [06963] unto the Lord [03068] their God [0430].stairs: or, scaffold
Then the Levites [03881], Jeshua [03442], and Kadmiel [06934], Bani [01137], Hashabniah [02813], Sherebiah [08274], Hodijah [01941], Shebaniah [07645], and Pethahiah [06611], said [0559], Stand up [06965] and bless [01288] the Lord [03068] your God [0430] for ever [05769] and ever [05769]: and blessed [01288] be thy glorious [03519] name [08034], which is exalted [07311] above all blessing [01293] and praise [08416].
Thou art the Lord [03068] the God [0430], who didst choose [0977] Abram [087], and broughtest him forth [03318] out of Ur [0218] of the Chaldees [03778], and gavest [07760] him the name [08034] of Abraham [085];
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];
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].trouble: Heb. wearinessthat…: Heb. that hath found us
And the rest [07605] of the people [05971], the priests [03548], the Levites [03881], the porters [07778], the singers [07891], the Nethinims [05411], and all they that had separated [0914] themselves from the people [05971] of the lands [0776] unto the law [08451] of God [0430], their wives [0802], their sons [01121], and their daughters [01323], every one having knowledge [03045], and having understanding [0995];
They clave [02388] to their brethren [0251], their nobles [0117], and entered [0935] into a curse [0423], and into an oath [07621], to walk [03212] in God's [0430] law [08451], which was given [05414] by [03027] Moses [04872] the servant [05650] of God [0430], and to observe [08104] and do [06213] all the commandments [04687] of the Lord [03068] our Lord [0113], and his judgments [04941] and his statutes [02706];by: Heb. by the hand of
Also we made [05975] ordinances [04687] for us, to charge [05414] ourselves yearly [08141] with the third part [07992] of a shekel [08255] for the service [05656] of the house [01004] of our God [0430];
For the shewbread [03899] [04635], and for the continual [08548] meat offering [04503], and for the continual [08548] burnt offering [05930], of the sabbaths [07676], of the new moons [02320], for the set feasts [04150], and for the holy [06944] things, and for the sin offerings [02403] to make an atonement [03722] for Israel [03478], and for all the work [04399] of the house [01004] of our God [0430].
And we cast [05307] the lots [01486] among the priests [03548], the Levites [03881], and the people [05971], for the wood [06086] offering [07133], to bring [0935] it into the house [01004] of our God [0430], after the houses [01004] of our fathers [01], at times [06256] appointed [02163] year [08141] by year [08141], to burn [01197] upon the altar [04196] of the Lord [03068] our God [0430], as it is written [03789] in the law [08451]:
Also the firstborn [01060] of our sons [01121], and of our cattle [0929], as it is written [03789] in the law [08451], and the firstlings [01062] of our herds [01241] and of our flocks [06629], to bring [0935] to the house [01004] of our God [0430], unto the priests [03548] that minister [08334] in the house [01004] of our God [0430]:
And that we should bring [0935] the firstfruits [07225] of our dough [06182], and our offerings [08641], and the fruit [06529] of all manner of trees [06086], of wine [08492] and of oil [03323], unto the priests [03548], to the chambers [03957] of the house [01004] of our God [0430]; and the tithes [04643] of our ground [0127] unto the Levites [03881], that the same Levites [03881] might have the tithes [06237] in all the cities [05892] of our tillage [05656].
And the priest [03548] the son [01121] of Aaron [0175] shall be with the Levites [03881], when the Levites [03881] take tithes [06237]: and the Levites [03881] shall bring up [05927] the tithe [04643] of the tithes [04643] unto the house [01004] of our God [0430], to the chambers [03957], into the treasure [0214] house [01004].
For the children [01121] of Israel [03478] and the children [01121] of Levi [03878] shall bring [0935] the offering [08641] of the corn [01715], of the new wine [08492], and the oil [03323], unto the chambers [03957], where are the vessels [03627] of the sanctuary [04720], and the priests [03548] that minister [08334], and the porters [07778], and the singers [07891]: and we will not forsake [05800] the house [01004] of our God [0430].
Seraiah [08304] the son [01121] of Hilkiah [02518], the son [01121] of Meshullam [04918], the son [01121] of Zadok [06659], the son [01121] of Meraioth [04812], the son [01121] of Ahitub [0285], was the ruler [05057] of the house [01004] of God [0430].
And Shabbethai [07678] and Jozabad [03107], of the chief [07218] of the Levites [03881], had the oversight of the outward [02435] business [04399] of the house [01004] of God [0430].had…: Heb. were over
The overseer [06496] also of the Levites [03881] at Jerusalem [03389] was Uzzi [05813] the son [01121] of Bani [01137], the son [01121] of Hashabiah [02811], the son [01121] of Mattaniah [04983], the son [01121] of Micha [04316]. Of the sons [01121] of Asaph [0623], the singers [07891] were over [05048] the business [04399] of the house [01004] of God [0430].
And the chief [07218] of the Levites [03881]: Hashabiah [02811], Sherebiah [08274], and Jeshua [03442] the son [01121] of Kadmiel [06934], with their brethren [0251] over against them, to praise [01984] and to give thanks [03034], according to the commandment [04687] of David [01732] the man [0376] of God [0430], ward [04929] over against [05980] ward [04929].
And his brethren [0251], Shemaiah [08098], and Azarael [05832], Milalai [04450], Gilalai [01562], Maai [04597], Nethaneel [05417], and Judah [03063], Hanani [02607], with the musical [07892] instruments [03627] of David [01732] the man [0376] of God [0430], and Ezra [05830] the scribe [05608] before [06440] them.
So stood [05975] the two [08147] companies of them that gave thanks [08426] in the house [01004] of God [0430], and I, and the half [02677] of the rulers [05461] with me:
Also that day [03117] they offered [02076] great [01419] sacrifices [02077], and rejoiced [08055]: for God [0430] had made them rejoice [08055] with great [01419] joy [08057]: the wives [0802] also and the children [03206] rejoiced [08055]: so that the joy [08057] of Jerusalem [03389] was heard [08085] even afar off [07350].
And both the singers [07891] and the porters [07778] kept [08104] the ward [04931] of their God [0430], and the ward [04931] of the purification [02893], according to the commandment [04687] of David [01732], and of Solomon [08010] his son [01121].
For in the days [03117] of David [01732] and Asaph [0623] of old [06924] there were chief [07218] of the singers [07891], and songs [07892] of praise [08416] and thanksgiving [03034] unto God [0430].
On that day [03117] they read [07121] in the book [05612] of Moses [04872] in the audience [0241] of the people [05971]; and therein was found [04672] written [03789], that the Ammonite [05984] and the Moabite [04125] should not come [0935] into the congregation [06951] of God [0430] for [05704] ever [05769];they…: Heb. there was readaudience: Heb. ears
Because they met [06923] not the children [01121] of Israel [03478] with bread [03899] and with water [04325], but hired [07936] Balaam [01109] against them, that he should curse [07043] them: howbeit our God [0430] turned [02015] the curse [07045] into a blessing [01293].
And before [06440] this, Eliashib [0475] the priest [03548], having the oversight [05414] of the chamber [03957] of the house [01004] of our God [0430], was allied [07138] unto Tobiah [02900]:having…: Heb. being set over
And I came [0935] to Jerusalem [03389], and understood [0995] of the evil [07451] that Eliashib [0475] did [06213] for Tobiah [02900], in preparing [06213] him a chamber [05393] in the courts [02691] of the house [01004] of God [0430].
Then I commanded [0559], and they cleansed [02891] the chambers [03957]: and thither brought I again [07725] the vessels [03627] of the house [01004] of God [0430], with the meat offering [04503] and the frankincense [03828].
Then contended [07378] I with the rulers [05461], and said [0559], Why is the house [01004] of God [0430] forsaken [05800]? And I gathered them together [06908], and set [05975] them in their place [05977].place: Heb. standing
Remember [02142] me, O my God [0430], concerning this, and wipe not out [04229] my good [02617] deeds that I have done [06213] for the house [01004] of my God [0430], and for the offices [04929] thereof.good…: Heb. kindnessesoffices: or, observations
Did [06213] not your fathers [01] thus, and did [0935] not our God [0430] bring [0935] all this evil [07451] upon us, and upon this city [05892]? yet ye bring [0935] more [03254] wrath [02740] upon Israel [03478] by profaning [02490] the sabbath [07676].
And I commanded [0559] the Levites [03881] that they should cleanse [02891] themselves, and that they should come [0935] and keep [08104] the gates [08179], to sanctify [06942] the sabbath [07676] day [03117]. Remember [02142] me, O my God [0430], concerning this also, and spare [02347] me according to the greatness [07230] of thy mercy [02617].greatness: or, multitude
And I contended [07378] with them, and cursed [07043] them, and smote [05221] certain [0582] of them, and plucked off their hair [04803], and made them swear [07650] by God [0430], saying, Ye shall not give [05414] your daughters [01323] unto their sons [01121], nor take [05375] their daughters [01323] unto your sons [01121], or for yourselves.cursed: or, reviled
Did not Solomon [08010] king [04428] of Israel [03478] sin [02398] by these things? yet among many [07227] nations [01471] was there no king [04428] like him, who was beloved [0157] of his God [0430], and God [0430] made [05414] him king [04428] over all Israel [03478]: nevertheless even him [01571] did outlandish [05237] women [0802] cause to sin [02398].
Shall we then hearken [08085] unto you to do [06213] all this great [01419] evil [07451], to transgress [04603] against our God [0430] in marrying [03427] strange [05237] wives [0802]?
Remember [02142] them, O my God [0430], because they have defiled [01352] the priesthood [03550], and the covenant [01285] of the priesthood [03550], and of the Levites [03881].because…: Heb. for the defilings
And for the wood [06086] offering [07133], at times [06256] appointed [02163], and for the firstfruits [01061]. Remember [02142] me, O my God [0430], for good [02896].