Nehemiah 4:2 Cross References - Thomson

² and said before his brethren, Is the army of Somoron reduced to this, that these Jews are building their city? They are indeed offering sacrifice; but can they prevail? Can they heal the stones after being burned to a heap of dust?

¹¹ So they both went to Messab of the Philistines; and the Philistines said, Behold the Hebrews are coming out of the holes where they hid themselves. ¹² And the men of Messab, addressing Jonathan, and his armour bearer, said, Come up to us, and we will let you know something. Upon which Jonathan said to his armour bearer, Come up after me; for the Lord hath delivered them into the hands of Israel.

⁴³ And the Philistine said to David, Am I a dog, that thou shouldst come out against me with a stick, and with stones? And David said, Nay, but worse than a dog. Upon which the Philistine cursed David by his gods. ⁴⁴ And when the Philistine said to David, Come hither to me, and I will give thy flesh to the birds of the air, and the beasts of the earth,

⁹ This hath been agreed on by Reum Baltam, and Sampsa the secretary, and the rest of our fellow servants, the Deinaians, Apharsathachaians, Tarphalaians, Apharsaians, Archuaians, Babylonians, Susanachaians, Davaians, ¹⁰ and the rest of the nations, whom the great and the honourable Assenaphar transplanted, and settled in the cities of Somoron, and the rest of the country on this side the river.

¹⁰ though Juda said, Were the power of these enemies broken, there is so much rubbish that we cannot build the wall;

²⁷ at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem, they sought the Levites in all their places to bring them to Jerusalem, to make the dedication with joyful thanksgivings and with songs, accompanied with cymbals and psalteries and kinyras;

⁴³ And on that day they offered great sacrifices, and rejoiced. Because God had given them great joy, therefore their wives and their children rejoiced, and the joy of Jerusalem was heard at a great distance.

³ And he said to me, Son of man, shall these bones revive? Whereupon I said, Lord, Lord, thou knowest such things. ⁴ Then he said to me, Prophesy concerning these bones and say to them, Ye bones which are dry, hear a word of the Lord, ⁵ Thus saith the Lord to these bones, Behold I will bring upon you a breath of life; ⁶ and upon you I will lay sinews; and I will bring flesh on you and stretch skin over you, and put my breath in you and you shall live: and you shall know, that I am the Lord. ⁷ So I prophesied as he commanded me, and it came to pass that, when I had prophesied, behold there was a tremulous motion and it brought the bones together, every one to its proper place. ⁸ And I beheld and lo! sinews and flesh were grown upon them, and skin covered them, but there was no breath in them. ⁹ Then he said to me, Prophesy to the wind. Prophesy, Son of man and say to the wind, Thus saith the Lord, From the four winds, come and blow on these dead and let them live. ¹⁰ So I prophesied as he commanded me, and breath came into them and they became alive and stood on their feet, an exceeding great multitude. ¹¹ Then the Lord spoke to me saying, Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel. Now they say, "Our bones are become dry. Our hope is gone. We are wasted to a shadow." ¹² Therefore prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord, Behold I will open your graves; and bring you up out of your tombs and bring you into the land of Israel, ¹³ and you shall know that I am the Lord. When I have opened your graves that I may bring up my people out of the graves

² Lord, I have heard the report of thee and am terrified; I have considered thy works and am struck with amaze. In the midst of two living beings thou wilt be known; when the years draw nigh thou wilt be acknowledged; when the time is come thou wilt be pointed out: when my soul is troubled, in wrath remember mercy.

⁸ The Lord will indeed, in that day, spread a shield over the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and the weak among them shall in that day be like David, and the house of David like the house of God; like an angel of the Lord before them.

²⁷ but God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to put to shame the wise; and the weak things of the world God hath made choice of to put to shame the strong