King James Version
Nehemiah 1:8 in the King James Version says “Remember, I beseech thee, the word that thou commandedst thy servant Moses, saying, If ye transgress, I will scatter you...” — study this verse from Nehemiah chapter 1 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Remember, I beseech thee, the word that thou commandedst thy servant Moses, saying, If ye transgress, I will scatter you abroad among the nations:”
Nehemiah 1:8 · KJV
Let thine ear now be attentive, and thine eyes open, that thou mayest hear the prayer of thy servant, which I pray before thee now, day and night, for the children of Israel thy servants, and confess the sins of the children of Israel, which we have sinned against thee: both I and my father's house have sinned.
We have dealt very corruptly against thee, and have not kept the commandments, nor the statutes, nor the judgments, which thou commandedst thy servant Moses.
Remember, I beseech thee, the word that thou commandedst thy servant Moses, saying, If ye transgress, I will scatter you abroad among the nations:
But if ye turn unto me, and keep my commandments, and do them; though there were of you cast out unto the uttermost part of the heaven, yet will I gather them from thence, and will bring them unto the place that I have chosen to set my name there.
Now these are thy servants and thy people, whom thou hast redeemed by thy great power, and by thy strong hand.
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“Remember”
H2142properly, to mark (so as to be recognized), i.e., to remember; by implication, to mention; to be male
'i pray', 'now', or 'then'; added mostly to verbs (in the imperative or future), or to interjections, occasionally to an adverb or conjunction
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“I beseech thee the word”
H1697a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“If ye transgress”
H4603properly, to cover up; used only figuratively, to act covertly, i.e., treacherously
“I will scatter you abroad”
H6327to dash in pieces, literally or figuratively (especially to disperse)
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“among the nations”
H5971a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
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