Nehemiah 9:32

“So now, our God – the great, powerful, and awesome God, who keeps covenant fidelity ¹  – do not regard as inconsequential ²  all the hardship that has befallen us – our kings, our leaders, our priests, our prophets, our ancestors, and all your people – from the days of the kings of Assyria until this very day!

Le 26:18,21,24,28; De 7:9; De 7:21; 1Ki 8:23; 2Ki 15:19,29; 2Ki 17:3; 2Ki 23:29,33,34; 2Ki 25:7,18-21,25,26; 2Ch 36:1-23; Ezr 9:13; Ne 1:5; Ps 47:2; Ps 66:3,5; Isa 7:17,18; Isa 8:7,8; Isa 10:5-7; Isa 36:1-37:38; Jer 8:1-3; Jer 22:18,19; Jer 34:19-22; Jer 39:1-18; Jer 52:1-34; Da 9:4; Da 9:6,8; Mic 7:18-20

¹ tn Heb “the covenant and loyal love.” The expression is a hendiadys. The second noun retains its full nominal sense, while the first functions adjectivally: “the covenant and loyalty” = covenant fidelity.

² tn Heb “do not let it seem small in your sight.”