H9035–נוּ–nu

behold, how they reward us, to come to cast us out of thy possession, which thou hast given us to inherit.

עָלֵ֑ינוּ (נוּ) nu “us”לְגָ֣רְשֵׁ֔נוּ (נוּ) nu “us”הֽוֹרַשְׁתָּֽנוּ׃ (נוּ) nu “us”

O our God, wilt thou not judge them? for we have no might against this great company that cometh against us; neither know we what to do: but out eyes are upon thee.

בָּ֙נוּ֙ (נוּ֙) nu “us”עָלֵ֑ינוּ (נוּ) nu “us”

and said unto them, Ye shall not bring in the captives hither: for ye purpose that which will bring upon us a trespass against Jehovah, to add unto our sins and to our trespass; for our trespass is great, and there is fierce wrath against Israel.

עָלֵ֙ינוּ֙ (נוּ֙) nu “us”לָ֔נוּ (נוּ) nu “us”

Now it is in my heart to make a covenant with Jehovah, the God of Israel, that his fierce anger may turn away from us.

מִמֶּ֖נּוּ (נּוּ) nu “us”

Be strong and of good courage, be not afraid nor dismayed for the king of Assyria, nor for all the multitude that is with him; for there is a greater with us than with him:

עִמָּ֥נוּ (נוּ) nu “us”

with him is an arm of flesh; but with us is Jehovah our God to help us, and to fight our battles. And the people rested themselves upon the words of Hezekiah king of Judah.

וְעִמָּ֜נוּ (נוּ) nu “us”לְעָזְרֵ֔נוּ (נוּ) nu “us”

Doth not Hezekiah persuade you, to give you over to die by famine and by thirst, saying, Jehovah our God will deliver us out of the hand of the king of Assyria?

יַצִּילֵ֕נוּ (נוּ) nu “us”

Go ye, inquire of Jehovah for me, and for them that are left in Israel and in Judah, concerning the words of the book that is found; for great is the wrath of Jehovah that is poured out upon us, because our fathers have not kept the word of Jehovah, to do according unto all that is written in this book.

בָ֔נוּ (נוּ) nu “us”

then they drew near to Zerubbabel, and to the heads of fathers' [ergänzt: houses], and said unto them, Let us build with you; for we seek your God, as ye do; and we sacrifice unto him since the days of Esar-haddon king of Assyria, who brought us up hither.

אֹתָ֖נוּ (נוּ) nu “us”

But Zerubbabel, and Jeshua, and the rest of the heads of fathers' [ergänzt: houses] of Israel, said unto them, Ye have nothing to do with us in building a house unto our God; but we ourselves together will build unto Jehovah, the God of Israel, as king Cyrus the king of Persia hath commanded us.

וָלָ֔נוּ (נוּ) nu “us”צִוָּ֔נוּ (נוּ) nu “us”

Be it known unto the king, that the Jews that came up from thee are come to us unto Jerusalem; they are building the rebellious and the bad city, and have finished the walls, and repaired the foundations.

עֲלֶ֥ינָא (נָא) na' “us”

Now because we eat the salt of the palace, and it is not meet for us to see the king's dishonor, therefore have we sent and certified the king;

לַ֖נָא (נָא) na' “us”

The letter which ye sent unto us hath been plainly read before me.

עֲלֶ֑ינָא (נָא) na' “us”

And thus they returned us answer, saying, We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth, and are building the house that was builded these many years ago, which a great king of Israel builded and finished.

הֲתִיב֣וּנָא (נָא) na' “us”

Now therefore, if it seem good to the king, let there be search made in the king's treasure-house, which is there at Babylon, whether it be so, that a decree was made of Cyrus the king to build this house of God at Jerusalem; and let the king send his pleasure to us concerning this matter.

עֲלֶֽינָא׃ (נָא) na' “us”

And I sent them forth unto Iddo the chief at the place Casiphia; and I told them what they should say unto Iddo, [ergänzt: and] his brethren the Nethinim, at the place Casiphia, that they should bring unto us ministers for the house of our God.

לָ֥נוּ (נוּ) nu “us”

And according to the good hand of our God upon us they brought us a man of discretion, of the sons of Mahli, the son of Levi, the son of Israel; and Sherebiah, with his sons and his brethren, eighteen;

לָ֜נוּ (נוּ) nu “us”עָלֵ֙ינוּ֙ (נוּ֙) nu “us”

Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river Ahava, that we might humble ourselves before our God, to seek of him a straight way for us, and for our little ones, and for all our substance.

לָ֥נוּ (נוּ) nu “us”

For I was ashamed to ask of the king a band of soldiers and horsemen to help us against the enemy in the way, because we had spoken unto the king, saying, The hand of our God is upon all them that seek him, for good; but his power and his wrath is against all them that forsake him.

לְעָזְרֵ֥נוּ (נוּ) nu “us”

So we fasted and besought our God for this: and he was entreated of us.

לָֽנוּ׃ (נוּ) nu “us”

Then we departed from the river Ahava on the twelfth [ergänzt: day] of the first month, to go unto Jerusalem: and the hand of our God was upon us, and he delivered us from the hand of the enemy and the lier-in-wait by the way.

עָלֵ֔ינוּ (נוּ) nu “us”וַיַּ֨צִּילֵ֔נוּ (נוּ) nu “us”

And now for a little moment grace hath been showed from Jehovah our God, to leave us a remnant to escape, and to give us a nail in his holy place, that our God may lighten our eyes, and give us a little reviving in our bondage.

לָ֙נוּ֙ (נוּ֙) nu “us”לָ֥נוּ (נוּ) nu “us”וּלְתִתֵּ֛נוּ (נוּ) nu “us”

For we are bondmen; yet our God hath not forsaken us in our bondage, but hath extended lovingkindness unto us in the sight of the kings of Persia, to give us a reviving, to set up the house of our God, and to repair the ruins thereof, and to give us a wall in Judah and in Jerusalem.

עֲזָבָ֖נוּ (נוּ) nu “us”עָלֵ֣ינוּ (נוּ) nu “us”לָ֣נוּ (נוּ) nu “us”לָ֣נוּ (נוּ) nu “us”

And after all that is come upon us for our evil deeds, and for our great guilt, seeing that thou our God hast punished us less than our iniquities deserve, and hast given us such a remnant,

עָלֵ֔ינוּ (נוּ) nu “us”לָּ֛נוּ (נוּ) nu “us”

shall we again break thy commandments, and join in affinity with the peoples that do these abominations? wouldest not thou be angry with us till thou hadst consumed us, so that there should be no remnant, nor any to escape?

בָּ֙נוּ֙ (נוּ֙) nu “us”