Nehemiah 9:32
Now therefore, our God, the great, the mighty, and the terrible God, who keepest covenant and mercy, let not all the trouble seem little before thee, that hath come upon us, on our kings, on our princes, and on our priests, and on our prophets, and on our fathers, and on all thy people, since the time of the kings of Assyria unto this day.
Cross-references
In Nehemiah 1:5, the exact same phrase 'great and awesome God, who keeps his covenant of love' appears, showing consistent prayer language.
Deuteronomy 7:9 says God 'keeps his covenant of love,' the same phrase used in Nehemiah 9:32, reinforcing the covenant-keeping attribute.
Daniel 9:4 prays 'the great and awesome God, who keeps his covenant of love,' almost verbatim to Nehemiah 9:32, showing shared penitential language.
Jeremiah 34:19-22 pronounces judgment on officials and priests for covenant breaking, a direct cause of the hardship Nehemiah recalls.
In 1 Kings 8:23, Solomon uses 'you who keep your covenant of love,' directly paralleling Nehemiah 9:32's plea based on God's faithful love.
Jeremiah 39:1-18 describes Jerusalem’s fall and the fate of its leaders, fulfilling the hardship Nehemiah prays about.
In Ezra 9:13, Ezra confesses God punished less than sins deserved—Nehemiah's plea for mercy echoes this same acknowledgment of justice and grace.
2 Kings 25:7 records Zedekiah's blinding and exile—a climactic calamity that Nehemiah's prayer encompasses as part of the people's prolonged suffering.
In 2 Kings 25:18-21, the capture and execution of priests and officials detail the hardship on these groups that Nehemiah laments.
2 Kings 25:25 records the assassination of Gedaliah, a specific event of turmoil among the people that Nehemiah’s prayer recalls.
2 Kings 25:26 describes the people fleeing to Egypt in fear, illustrating the ongoing hardship Nehemiah mentions for all the people.
Jeremiah 52:1-34 gives a detailed account of the exile, directly corresponding to the hardship ‘from the kings of Assyria until this day.’
2 Chronicles 36:1-23 recounts the full history of Judah’s fall and exile, which Nehemiah summarizes as hardship since Assyria.
Jeremiah 2:26 lists kings, officials, priests, prophets being shamed—the same leadership groups mentioned here under hardship.
Jeremiah 10:6 declares God's unmatched greatness and might, echoing the description of God as great, mighty, and awesome here.
Ezra 9:7 uses nearly identical phrasing—'we, our kings, our priests'—and the same theme of being given into enemy hands.
2 Kings 13:23 shows God's compassion because of his covenant — the same covenant faithfulness Nehemiah appeals to for mercy.
Deuteronomy 10:17 contains the exact phrase 'the great, the mighty, and the awesome God' that Nehemiah quotes directly.
Exodus 34:7 describes God's steadfast love and forgiveness, the very attribute Nehemiah pleads by saying 'keeps covenant and steadfast love'.
2 Kings 23:34 describes Neco installing Jehoiakim and taking Jehoahaz to Egypt—further hardship for Judah's kings as referenced in Nehemiah's prayer.
2 Kings 23:33 recounts Pharaoh Neco imprisoning Jehoahaz—another instance of the kingly suffering Nehemiah lists in his prayer.
2 Kings 23:29 records Josiah's death at Megiddo—one specific hardship for a king that Nehemiah includes in his prayer about suffering from Assyria onward.
Micah 7:18-20 extols God's forgiving nature and covenant loyalty—the very attributes Nehemiah appeals to in his prayer for mercy amid hardship.
2 Chronicles 33:11 recounts Assyrian captivity of Manasseh—a concrete example of the hardship from Assyria mentioned here.
Psalm 119:153 asks God to look on affliction, directly parallel to Nehemiah's plea that God not ignore the hardship.
In Jeremiah 3:25, the same acknowledgment of sin from youth to this day parallels the hardship since Assyria, linking shame to prolonged disobedience.
Psalm 31:7 rejoices in God's steadfast love for seeing affliction, matching Nehemiah's appeal to the God of steadfast love amid hardship.
Psalm 9:13 pleads for God to see affliction, echoing the prayer here that God not overlook the hardship.
Deuteronomy 7:21 calls God 'a great and awesome God' in the context of not fearing enemies, echoing the same epithet used in Nehemiah 9:32.
Psalm 60:3 acknowledges God makes His people see hard things, paralleling the confession of hardship in Nehemiah 9:32.
Deuteronomy 3:24 uses 'greatness' and 'mighty hand' to describe God, similar to the 'great, mighty, awesome' title in Nehemiah's prayer.