Nehemiah 1:7 (YLT)

Passage

we have acted very corruptly against Thee, and have not kept the commands, and the statutes, and the judgments, that Thou didst command Moses Thy servant.

Nearby Context

Nehemiah 1:5 And I say, `I beseech thee, O Jehovah, God of the heavens, God, the great and the fearful, keeping the covenant and kindness for those loving Him, and for those keeping His commands,

Nehemiah 1:6 let Thine ear be, I pray Thee, attentive, and Thine eyes open, to hearken unto the prayer of Thy servant, that I am praying before Thee to-day, by day and by night, concerning the sons of Israel Thy servants, and confessing concerning the sins of the sons of Israel, that we have sinned against Thee; yea, I and the house of my father have sinned;

Nehemiah 1:7 we have acted very corruptly against Thee, and have not kept the commands, and the statutes, and the judgments, that Thou didst command Moses Thy servant.

Nehemiah 1:8 `Remember, I pray Thee, the word that Thou didst command Moses Thy servant, saying, Ye--ye trespass--I scatter you among peoples;

Nehemiah 1:9 and ye have turned back unto Me, and kept My commands, and done them--if your outcast is in the end of the heavens, thence I gather them, and have brought them in unto the place that I have chosen to cause My name to tabernacle there.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "acted", "very", "corruptly", "against", "thee", "kept", "commands", and "statutes". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "acted" and "very", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 6's "let Thine ear be I pray Thee..." into verse 8's "Remember I pray Thee the word that...", so "acted" and "very" belong inside that flow. In Nehemiah context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "acted" and "very" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.