Yea, when they had made them a molten calf, and said, This is thy God that brought thee up out of Egypt, and had wrought great provocations;
Yes, even when they made a golden calf idol and said, 'This is your God who brought you out of Egypt,' and committed terrible acts of rebellion,
The writer is recounting how the Israelites rebelled against God by worshiping a golden idol they made, even claiming it was the God who had rescued them from Egypt.
📚 Historical Context
This verse refers back to the incident at Mount Sinai when Moses was receiving the Ten Commandments from God. While Moses was on the mountain for 40 days, the Israelites grew impatient and asked Aaron to make them a golden calf to worship, directly violating God's commandment against idolatry. Nehemiah is reciting this shameful episode during a prayer of confession as the returned exiles acknowledge their ancestors' repeated failures.
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