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George Haydock's Catholic Commentary

Nehemiah 8:9

Interpreted. St. Jerome renders the same term, made silence, (ver. 7.) as it was the office of the Levites to keep the people in awe, ver. 11. (Calmet) --- Protestants, "taught." They had also (Haydock) to instruct, 1 Esdras viii. 16. (Menochius) --- Weep. The Jews had only one feast for mourning, the day of expiation. On all the rest, a holy joy was commended. For the same reason, the Church does not fast on such days. (Calmet) --- Law, reflecting on the threats denounced against transgressors, which they had so lately witnessed. (Tirinus)

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See also Nehemiah 8:9 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Nehemiah 8:9. _NEHEMIAH, WHICH IS THE TIRSHATHA_] This puts it out of doubt that, when the _Tirshatha_ is mentioned, _Nehemiah_ himself is intended, _Tirshatha_ being the name of his _office_....

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    NEHEMIAH, WHICH IS THE TIRSHATHA - Hereto, Nehemiah has called himself פחה _pechâh_ Nehemiah 5:14, Nehemiah 5:18, which is the ordinary word for “governor.” Now for the first time he is called ‘the T...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    II. THE SPIRITUAL REVIVAL CHAPTER 8 _ 1. The reading of the law before the water gate (Nehemiah 8:1)_ 2. A day of joy and not of mourning (Nehemiah 8:9) 3. The keeping of the feast of tabernacles...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    PART IV (Nehemiah 7:73_ b_ - Nehemiah 10:39). EZRA AND THE LAW. Nehemiah 7:73 b - Nehemiah 8:12. The Reading of the Law.

  • B. W. Johnson's Bible Commentary

    NEHEMIAH, WHICH IS THE TIRSHATHA, AND EZRA THE PRIEST THE SCRIBE, AND THE LEVITES. The conductors of the festivities of the day, are all named here together. Nehemiah is called the Tirshatha, the Per...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    NEHEMIAH. He now uses the third person. This is not necessarily. sign of change of authorship. HOLY. See note on Exodus 3:5....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _Nehemiah, which_is _the Tirshatha_ R.V. N. WHICH WAS &c. On the title here used see note on Ezra 2:63. Nehemiah in his own -Memoirs" speaks of himself as -Pekhah" (cf. Nehemiah 5:14-15; Nehemiah 5:18...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Nehemiah 7:73; Nehemiah 7:73. The Reading of the Law This verse begins a new section in the work. The style alters. The use of the first pers. sing. is resumed in Nehemiah 12:31. The Compiler has rec...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    2. The people celebrate with joy and feasting. TEXT, NEHEMIAH 8:9-12 9 Then Nehemiah, who was the governor, and Ezra the priest and scribe, and the Levites who taught the people said to all the peo...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _AND NEHEMIAH, WHICH IS THE TIRSHATHA, AND EZRA THE PRIEST THE SCRIBE, AND THE LEVITES THAT TAUGHT THE PEOPLE, SAID UNTO ALL THE PEOPLE, THIS DAY IS HOLY UNTO THE LORD YOUR GOD; MOURN NOT, NOR WEEP. F...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    THE TIRSHATHA] i.e. governor. The same title was borne by Zerubbabel (Ezra 2:63). ALL THE PEOPLE WEPT] from a consciousness of their transgressions which the reading of the Law had awakened....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    THE READING OF THE LAW BY EZRA 1. The street] RV 'the broad place': and so in Nehemiah 8:3; Nehemiah 8:16. THE WATER GATE] This probably led to the spring of Gihon (the Virgin's spring)....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    THE *JEWS BUILD JERUSALEM’S CITY WALL AGAIN NEHEMIAH _ROBERT BRYCE AND ROBERT BETTS_ CHAPTER 8 In Nehemiah 7:6-73, Nehemiah copied the register of the first people who returned from *exile. This...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    The people had not heard God’s law for a long time. Ezra read the law. Then the people realised that they had *sinned. God had sent his people into *exile because they had *sinned. This made the peopl...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    MOURN NOT, NOR WEEP. — The days of high festival were unsuitable for public and, as it were, objective sorrow. The Day of Atonement was coming for that; as also the special day of fasting and covenant...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וַ יֹּ֣אמֶר נְחֶמְיָ֣ה ה֣וּא הַ תִּרְשָׁ֡תָא...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    THE JOY OF THE LORD Nehemiah 8:9 "ALL the people wept when they heard the words of the law." Was it for this mournful end that Ezra had studied the sacred law and guarded it through the long years of...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    NEW LIGHT FROM GOD'S LAW Nehemiah 8:1 Surely this was the first public Bible-reading! When will the people be again as hungry for the Word of God as these Jews who stood in the open space from early...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    We now come to the second section of the Book, which gives an account of the special reading of the Law, and the reform which followed. Ezra now appears on the scene. There has been some speculation a...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    And Nehemiah, which [is] the Tirshatha, and Ezra the priest the scribe, and the Levites that taught the people, said unto all the people, This day [is] holy unto the LORD your God; mourn not, nor weep...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    (9) В¶ And Nehemiah, which is the Tirshatha, and Ezra the priest the scribe, and the Levites that taught the people, said unto all the people, This day is holy unto the LORD your God; mourn not, nor w...

  • John Brown Commentaries Selected Books of the Bible

    The Joy of the Lord I. INTRODUCTION II. THE RESULT Nehemiah 8:1-12 (NKJV) Now all the people gathered together as one man in the open square that [was] in front of the Water Gate; and they told Ezra...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    By means of Ezra and Nehemiah, the law resumes its authority, and that at the people's own request, for God had prepared their hearts. Accordingly, God had gathered them together on the first day of t...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    And Nehemiah, which [is] the Tirshatha, and Ezra the priest the scribe, and the Levites that taught the people, said unto all the people, This day [is] holy unto the LORD your God; mourn not, nor weep...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _This day is holy unto the Lord your God_ Namely, as a day of feasting and thanksgiving to God, and rejoicing in his mercies; for otherwise even days of fasting were _holy to God_ in general, though n...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    [THE LAW IS READ.] 1 The religious maner of reading and hearing the Law. 9 They comfort the people. 13 The forwardnesse of them to heare and be instructed. 16 They keepe the feast of Tabernacles....

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THE FEAST OF TABERNACLES...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    And Nehemiah, which is the Tirshatha, he being the governor of Judea under appointment from the Persian king, AND EZRA, THE PRIEST, THE SCRIBE, the learned doctor of priestly descent, AND THE LEVITES...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    THE READING OF THE LAW (vv. 1-12) We have seen at the end of chapter 6 the wall was completed, and in chapter 7 appointments were made for the proper order to be maintained in the city. Now another...

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    THE TIRSHATHA: Or, the governor...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    9-12 It was a good sign that their hearts were tender, when they heard the words of the law. The people were to send portions to those for whom nothing was prepared. It is the duty of a religious fea...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    THIS DAY IS HOLY UNTO THE LORD YOUR GOD, to wit, as a day of feasting and thanksgiving to God, and rejoicing in his mercies; for otherwise even fasting days were holy to God in the general, though not...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Nehemiah 8:9 Nehemiah H5166 governor H8660 Ezra H5830 priest H3548 scribe H5608 (H8802) Levites H3881 taught H995 ...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    THE PEOPLE WEPT ON HEARING THE LAW AND WERE EXHORTED NOT TO DO SO BY THEIR LEADERS ON THE GROUNDS THAT THIS WAS AN OCCASION FOR CELEBRATION (NEHEMIAH 8:9). It is apparent that there was a revival atmo...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    THE READING AND EXPLAINING TO THE PEOPLE OF THE LAW OF MOSES AND A REVIEW OF THEIR PAST HISTORY, LEADS TO THEM ESTABLISHING A RENEWAL OF THEIR COVENANT WITH GOD (NEHEMIAH 8:1 TO NEHEMIAH 10:39). Regar...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    THE LAW OF MOSES IS READ AND EXPLAINED AT THE CELEBRATION OF THE FEASTS OF THE SEVENTH MONTH (NEHEMIAH 8:1). The final words that closed off the list of returnees formed a suitable preface to what Neh...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: The law read and explained. Feast of tabernacles restored. CHARACTERS: God, Ezra, Nehemiah. CONCLUSION: Reading the Scripture in religious assemblies is an ordinance of God whereby He is h...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Nehemiah 8:2. _Upon the first day of the seventh month,_ the day when the civil year began, reckoned from the creation of the world. Ezra began the year, like Adam, with a holy convocation. He, and ot...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _This day is holy unto the Lord your God; mourn not, nor weep._ TRUE PENITENCE AND SPASMODIC EMOTION Observe the profound wisdom of Nehemiah’s injunction. The distress of the people was not unnatural...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _And all the people gathered themselves together as one man into the street._ THE INSTRUCTOR IN THE LAW God has evermore blessed His own Word as the chosen instrument of all revival and progress in H...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    NEHEMIAH 8:1 The Reading of the Law, and Covenant Renewal. In this long section, the Book of the Law is solemnly read, the Feast of Booths is kept, and a great act of covenant renewal is performed. Fo...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    NEHEMIAH 8:9 The People Are to Be Joyful. Though sorrow for sin was the desired response to the teaching, joy at renewed relationship with God was its ultimate purpose. THE JOY OF THE LORD IS YOUR STR...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    EXPLANATORY NOTES.] NEHEMIAH 8:1. STREET] Rather “square.” An open place at the gate of Oriental cities where trials were held and wares set forth for sale.—_Gesenius_. THE WATER GATE] Sec addenda to...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    PART II. ACCOUNT OF THE STATE OF RELIGION AMONG THE JEWS UNDER THE ADMINISTRATION OF NEHEMIAH. EXPOSITION RELIGIOUS INSTRUCTION OF...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Shall we turn at this time in our Bibles to Nehemiah chapter 8. Nehemiah has returned to Jerusalem some ninety years after the first return. Some 160 years from the beginning of the Babylonian captivi...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    2 Chronicles 15:3; 2 Chronicles 30:22; 2 Chronicles 34:19; 2 Chronicles 34:21;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Wept — Out of a sense of their guilt and danger by reason of it....

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