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Verse 37. _IT YIELDETH MUCH INCREASE UNTO THE KINGS_] Good and
fruitful as the land is, yet it profits us _little_; as the chief
profits on all things go to the kings of Persia.
_OVER OUR BODIES_] E...
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CHAPTER 9
_ 1. The public humiliation and confession (Nehemiah 9:1)_
2. The great confession and prayer (Nehemiah 9:6)
Nehemiah 9:1. Two days after the feast of tabernacles had been
concluded this h...
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THE FAST AND A NATIONAL CONFESSION. All that took place, as described
in this section, was the result of the reading of the Law. The command
to celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles having been observed,...
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_yieldeth much increase_ Literally -its produce it maketh in
abundance." The allusion is to the pressure of the tribute exacted for
the Persian revenue. Cf. Nehemiah 5:4. See Rawlinson's _Ancient
Mona...
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8. Prayer for present mercy.
TEXT, NEHEMIAH 9:32-38
32
Now therefore, our God, the great, the mighty, and the awesome God,
who dost keep covenant and lovingkindness,
Do not let all the hardship se...
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_AND IT YIELDETH MUCH INCREASE UNTO THE KINGS WHOM THOU HAST SET OVER
US BECAUSE OF OUR SINS: ALSO THEY HAVE DOMINION OVER OUR BODIES, AND
OVER OUR CATTLE, AT THEIR PLEASURE, AND WE ARE IN GREAT DISTR...
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THE RENEWAL OF THE COVENANT
4. Stairs] lit. 'ascent': probably the pulpit of wood mentioned in
Nehemiah 8:4. BANI.. BANI] One of the two names is probably an error
for 'Binnui': cp. Nehemiah 12:8....
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So the people in Nehemiah’s time remembered their history. They
remembered that God had been kind to their *ancestors. So they praised
God. God always does everything that he has promised to do. They...
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THE *JEWS BUILD JERUSALEM’S CITY WALL AGAIN
NEHEMIAH
_ROBERT BRYCE AND ROBERT BETTS_
CHAPTER 9
Nehemiah still had not finished his work for God. He could have
returned to Persia. He had a success...
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YIELDETH MUCH INCREASE. — In money and kind a very large amount was
sent by Syria to the Persian treasury.
OVER OUR BODIES, AND OVER OUR CATTLE. — For military service; but
the priests do not omit th...
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וּ תְבוּאָתָ֣הּ מַרְבָּ֗ה לַ †
מְּלָכִ֛ים אֲשֶׁר...
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THE RELIGION OF HISTORY
Nehemiah 9:1
AFTER the carnival-Lent. This Catholic procedure was anticipated by
the Jews in the days of Ezra and Nehemiah. The merry feast of
Tabernacles was scarcely over, w...
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THE PENALTY OF INGRATITUDE AND DISOBEDIENCE
Nehemiah 9:22
The theme of this prayer is the covenant mercy of God. However great
the provocation of the Chosen People, He never swerved from His
ancient...
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After a brief interval, following the feast came the great day of
humiliation. The people separated themselves entirely from all who
were not actually within the Covenant, and gave themselves to
confe...
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_Tribulation. As we cannot enjoy the fruits, being so heavily taxed,
and obliged to work in person for the king of a foreign country.
(Calmet)_...
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(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...
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Revival
I. INTRODUCTION
A. As I pointed out last week, Chapter's 7 & 8 began the second
"phase" in the book of Nehemiah.
1. The first part being the construction of the walls.
2. The second, being...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 9, 10, AND 11.
On the twenty-fourth day, the people came together to humble
themselves in a manner that became their position, and they separated
themselves f...
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And it yieldeth much increase unto the kings whom thou hast set over
us because of our sins: also they have dominion over our bodies, and
over our cattle, at their pleasure, and we [are] in great dist...
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_And it yieldeth much increase unto the kings_, &c. We plough, and
sow, and labour, and thou givest thy blessing to our endeavours; and
yet in a great measure this is not for ourselves, as formerly it...
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[A SOLEMNE FAST.]
1 A solemne Fast, and repentance of the people.
4 The Leuites make a religious confession of Gods goodnes, and their
wickednes.
1 NOW in the [NOTE: Esther 8:2.] twentie and fourth...
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ISRAEL'S GUILT CONFESSED TO THEIR CREATOR
(vv. 1-6)
The Great Day of Atonement was on the _first_ day of the seventh
month, followed by the Feast of Tabernacles beginning the 15th day;
but what shou...
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4-38 The summary of their prayers we have here upon record. Much
more, no doubt, was said. Whatever ability we have to do any thing in
the way of duty, we are to serve and glorify God according to th...
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We plough, and sow, and labour, and thou givest thy blessing to our
endeavours; and yet in a great measure this is not for ourselves, as
formerly it was, but for our kings, to whom we pay great and he...
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Nehemiah 9:37 much H7235 (H8688) increase H8393 kings H4428 set H5414
(H8804) sins H2403 dominion H4910 ...
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THE PEOPLE MOURN OVER THEIR SINS, CONFESS THEM, AND ARE LED BY THE
LEVITES IN A PRAYER OF CONTRITION AND REMEMBRANCE OF GOD'S GRACE
CONTINUALLY REVEALED TOWARDS THEM IN THE PAST, IN HOPE THAT IN THE
F...
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THE CRY OF THE LEVITES TO GOD ON BEHALF OF THE PEOPLE (NEHEMIAH 9:4).
What follows was presumably the culmination of the three hours of
confession and worship, and was a summing up in prayer by the ch...
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THE LEVITES' PLEA ON THE BASIS OF GOD'S PAST MERCIES (NEHEMIAH 9:9).
The Levites now reminded God that He had been faithful to His covenant
throughout their history, declared their recognition of His...
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THEY REMIND GOD OF THE POSITION THAT THEY ARE IN, GOVERNED BY A
FOREIGN POWER, ACKNOWLEDGING THAT IT WAS THROUGH THEIR OWN FAULT
BECAUSE OF THEIR OWN SINS AND THE SINS OF THEIR FATHERS, AND ASSURE
HIM...
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CONTENTS: The people feast and repent. Confession of the priests and
Levites.
CHARACTERS: God, Jeshua, Bani, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Shebmah, Bunni,
Chenani, Hash-habaliah, Hodijah, Pethahiah.
CONCLUSION...
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Nehemiah 9:1. On _the twenty fourth day of this month._ The third day
after the feast of tabernacles, the people assembled with fasting, to
abjure associations with heathen women. See Ezra 10:3.
Nehem...
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_And cried with a loud voice unto the Lord their God._
THE SUPPLIANT
The true test of the good received in religious ordinances is their
sanctifying effect on the life. Many a tree is gay with bloss...
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NEHEMIAH 9:1 A Prayer of Confession, Penitence, and Covenant
Commitment. The next phase in the great act of covenant renewal is a
prayer of praise, confession, and petition.
⇐...
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NEHEMIAH—NOTE ON NEHEMIAH 9:6 The prayer mixes confession with
memories of God’s grace and petition. It follows the biblical story
as told in Genesis 1:1–Kings....
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NEHEMIAH—NOTE ON NEHEMIAH 9:36 WE ARE SLAVES. The people’s
continuing sinfulness explains why they are not yet entirely free. To
resolve this situation, the people will enter a solemn COVENANT....
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EXPLANATORY NOTES.] “The confession recorded in this chapter uses
largely the language of the older Scriptures. For Nehemiah 9:6 see
Psalms 86:10; Exodus 20:11, and...
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EXPOSITION
SOLEMN FAST KEPT, WITH CONFESSION OF SINS; AND VOLUNTARY COVENANT WITH
GOD ENTERED INTO BY THE PEOPLE, AND SEALED TO...
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Now in chapter 9:
In the twenty-fourth day of this month the children of Israel were
assembled with fasting, and with sackclothes, and earth upon them
(Nehemiah 9:1).
So, again, it's quite a pictures...
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Deuteronomy 28:33; Deuteronomy 28:39; Deuteronomy 28:48; Deuteronomy
28:51;...
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A CALL TO CONSECRATION
Nehemiah 9:32
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
It would be impossible for us to study the Book of Nehemiah in the
detail which it demands. We are necessarily limited in space, and must
seek...
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Yieldeth much, &c. — We plow, and sow, and labour, and thou givest
thy blessing to our endeavours; and yet in a great measure this is not
for ourselves, as formerly it was, but for our kings, to whom...