Looked — He looked up, engaged God for him, and put himself and his cause under the Divine protection. That was his way, and should be ours: all his cares, all his griefs, all his fears he spread before God. Great and terrible — You think your enemies are great and terrible. But what are they in comparison of God? Especially in opposition to him?
Verse 14. _BE NOT YE AFRAID OF THEM_] Are they more terrible or stronger than God? _FIGHT FOR YOUR BRETHREN_] Your own _countrymen_, who worship the same God, and are come from the same stock; _your...
CHAPTER 4 _ 1. The indignation and sneers of the enemies (Nehemiah 4:1)_ 2. Nehemiah's ejaculatory prayer (Nehemiah 4:4) 3. Conspiracy, and more prayer (Nehemiah 4:7) 4. Nehemiah's precautions and...
SAMARITAN ATTEMPT TO FRUSTRATE THE BUILDING OF THE WALLS. In Nehemiah 4:2 f. the text is very corrupt, though the general sense of the passage is fairly clear, viz. the Samaritans mock the efforts mad...
RULERS. See note on Nehemiah 2:16. THE LORD *. Jehovah. One of the 134 places where the _Sopherim_ altered Jehovah to _Adonai._ See App-32, and compare App-4....
_And I looked, and rose up_ Nehemiah's -look" seems to denote his inspection of the guards which he had stationed. _unto the nobles, and to the rulers_ R.V. marg. -Or, _deputies_". Upon the differenc...
2. The Jews faced the menace of an attack. TEXT, NEHEMIAH 4:7-14 7 Now it came about when Sanballat, Tobiah, the Arabs, the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites heard that the repair of the walls of Jerus...
_THEREFORE SET I IN THE LOWER PLACES BEHIND THE WALL, AND ON THE HIGHER PLACES, I EVEN SET THE PEOPLE AFTER THEIR FAMILIES WITH THEIR SWORDS, THEIR SPEARS, AND THEIR BOWS._ No JFB commentary on these...
4:14 rulers, (a-15) As Ezra 9:2 ....
THE MACHINATIONS OF THE ENEMIES OF THE JEWS 1. Sanballat] His irritation at Nehemiah's arrival (Nehemiah 2:10) was increased by the work accomplished by the latter....
THE *JEWS BUILD JERUSALEM’S CITY WALL AGAIN NEHEMIAH _ROBERT BRYCE AND ROBERT BETTS_ CHAPTER 4 V1 Sanballat heard that we were building the wall again. So he became very angry. He laughed at the...
AND I LOOKED. — It appears that the energetic appeal now described was uttered on the actual approach of an attacking party....
_[Nehemiah 4:8]_ וָ אֵ֣רֶא וָ אָק֗וּם וָ...
Nehemiah 2:19 ON GUARD Nehemiah 2:10; Nehemiah 2:19; Nehemiah 4:1 ALL his arrangements for rebuilding the walls of Jerusale
THE TRIUMPH OF COURAGE AND DEVOTION Nehemiah 4:13 The work of rebuilding the ruins of Zion is typical of our efforts as Christians to counteract the deterioration which is ever at work in our own hea...
As the work proceeded, the opposition of outsiders turned from derision to anger, but rose no higher at the moment than contempt. However, Nehemiah was conscious of the menace of this attitude, and li...
And I looked, and rose up, and said unto the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, Be not ye afraid of them: (h) remember the Lord, [which is] great and terrible, and fight for you...
_Remember. These are the most powerful arguments to encourage an army. (Haydock)_...
(9) Nevertheless we made our prayer unto our God, and set a watch against them day and night, because of them. (10) And Judah said, The strength of the bearers of burdens is decayed, and there is much...
Fighting and Building I. INTRODUCTION A. Last week in our study of Nehemiah, we saw that no spiritual re-building can be done effectively without first removing the rubbish. 1. Sin makes a lousy fo...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 2, 3, 4, 5, AND 6. The time in which Nehemiah laboured for the good of his people was not one of those brilliant phases which, if faith be there, awaken even...
And I looked, and rose up, and said unto the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, Be not ye afraid of them: remember the Lord, [which is] great and terrible, and fight for your br...
_I said unto the nobles, Be not afraid of them_ All was at stake; therefore he exhorts them to be valiant, trusting in God. _Remember the Lord, who is great and terrible_, &c. You think your enemies a...
1 While the enemies scoffe, Nehemiah prayeth and continueth the worke. 7 Vnderstanding the wrath and secrets of the enemy, hee setteth a watch. 13 Hee armeth the labourers, 19 and giueth military p...
And I looked, and rose up, and said unto the nobles, since it seemed that the whole community was being infected with fear, AND TO THE RULERS AND TO THE REST OF THE PEOPLE, BE NOT YE AFRAID OF THEM; R...
Nehemiah's Precautions...
DECISION IN THE FACE OF OPPOSITION (vv. 1-23) The diligent labor of the Jews drew out more bitter anger on the part of the enemy. Sanballat was furious and resorted to the moral weakness of mockery,...
7-15 The hindering good work is what bad men aim at, and promise themselves success in; but good work is God's work, and it shall prosper. God has many ways of bringing to light, and so of bringing t...
No text from Poole on this verse....
Nehemiah 4:14 looked H7200 (H8799) arose H6965 (H8799) said H559 (H8799) nobles H2715 leaders H5461 rest...
CONTINUAL OPPOSITION TO THE BUILDING OF THE WALL AND PROBLEMS RELATED TO IT (NEHEMIAH 4:1 TO NEHEMIAH 6:14). Meanwhile the work did not go on unopposed. Powerful men were involved in seeking to ensure...
SANBALLAT AND HIS ALLIES DETERMINE VIOLENCE AGAINST THE BUILDERS OF THE WALLS WITH THE AIM OF PREVENTING THEIR COMPLETION ONLY TO BE THWARTED BY NEHEMIAH'S PRECAUTIONS (NEHEMIAH 4:7). Their derision h...
NEHEMIAH'S TAKES PRECAUTIONS AND HIS RESPONSE ENCOURAGES THE BUILDERS AND BALKS THE ENEMY (NEHEMIAH 4:13). Nehemiah's response demonstrated his leadership abilities, and his firm practicality. He call...
CONTENTS: Opposition by ridicule, anger and discouragement. CHARACTERS: God, Nehemiah, Sanballat, Tobiah. CONCLUSION: God's people are often a despised people, loaded with contempt, but the reproach...
Nehemiah 4:2. _He spake before his brethren;_ that is, before Tobias, &c. his brother governors, and other great officers whom he had convened for counsel against the Jews. Nehemiah 4:5. _Let not thei...
_Remember the Lord, which is great._ THE POWER OF MEMORY Consider-- I. The power of memory. II. The application of the text to ourselves. 1. Parents should remember that God regards them as stewa...
_But it came to pass, that when Sanballat, and Tobtah, and the Arabians, and the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites, heard that the walls. .. conspired all of them together._ FOES OF THE FAITH It is well...
NEHEMIAH 4:1 Opposition Intensifies, but the People Continue Watchfully. While the building continues, Sanballat and his allies resort to direct action in order to stop it, but their plot is foiled....
EXPLANATORY NOTES.] Nehemiah 4:1 are in the Hebrew v. 33–38 of chap. Nehemiah 3:1 NEHEMIAH 4:1. SANBALLAT] See on chap. Nehemiah 2:10. That
EXPOSITION NEHEMIAH 4:7 IT CAME TO PASS, THAT WHEN SANBALLAT, AND TOBIAH, at Samaria, AND THE ARABIANS, AND THE AMMONITES, AND THE ASHDODITES, in their respective residences, HEARD THAT THE WALLS OF...
Now it came to pass, when [this antagonist] Sanballat [and Tobiah] learned that they had started building the wall, they were very angry, and they began to mock the Jews (Nehemiah 4:1). And they gath...
2 Chronicles 20:15; 2 Chronicles 32:7; 2 Samuel 10:12; Deuteronomy 1:21;...