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Verse 15. _THEIR COUNSEL TO NAUGHT_] The word _counsel_ used here
countenances the _emendation_ in the Nehemiah 4:12, Nehemiah 4:12
verse....
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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...
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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...
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BROUGHT, &C. Compare Job 5:12; Psalms 33:10.
ONE. man. Hebrew. _'ish_....
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Success of Nehemiah's precautions.
_our enemies_ a different word in the original from that rendered
-adversaries" in Nehemiah 4:11.
_that it was known unto us_ i.e. their project of a sudden attack...
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3. Work progresses in the midst of precautions.
TEXT, NEHEMIAH 4:15-23
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And it happened when our enemies heard that it was known to us, and
that God had frustrated their plan, then all of us retu...
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_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...
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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....
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WE RETURNED] This implies that the enemy for a time abandoned the
design described in Nehemiah 4:11....
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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...
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The enemies of the *Jews heard that Nehemiah and the people knew about
their plan. So their plan could not succeed. They failed because God
was helping the *Jews. He had stopped the plans of Sanballat...
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WE RETURNED. — This verse remarkably condenses the frustration of
the attempt and the cessation of the special guard....
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_[Nehemiah 4:9]_ וַ יְהִ֞י כַּֽ אֲשֶׁר
־שָׁמְע֤וּ...
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Nehemiah 2:19
ON GUARD
Nehemiah 2:10; Nehemiah 2:19; Nehemiah 4:1
ALL his arrangements for rebuilding the walls of Jerusale
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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...
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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...
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(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...
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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...
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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...
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And it came to pass, when our enemies heard that it was known unto us,
and God had brought their counsel to nought, that we returned all of
us to the wall, every one unto his work.
Ver. 15. _And it c...
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_When our enemies heard that it was known unto us_ When they heard
that their plot was discovered, and they had no hope to surprise us,
but found that we were ready to receive them, they laid aside th...
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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...
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And it came to pass, when our enemies heard that it was known unto us,
and God had brought their counsel to naught, by causing it to be
revealed, THAT WE RETURNED ALL OF US TO THE WALL, EVERY ONE UNTO...
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Nehemiah's Precautions...
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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,...
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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...
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Our enemies being frustrated in their hopes, which were wholly built
upon the secrecy and suddenness of their attempt, we knowing this,
returned to our business....
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Nehemiah 4:15 enemies H341 (H8802) heard H8085 (H8804) known H3045
(H8738) God H430 brought H6565 plot...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_Every one unto his work._
SPECIALTY OF WORK FOR EACH MAN
There is something beautiful to me in the thought that there is a
specialty of work for each man. In work, as in character, disposition,
hist...
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_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...
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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
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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...
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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...
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1 Corinthians 3:19; 1 Corinthians 3:20; 1 Thessalonians 4:11; 2 Samuel
15:31;...