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Verse Nehemiah 9:7. _WHO DIDST CHOOSE ABRAM_] See the notes on the
passages referred to in the margin.
_THE NAME OF ABRAHAM_] For the explanation of this name, Genesis
17:5, Genesis 1
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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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CHOOSE ABRAM. Compare Genesis 11:31; Genesis 12:1; Genesis 17:5.Joshua
24:1.
ABRAHAM. See note on...
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The Patriarch Abraham; the choice, the call, the name, and the
character of the man, and the covenant made with him
_Thou_art _the Lord the God_ R.V. marg. -Or, _O Lord_", i.e. Thou, O
Jahveh (Jehova...
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3. God is exalted for His goodness to Abraham.
TEXT, NEHEMIAH 9:7-8
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Thou art the LORD God,
Who chose Abram
And brought him out from Ur of the Chaldees,
And gave him the name Abraham.
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And Th...
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_THOU ART THE LORD THE GOD, WHO DIDST CHOOSE ABRAM, AND BROUGHTEST HIM
FORTH OUT OF UR OF THE CHALDEES, AND GAVEST HIM THE NAME OF ABRAHAM;_
NO JFB COMMENTARY ON THESE VERSES....
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9:7 Same, (c-4) Or 'Thou art He,' an expression which is really a name
of God. see Deuteronomy 32:39 ....
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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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DIDST CHOOSE] The religious privileges enjoyed by Israel could only be
ascribed to the free grace of God, and such privileges carried with
them corresponding responsibilities. The same is true of the...
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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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In their prayers to God, the people remembered all the things that he
had done for them and for their *ancestors.
The people remembered that God had chosen Abram. God had given him a
new name, Abraha...
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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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GOD'S HAND IN HISTORY
Nehemiah 9:1
What a blessed result of the Bible-study of the previous chapter. It
led to confession, separation from evil association and worship. It is
good to review the deali...
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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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The fire of the Chaldeans. The city of Ur, in Chaldea, the name of
which signifies fire. Or out of the fire of tribulations and
temptations, to which he was there exposed. The ancient Rabbins
understo...
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(6) Thou, even thou, art LORD alone; thou hast made heaven, the heaven
of heavens, with all their host, the earth, and all things that are
therein, the seas, and all that is therein, and thou preserve...
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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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Thou [art] the LORD the God, who didst choose Abram, and broughtest
him forth out of Ur of the Chaldees, and gavest him the name of
Abraham;
Ver. 7. _Thou art the Lord the God_] Heb. That Lord, with...
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_Thou art the Lord who didst choose Abraham_ Here follows a
compendious history of the affairs of the Hebrew nation, which, it is
likely was composed by Ezra or Nehemiah in the form of a prayer, and
d...
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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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Thou art the Lord the God, who didst choose Abram and broughtest him
forth out of Ur of the Chaldees, Genesis 12:1, AND GAVEST HIM THE NAME
OF ABRAHAM, Genesis 17:5;...
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The Levites Confess the People's Wickedness...
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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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DIDST CHOOSE ABRAM out of the midst of all his nation and family. When
thou didst pass by and neglect the rest of them, suffering them to
walk on in their idolatrous and destructive courses; thou dids...
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Nehemiah 9:7 LORD H3068 God H430 chose H977 (H8804) Abram H87 out
H3318 (H8689) Ur H218 Chaldeans...
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YHWH'S CHOICE OF, AND COVENANT WITH, ABRAM/ABRAHAM (NEHEMIAH 9:7).
Not only had YHWH created all things, however, but He had also out of
all the nations chosen their forefather Abram, adopted him as H...
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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 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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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 9:7 UR OF THE CHALDEANS is in southern
Mesopotamia (see Genesis 11:31). THE NAME ABRAHAM. See...
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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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Acts 7:2; Deuteronomy 10:15; Genesis 11:31; Genesis 12:1; Genesis 12:2