"And testifiedst against them, that thou mightest bring them again unto thy law: yet they dealt proudly, and hearkened not unto thy commandments, but sinned against thy judgments, (which if a man do, he shall live in them;) and withdrewg the shoulder, and hardened their neck, and would not hear."
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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...
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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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SINNED. Hebrew. _chata',_ App-44.
A MAN. Hebrew. _'adam._ App-14.
HE SHALL LIVE, &C. See note on Leviticus 18:2....
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The Stubbornness of Israel
29. _testifiedst_ Cf. 2 Kings 17:13, -Yet the Lord testified unto
Israel and unto Judah, by the hand of every prophet, and of every
seer."
_dealt proudly_ Cf. Nehemiah 9:1...
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7. Disobedience, punishment, and repentance characterize the period of
judges and kings.
TEXT, NEHEMIAH 9:26-31
26
But they became disobedient and rebelled against Thee,
And cast Thy law behind th...
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_THEIR CHILDREN ALSO MULTIPLIEDST THOU AS THE STARS OF HEAVEN, AND
BROUGHTEST THEM INTO THE LAND, CONCERNING WHICH THOU HADST PROMISED TO
THEIR FATHERS, THAT THEY SHOULD GO IN TO POSSESS IT._
No JFB...
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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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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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וַ תָּ֨עַד בָּהֶ֜ם לַ הֲשִׁיבָ֣ם אֶל
־תֹּורָתֶ֗ךָ וְ הֵ֨מָּה הֵזִ֜ידוּ וְ
לֹא ־שָׁמְע֤וּ לְ...
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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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And testifiedst against them, that thou mightest bring them again unto
thy law: yet they dealt proudly, and hearkened not unto thy
commandments, but sinned against thy judgments, (which if a man do, h...
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_Shoulder. Slipping from under the burden of the law. (Haydock) --- It
seems this and the following verses chiefly regard the ten tribes,
which proudly rebelled against Juda, (Calmet) and against the...
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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...
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And testifiedst against them, that thou mightest bring them again unto
thy law: yet they dealt proudly, and hearkened not unto thy
commandments, but sinned against thy judgments, (which if a man do, h...
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_Therefore leftest thou them in the hand of their enemies_ God so
abandoned them once, that he permitted the Philistines to rule over
them forty years, (Judges 13:1,) unto which, perhaps, this passage...
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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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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 sho...
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AND WITHDREW THE SHOULDER:
_ Heb._ they gave a withdrawing shoulder...
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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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WHICH IF A MAN DO, HE SHALL LIVE IN THEM; of which see on LEVITICUS
18:5 EZEKIEL 20:11 ROMANS 10:5 GALATIANS 3:12. WITHDREW THE SHOULDER,
AND HARDENED THEIR NECK, i.e. would not submit to thy yoke, li...
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Nehemiah 9:29 testified H5749 (H8686) back H7725 (H8687) law H8451
proudly H2102 (H8689) heed H8085 (H8804) commandments H4687 sinned
H2398 (H8804) judgments H4941 man H120 does H6213 (H8799) live H24...
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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.
CONCLUSIO...
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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.
Nehe...
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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.
⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = docum...
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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 Deuteronomy 10:14. For Nehemiah 9:9...
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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 BY THE PRINCES, PRIESTS,
AND LEVITES (Nehemiah 9:1.). When the law was f...
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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 picture...
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2 Chronicles 24:19; 2 Chronicles 36:15; 2 Kings 17:13; Daniel 5:20;
Deuteronomy 31:21; Deuteronomy 4:26; Exodus 10:3; Ezekiel 20:11;
Galatians 3:12;...