Nehemiah 9

1 A solemn fast, and repentance of the people.

4 The Levites make a religious confession of God's goodness, and their wickedness.

Now.On the first of this month was the feast of trumpets; on the tenth, the day of atonement; on the fourteenth began the feast of tabernacles, which lasted seven days, ending on the twenty- second; on the twenty-third, they separated themselves from their illegitimate wives; and on the twenty-fourth, they held a solemn day of fasting and confession of sin, and reading the law; the whole of which they closed by renewing their covenants.

twenty.

Le 23:34,39; 2Ch 7:10

of this month.

8:2

children.

Jud 20:26; 2Ch 20:3; Ezr 8:23; Es 4:3,16; Isa 22:12; Joe 1:13,14,

Joe 2:15-17; Jon 3:5-8; Ac 13:2,3

earth.

Jos 7:6; 1Sa 4:12; 2Sa 1:2; Job 2:12

the seed.

13:3,30; Ezr 9:2; 10:11

strangers. Heb. strange children.

Ps 144:7,11; Isa 2:6; Ho 5:7

confessed.

1:6; Le 26:39,40; Ezr 9:6,7,15; Ps 106:6,7; Da 9:3-10,20

1Jo 1:7-9

they stood.

8:4,7,8

one fourth.

8:3

stairs. or, scaffold. Jeshua.

5; 8:7; 10:9-13; 12:8

cried.

2Ch 20:19; Ps 3:4; 77:1; 130:1; La 3:8; Joh 11:43; Ac 7:60

Stand up.

1Ki 8:14,22; 2Ch 20:13,19; Ps 134:1-3; 135:1-3

bless.

1Ch 29:20; Ezr 3:11; Ps 103:1,2; 117:1,2; 145:2; 146:2

Jer 33:10,11; Mt 11:25; Eph 3:20,21; 1Pe 1:3

thy glorious.

Ex 15:6,11; De 28:58; 1Ch 29:13; Ps 72:18,19; 145:5,11,12; 2Co 4:6

exalted.

1Ki 8:27; 1Ch 29:11; Ps 16:2; 106:2

even thou.

De 6:4; 2Ki 19:15,19; Ps 86:10; Isa 37:16,20; 43:10; 44:6,8

Mr 12:29,30; Joh 10:30

thou hast.

Ge 1:1; 2:1; Eze 20:11; Ps 33:6; 136:5-9; 146:6; Jer 10:11,12

Col 1:15,16; Re 4:11; 14:7

the heaven.

De 10:14; 1Ki 8:27

preservest.

Ps 36:6; Col 1:17; Heb 1:3

the host.

Ge 2:1; 32:2; 1Ki 22:19; Ps 103:21; 148:2-4; Isa 6:2,3; Heb 1:6

Re 5:11-13

choose.

Ge 12:1,2; De 10:15; Jos 24:2,3; Isa 41:8,9; 51:2

Ur.

Ge 11:31; 15:7; Ac 7:2-4

gavest.

Ge 17:5

foundest.

Ge 12:1-3; 15:6,18; 22:12; Ac 13:22; 1Ti 1:12,13; Heb 11:17

Jas 2:21-23

madest.

Ge 12:7; 15:18; 17:7,8; 22:16-18; De 7:8,9; 9:5; Ps 105:8,9

Lu 1:72,73

the Canaanites.

Ge 15:18-21; Ex 3:8,17; De 7:1; Jos 9:1; 11:3

hast performed.

De 26:3; Jos 11:23; 21:43-45; 23:14; Ps 105:43,44

righteous.

Nu 23:19; Ps 92:14,15; Tit 1:2; Heb 6:18; 1Jo 1:9

didst see.

Ex 2:25; 3:7-9,16; Ac 7:34

heardest.

Ex 14:10-12

shewedst.

Ex 7:1-25; 14:1-31; De 4:34; 11:3,4; Ps 78:12,13,43-53; 105:27-37

Ps 106:7-11; 135:8,9; 136:10-15; Ac 7:36

they.

Ex 5:2,7,8; 9:17; 10:3; 18:11; Job 40:11,12; Da 4:37; 5:23; 1Pe 5:5

didst.

Ex 9:16; Jos 2:10,11; Ps 83:18; Isa 63:12,14; Jer 32:20; Eze 20:9

Da 9:15; Ro 9:17

divide.

Ex 14:21,22,27,28; Ps 66:6; 78:13; 114:3-5; 136:13-15

Isa 63:11-13

their persecutors.

Ex 15:1-21; Ps 106:9-11; Heb 11:29

as a stone.

Ex 15:5,10; Re 18:21

thou leddest.

19; Ex 13:21,22; 14:19,20; Ps 78:14; 105:39

in the way.

Ps 107:7; 143:8

camest.

Ex 19:11,16-20; De 33:2; Isa 64:1,3; Hab 3:3

spakest.

Ex 20:1,22; De 4:10-13,33; 5:4,22-26; Heb 12:18-26

gavest.

De 4:8; 10:12,13; Ps 19:7-11; 119:127,128; Eze 20:11-13

Ro 7:12-14,16

true laws. Heb. laws of truth.

Ps 119:160

madest.

Ge 2:3; Ex 16:29; 20:8-11; Eze 20:12,20

commandedst.

Ex 21:1-23:33; Le 27:34; De 4:5,45; 5:31

Moses.

1:8; Joh 1:17

gavest.

Ex 16:4,14,15; De 8:3,16; Ps 78:24,25; 105:40; Joh 6:31-35

1Co 10:3

broughtest.

20; Ex 17:6; Nu 20:7-11; De 8:15; Ps 77:15-20; 105:41; 114:8

1Co 10:4

go.

De 1:8; Jos 1:2-4

sworn. Heb. lift up thine hand.

Ge 14:22; Nu 14:30; Eze 20:15

dealt.

10,29; Ex 32:9; De 9:6,13,23,24,27; 32:15; Ps 78:8-72; 106:6

Isa 63:10; Jer 2:31; Ac 7:51

hardened.

De 31:27; 2Ki 17:14; 2Ch 30:8; 36:13; Ps 95:8-10; Pr 29:1; Isa 48:4

Jer 19:15; Ro 2:5; Heb 3:13,15

hearkened.

Ex 15:26; De 5:29; Ps 81:8,11-14; Isa 48:18There were two things to which the Israelites did not duly give heed, else they had not done as they did. The word of God they heard, but they gave no heed to God's commandments: and the works of God they saw, but were not mindful of his wonders. Had they really considered them as miracles, they would have obeyed from a principle of faith and holy fear: had they duly considered them as mercies, they would have obeyed from a principle of gratitude and holy love.

refused.

Nu 14:3,4,11,41; 16:14; Ps 106:24,25; Pr 1:24; Heb 12:25

mindful.

Ps 78:11,42,43; 86:5,15; 106:7,13; Mt 16:9-11; 2Pe 1:12-15

in their rebellion.Instead of {bemiryam,} "in their rebellion," seven MSS., one edition, and the LXX., have {bemitzrayim,} "in Egypt:" "appointed a captain to return to their bondage in Egypt."

appointed.

Nu 14:4; Ac 7:39

a God.

Nu 14:18,19; Ps 86:5,15; 130:4; Mic 7:18,19

ready to pardon. Heb. of pardons. gracious.

Ex 34:6,7; Ps 78:38; 103:8-18; 145:8,9; Isa 55:7-9; Joe 2:13

Ro 9:15; Eph 1:6,7

forsookest.

1Ki 6:13; 8:57; Ps 106:43-46

Ex 32:4-8,31,32; De 9:12-16; Ps 106:19-23; Eze 20:7-44

in thy.

27; 1Sa 12:22; Ps 106:7,8,45; Isa 44:21; La 3:22; Eze 20:14,22

Da 9:9,18; Mal 3:6

the pillar.

12; Ex 13:21,22; 40:38; Nu 9:15-22; 14:14; Isa 4:5,6; 1Co 10:1,2

gavest.

30; Nu 11:17,25-29; Isa 63:11-14

good.

Ps 143:10; Ro 15:30; Ga 5:22,23; Eph 5:9; 2Pe 1:21

withheldest.

Ex 16:15,35; Jos 5:12

gavest.

Ex 17:6; Ps 105:41; Isa 41:17,18; 48:21; 49:10; Joh 4:10,14

Joh 7:37-39

forty.

Ex 16:35; Nu 14:33,34; De 2:7; 8:2; Am 5:25; Ac 13:18

their.

De 8:4; 29:5; Ps 34:10

thou.

Jos 10:11; Ps 78:65; 105:44

divide.

De 32:26; Jos 11:23

Sihon.

Nu 21:21-35; De 2:26-36; 3:1-17; Ps 135:10-12; 136:17-22

multipliedst.

Ge 15:5; 22:17; 1Ch 27:23

broughtest.

Jos 1:1-3:17

which thou.

Ge 12:7; 13:15-17; 15:18; 17:8; 26:3

So the.

Nu 14:31; Jos 21:43,45

thou subduedst.

Jos 18:1; 1Ch 22:18; Ps 44:2,3

as they would. Heb. according to their will.

2Ti 2:26

strong.

Nu 13:27,28; De 3:5; 6:10-12; 9:1-3

a fat land.

35; De 8:7-10; 32:13; Eze 20:6

wells. or, cisterns. fruit trees. Heb. trees of food. dideat.

De 32:15; Ps 65:11; Isa 6:10; Jer 5:27,28; Ho 13:6

and became fat.They became effeminate, fell under the power of luxury, got totally corrupted in their manners, sinned against all the mercies of God, and then were destroyed by His judgments.

delighted.

1Ki 8:66; Jer 31:14; Ho 3:5; Ro 2:4

they were.

Jud 2:11,12; 3:6,7; 10:6,13,14; Ps 78:56,57; 106:34-40

Eze 16:15-63; 20:21; 23:4-49

cast thy law.

1Ki 14:9; Ps 50:17; Eze 33:3-5

slew.

1Ki 18:4,13; 19:10; 2Ch 24:20,21; 36:16; Jer 26:20-23; Mt 21:35

Mt 23:34-37; Ac 7:52

wrought.

18; 2Ki 21:11; Eze 22:25-31

thou deliveredst.

De 31:16-18; Jud 2:14,15; 3:8-30; 2Ch 36:17; Ps 106:41,42

Da 9:10-14

in the time.

De 4:29-31; Jud 3:15; 6:6-10; 10:15,16; Ps 106:43-45

saviours.

Jud 2:18; 3:9-15; 1Sa 12:10,11; 2Ki 13:5; 14:27; Ob 1:21

did evil again. Heb. returned to do evil.

Jud 3:11,12,30; 4:1; 5:31; 6:1

heardest.

1Ki 8:33,34,39; Isa 63:15

many times.

Ps 106:43-45

testifiedst.

26; De 4:26; 31:21; 2Ki 17:13; 2Ch 24:19; 36:15; Jer 25:3-7; Ho 6:5

yet they.

10,16; Ex 10:3; Jer 13:15-17; 43:2; 44:10,16,17; Da 5:20

Jas 4:6-10

which.

Le 18:5; Eze 20:11; Lu 10:28; Ro 10:5; Ga 3:12

withdrew the shoulder. Heb. gave a withdrawing shoulder.

Zec 7:11,12

and hardened.

Jer 7:26; 17:23; 19:15

many years.

Ps 86:15; Ro 2:4; 2Pe 3:9

forbear them. Heb. protract over them. testifiedst.

2Ki 17:13; 2Ch 36:15; Jer 7:25; 25:4

by thy spirit.

20; Isa 63:10; Ac 7:51; 28:25; 1Pe 1:11; 2Pe 1:21

thy prophets. Heb. the hand of thy prophets. therefore.

Isa 5:5,6; 42:24; Jer 40:2,3; 44:22; La 2:17; Zec 7:13

for thy great.

Jer 4:27; 5:10,18; La 3:22; Eze 14:22,23; Da 9:9

gracious.

17; Ex 34:6,7; 2Ki 13:23; 2Ch 30:9; Ps 103:8,9; 145:8,9

our God.

1:5; De 7:21; Ps 47:2; 66:3,5

keepest.

De 7:9; 1Ki 8:23; Da 9:4; Mic 7:18-20

trouble. Heb. weariness. little before thee.

Le 26:18,21,24,28; Ezr 9:13

come upon us. Heb. found us. on our kings.

2Ki 23:29,33,34; 25:7,18-21,25,26; 2Ch 36:1-23; Jer 8:1-3

Jer 22:18,19; 34:19-22; 39:1-18; 52:1-34; Da 9:6,8

since the time.

2Ki 15:19,29; 17:3; Isa 7:17,18; 8:7,8; 10:5-7; 36:1-37:38

Howbeit.

Ge 18:25; Job 34:23; Ps 119:137; 145:17; Jer 12:1; La 1:18

Da 9:5-14

but we.

Le 26:40,41; Job 33:27; Ps 106:6; Da 9:5-10

nor hearkened.

Jer 29:19

thy testimonies.

30; 2Ki 17:15

thou didst.

De 31:21; 2Ki 17:13

For they.

De 28:47; Jer 5:19; Ro 3:4,5

in their kingdom.Instead of {bemalkuthom,} "in their kingdom," {bemalkuthecha,} "in thy kingdom," is the reading of two of Dr. Kennicott's MSS., LXX., Syriac, and Arabic.

thy great.

25

fat land.

De 8:7-10; 31:21; 32:12-15

De 28:48; 2Ch 12:8; Ezr 9:9

it yieldeth.

De 28:33,39,51; Ezr 4:13; 6:8; 7:24

dominion.

5:8; Le 26:17; De 28:48; Joh 8:33

we make.

10:29; 2Ki 23:3; 2Ch 15:12,13; 23:16; 29:10; 34:31; Ezr 10:3

seal unto it. Heb. are at the sealing, or sealed.

10:1