2Ch 20:3, Ezr 10:6, Neh 9:1-2, Est 4:3, 16, Dan 9:3-19, Zec 7:5 | TSK | STEP | feared. himself. Heb. his face. seek the Lord. See on ch. proclaimed.

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

Esther 4:3

in every province.

1:1; 3:12

great mourning.It cannot reasonably be doubted, that the mournings, fastings, and weepings of the Jews were attended by constant prayers and supplications; though all mention of them, and of the glorious God whom they worshipped, seems to have been studiously avoided.

1Sa 4:13,14; 11:4; Isa 22:4,12; 37:1-3

weeping.

Mt 13:42; 22:13; 25:30

many lay in sackcloth and ashes. Heb. sackcloth and asheswere laid under many.

Isa 58:5; Da 9:3

Esther 4:16

present. Heb. found. fast.

2Ch 20:3; Isa 22:12; Joe 1:14,15; 2:12-17; Jon 3:4-9

eat nor drink.

5:1; Mt 12:40; Ac 9:9; 27:33

I also.

Ge 18:19; Jos 24:15; Ac 10:7

if I perish.If I lose my life in the attempt to save my people, I shall lose it cheerfully. I see it is my duty to make the attempt; and, come what will, I am resolved to do it.

Ge 43:14; 1Sa 19:5; 2Sa 10:12; Lu 9:24; Ac 20:24; 21:13; Ro 16:4

Php 2:30

Daniel 9:3-19

I set.

6:10; Ne 1:4-11; Ps 102:13-17; Jer 29:10-13; 33:3; Eze 36:37

Jas 5:16-18

with.

10:2,3; Ezr 8:21; 9:5; 10:6; Ne 1:4; 9:1; Es 4:1-3,16; Ps 35:13

Ps 69:10,11; Isa 22:12; Joe 1:13; 2:12; Jon 3:6-9; Lu 2:37

Ac 10:30; Jas 4:8-10

made.

5-12; Le 26:40-42; 1Ki 8:47-49; 2Ch 7:14; Ne 9:2,3; Ps 32:5

Jer 3:13; 1Jo 1:8-10

the great.

Ex 20:6; 34:6,7; Nu 14:18,19; De 5:10; 7:9; 1Ki 8:23; Ne 1:5; 9:32

Jer 32:17-19; Mic 7:18-20; Na 1:2-7; Lu 1:72; Ro 8:28; Jas 1:12

Jas 2:5; 1Jo 5:2,3

have sinned.

15; 1Ki 8:47-50; 2Ch 6:37-39; Ezr 9:6; Ne 1:6-8; 9:33,34; Ps 106:6

Isa 64:5-7; Jer 3:25; 14:7

departing.

Ps 18:21; 119:102; Isa 59:13; Eze 6:9; Ho 1:2; Mal 3:7; Heb 3:12

have we.

10; 2Ki 17:13,14; 2Ch 33:10; 36:15,16; Isa 30:10,11; Jer 6:16,17

Jer 7:13,25,26; 25:3-7; 26:5; 29:19; 32:32,33; 44:4,5,16; Zec 1:4-6

Zec 7:8-12; Mt 21:34-40; 23:37; Lu 20:10-12; Ac 7:51,52; 13:27

1Th 2:15,16

our kings.

Ezr 9:7; Ne 9:32,34

righteousness.

8,14; De 32:4; Ezr 9:13; Ne 9:33; Ps 51:4,14; 119:137; Jer 12:1

Lu 23:40,41

belongeth unto thee. or, thou hast, etc. unto us.

Ezr 9:6,7; Ps 44:15; Isa 45:16; Jer 2:26,27; 3:25; Eze 16:63; 36:31

Ro 6:21

near.

De 4:27; 2Ki 17:6,7; Isa 11:11; Jer 24:9; Am 9:9; Ac 2:5-11

whither.

Le 26:33,34

to us.

6,7

because.

Jer 14:20; La 1:7,8,18; 3:42; 5:16

To the Lord.From God's goodness flow His mercies; and from His mercies, forgiveness.

7; Ex 34:6,7; Nu 14:18,19; Ne 9:17,31; Ps 62:12; 86:5,15; 130:4,7

Ps 145:8,9; Isa 55:7; 63:7; La 3:22,23; Jon 4:2; Mic 7:18,19

Eph 1:6-8; 2:4-7

though.

5; Ne 9:18,19,26-28; Ps 106:43-45; Jer 14:7; Eze 20:8,9,13

which.

6; 2Ki 17:13; 18:12; Ezr 9:10,11; Ne 9:13-17; Heb 1:1

all.

2Ki 17:18-23; Isa 1:4-6; Jer 8:5-10; 9:26; Eze 22:26-31

the curse.

Le 26:14-46; De 27:15-26; 28:15-68; 29:20-29; 30:17-19; 31:17,18

De 32:19-42

confirmed.

Isa 44:26; La 2:17; Eze 13:6; Zec 1:8; Mt 5:18; Ro 15:8

our judges.

1Ki 3:9; Job 12:17; Ps 2:10; 148:11; Pr 8:16

for under.The destruction of Jerusalem by the Romans, and the condition of the Jews during almost eighteen centuries, have far more exceeded all the miseries of the capture of Jerusalem by the Chaldeans, and in the Babylonish captivity, than those miseries exceeded the judgments inflicted on other nations; for the guilt of crucifying the Messiah, and rejecting his gospel, was immensely more atrocious than all their other transgressions.

La 1:12; 2:13; 4:6; Eze 5:9; Joe 2:2; Am 3:2; Mt 24:21; Mr 13:19

Lu 21:22

As it is.Thus every succeeding part of the Sacred writings attests and prove the Divine authority of the preceding. The history relates the fulfilment of former predictions; and then new prophecies are add, which future events accomplish, and thus demonstrate their inspiration to the latest ages.

11; Le 26:14-46; De 28:15-68; Isa 42:9; La 2:15-17; Joh 10:35

made we not our prayer before. Heb. intreated we not theface of.

Job 36:13; Isa 9:13; Jer 2:30; 5:3; Ho 7:7,10,14

that we.

De 29:4; Ps 85:4; 119:18,27,73; Isa 64:7; Jer 31:18; 44:27; La 5:21

Lu 24:45; Joh 6:45; 8:32; Eph 1:17,18; 4:21; Jas 1:5

watched.

Jer 31:28; 44:27

the Lord.

7; Ne 9:33; Ps 51:14

for.

that hast.