Nehemiah 9 - Introduction
_A SOLEMN FAST AND REPENTANCE OF THE PEOPLE. THE LEVITES CONFESS GOD'S GOODNESS AND THEIR INIQUITY._ _Before Christ 444._... [ Continue Reading ]
_A SOLEMN FAST AND REPENTANCE OF THE PEOPLE. THE LEVITES CONFESS GOD'S GOODNESS AND THEIR INIQUITY._ _Before Christ 444._... [ Continue Reading ]
IN THE TWENTY-AND-FOURTH DAY OF THIS MONTH— The feast of tabernacles being ended, a day was appointed for a solemn fast; when they assembled; confessed their sins; deprecated the judgments due to the iniquity of their fathers; acknowledged the omnipotence of God in creating and preserving all things... [ Continue Reading ]
THOU GAVEST ALSO THY GOOD SPIRIT— This whole chapter, says Mr. Peters, contains a beautiful epitome of the history of the Jews; raised and animated by a spirit of devotion, which appears in all that moving eloquence so well suited to the great occasion; and at the same time, with all that chasteness... [ Continue Reading ]
MOREOVER THOU GAVEST THEM, &C.— _Thou gavest them the kingdoms of the people, which thou didst divide to each of them._ Houbigant. The author of the _Observations_ gives a different explanation of the passage, which the reader will find in our note on Amos 3:12.... [ Continue Reading ]
WE MAKE A SURE COVENANT, AND WRITE IT— It was but of little consequence what such a refractory people promised; for, what regard would they have to their own hand-writing, who would not regard the ten commandments written on tables of stone by the finger of God? It was, however, very useful that the... [ Continue Reading ]