Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
Nehemiah 9:36
Verse 36. Behold, we are servants] They had no king of their own: and were under the government of the kings of Persia, to whom they paid a regular tribute.
Verse 36. Behold, we are servants] They had no king of their own: and were under the government of the kings of Persia, to whom they paid a regular tribute.
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...
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,...
BEHOLD. Figure of speech _Asterismos._ App-6. FOR. as to....
Israel's present humiliation: her children slaves, her land subject to foreign kings, who oppress it 36. _servants_ i.e. subject to Persian supremacy. Cf. Ezra's very similar words in his confession,...
8. Prayer for present mercy. TEXT, NEHEMIAH 9:32-38 32 Now therefore, our God, the great, the mighty, and the awesome God, who dost keep covenant and lovingkindness, Do not let all the hardship se...
_BEHOLD, WE ARE SERVANTS THIS DAY, AND FOR THE LAND THAT THOU GAVEST UNTO OUR FATHERS TO EAT THE FRUIT THEREOF AND THE GOOD THEREOF, BEHOLD, WE ARE SERVANTS IN IT:_ Behold, we are servants this day....
9:36 servants (c-4) Or 'bondmen.'...
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....
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...
So the people in Nehemiah’s time remembered their history. They remembered that God had been kind to their *ancestors. So they praised God. God always does everything that he has promised to do. They...
הִנֵּ֛ה אֲנַ֥חְנוּ הַ יֹּ֖ום עֲבָדִ֑ים וְ הָ
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...
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...
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...
Behold, we [are] servants this day, and [for] the land that thou gavest unto our fathers to eat the (m) fruit thereof and the good thereof, behold, we [are] servants in it: (m) That is, to be the Lor...
_In it. Tributary to Persia, chap. v. 4., and 1 Esdras vii. 24., and ix. 9. (Calmet)_...
(32) Now therefore, our God, the great, the mighty, and the terrible God, who keepest covenant and mercy, let not all the trouble seem little before thee, that hath come upon us, on our kings, on our...
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...
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...
Behold, we [are] servants this day, and [for] the land that thou gavest unto our fathers to eat the fruit thereof and the good thereof, behold, we [are] servants in it: Ver. 36. _Behold, we are serva...
_Behold, we are servants in the land_ In that land wherein heretofore, under thee, and by thy favour, we were rightful lords and owners. God had, indeed, marvellously restored them to their own countr...
[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...
Behold, we are servants this day, no longer an independent nation, but a province of the Persian empire, AND FOR THE LAND THAT THOU GAVEST UNTO OUR FATHERS TO EAT THE FRUIT THEREOF AND THE GOOD THEREO...
The Levites Confess the People's Wickedness...
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...
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...
In that land wherein heretofore, under thee, and by thy favour, we were rightful lords and owners....
Nehemiah 9:36 servants H5650 today H3117 land H776 gave H5414 (H8804) fathers H1 eat H398 (H8800) fruit...
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...
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...
THE LEVITES' PLEA ON THE BASIS OF GOD'S PAST MERCIES (NEHEMIAH 9:9). The Levites now reminded God that He had been faithful to His covenant throughout their history, declared their recognition of His...
THEY REMIND GOD OF THE POSITION THAT THEY ARE IN, GOVERNED BY A FOREIGN POWER, ACKNOWLEDGING THAT IT WAS THROUGH THEIR OWN FAULT BECAUSE OF THEIR OWN SINS AND THE SINS OF THEIR FATHERS, AND ASSURE HIM...
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...
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...
_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...
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. ⇐...
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....
NEHEMIAH—NOTE ON NEHEMIAH 9:36 WE ARE SLAVES. The people’s continuing sinfulness explains why they are not yet entirely free. To resolve this situation, the people will enter a solemn COVENANT....
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...
EXPOSITION SOLEMN FAST KEPT, WITH CONFESSION OF SINS; AND VOLUNTARY COVENANT WITH GOD ENTERED INTO BY THE PEOPLE, AND SEALED TO...
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...
2 Chronicles 12:8; Deuteronomy 28:48; Ezra 9:9...
A CALL TO CONSECRATION Nehemiah 9:32 INTRODUCTORY WORDS It would be impossible for us to study the Book of Nehemiah in the detail which it demands. We are necessarily limited in space, and must seek...