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THE HOST OF HEAVEN WORSHIPPETH THEE - i. e the angels. See 1 Kings
22:19; Psalms 103:21....
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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 h...
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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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THOU... THOU... THOU. Figure of speech _Epizeuxis_ (App-6), for
emphasis.
ART LORD. [art] He, Jehovah,
HEAVEN. the heavens.
HEAVEN OF HEAVENS. Figure of speech _Polyptoton_, for emphasis.
AND. Not...
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_Thou_, even _thou_, art _Lord alone_ R.V. THOU ART THE LORD, EVEN
THOU ALONE. The confession opens with a declaration of the unity of
the God of Israel. Jehovah alone is: He alone made the worlds and...
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2. God is praised for His power in creation.
TEXT, NEHEMIAH 9:5 b - NEHEMIAH 9:6
5b
O may Thy glorious name be blessed
And exalted above all blessing and praise!
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Thou alone art the LORD.
Thou...
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_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 PRESERVEST...
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9:6 Same, (c-4) Or 'Thou art He,' an expression which is really a name
of God. see Deuteronomy 32:39 ....
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THOU, etc.] Before this LXX inserts 'And Ezra said.' The prayer that
follows first recalls God's early mercies to the nation, the unworthy
return made for such, the divine forbearance, the people's re...
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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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Some *Levites led the people to pray to God. Other *Levites led the
people to *worship and to praise God.
They remembered that God has always lived. He was not born and he will
not die. He made every...
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PRESERVEST THEM ALL. — In this comprehensiveness reproduced only in
Hebrews 1:3.
THE HOST OF HEAVEN. — First the stars, but here the angels (Psalms
103:21)....
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אַתָּה ־ה֣וּא יְהוָה֮ לְ בַדֶּךָ֒
_אַתָּ֣ה_† עָשִׂ֡יתָ
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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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GOD'S HAND IN HISTORY
Nehemiah 9:1
What a blessed result of the Bible-study of the previous chapter. It
led to confession, separation from evil association and worship. It is
good to review the deali...
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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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Of heavens. The highest, (Calmet) and most glorious (Haydock)
residence of the Eternal. --- Host. Stars (Calmet) and angels,
(Menochius) which are like his guards. --- Life, or being. If the
Levites h...
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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 f...
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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
pr...
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_Thou, even thou, art Lord alone_ Jehovah, the self-existent and
independent being; there is no God beside thee; _thou hast made
heaven,_ &c. They acknowledged the God they worshipped to be the
suprem...
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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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Thou, even Thou, art Lord alone, beside whom there is no other god;
THOU HAST MADE HEAVEN, THE HEAVEN OF HEAVENS, the unseen as well as
the visible heaven, WITH ALL THEIR HOST, of angel inhabitants, T...
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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 shou...
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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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THE HOST OF HEAVEN; either,
1. The stars, which after their manner worship and praise God, as all
the creatures do after their manner, of which see PSA 148 $; or
rather,
2. The angels, who are so cal...
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Nehemiah 9:6 LORD H3068 made H6213 (H8804) heaven H8064 heaven H8064
heavens H8064 host H6635 earth H776 seas...
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YHWH AS UNIQUE CREATOR (NEHEMIAH 9:6).
The initial emphasis was now on YHWH as sole Creator and Lord over all
things, Who thus had control of all affairs whether in Heaven or on
earth. Behind their wo...
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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...
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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.
CONCLUSION...
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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.
Nehem...
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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.
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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....
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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...
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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...
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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 pictures...
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1 Kings 22:19; 1 Kings 8:27; 2 Kings 19:15; 2 Kings 19:19; Co