What does Nehemiah 9:30 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"Yet many years didst thou forbearh them, and testifiedst against them by thy spirit in thy prophets: yet would they not give ear: therefore gavest thou them into the hand of the people of the lands."
Verse 30. _MANY YEARS DIDST THOU FORBEAR_] It is supposed that Nehemiah refers here principally to the _ten tribes_. And many years did God bear with them; not less than _two hundred and_ _fifty-four_...
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...
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,...
IN. by the hand of; "hand" put by Fig, _Metonymy_ (of Cause), App-6, for the ministry or agency of the prophets....
The long-suffering of Jehovah 30. _forbear them_ R.V. BEAR WITH THEM. The -many years" here spoken of contain the brief reference to the earlier monarchic period. -Bear with;" literally -protract," -...
7. Disobedience, punishment, and repentance characterize the period of judges and kings. TEXT, NEHEMIAH 9:26-31 26 But they became disobedient and rebelled against Thee, And cast Thy law behind th...
_THEIR CHILDREN ALSO MULTIPLIEDST THOU AS THE STARS OF HEAVEN, AND BROUGHTEST THEM INTO THE LAND, CONCERNING WHICH THOU HADST PROMISED TO THEIR FATHERS, THAT THEY SHOULD GO IN TO POSSESS IT._ No JFB...
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...
וַ תִּמְשֹׁ֤ךְ עֲלֵיהֶם֙ שָׁנִ֣ים רַבֹּ֔ות וַ תָּ֨עַד בָּ֧ם בְּ רוּחֲךָ֛ בְּ יַד ־נְבִיאֶ֖יךָ וְ...
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...
_Years, 254; during which time God had not ceased to recall his people to a sense of their duty, but all in vain._...
(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...
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...
Yet many years didst thou forbear them, and testifiedst against them by thy spirit in thy prophets: yet would they not give ear: therefore gavest thou them into the hand of the people of the lands. V...
_Many years didst thou forbear them_ Thou didst delay to bring upon them those judgments which thou hadst threatened, and they had deserved, and didst wait for their repentance. _And testifiedst again...
[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...
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 sho...
FORBEAR THEM: _ Heb._ protract over them IN THY PROPHETS: _ Heb._ in the hand of thy Prophets...
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...
DIDST THOU FORBEAR THEM, i.e. thou didst delay to bring upon them those judgments which thou hadst threatened, and they had deserved, and didst wait for their repentance. BY THY SPIRIT IN THY PROPHETS...
Nehemiah 9:30 many H7227 years H8141 patience H4900 (H8799) testified H5749 (H8686) Spirit H7307 in H3027 prophets H5030 listen H238 (H8689) gave H5414 (H8799) hand H3027 peoples H5971 lands H776 man...
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...
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. CONCLUSIO...
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. Nehe...
_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. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = docum...
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 Deuteronomy 10:14. For Nehemiah 9:9...
EXPOSITION SOLEMN FAST KEPT, WITH CONFESSION OF SINS; AND VOLUNTARY COVENANT WITH GOD ENTERED INTO BY THE PEOPLE, AND SEALED TO BY THE PRINCES, PRIESTS, AND LEVITES (Nehemiah 9:1.). When the law was f...
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 picture...
1 Peter 1:11; 2 Chronicles 36:15; 2 Kings 17:13; 2 Peter 1:21; 2 Peter 3:9; Acts 28:25; Acts 7:51; Isaiah 42:24; Isaiah 5:5; Isaiah 5:6;...