尼希米記 9:4-8 Cunpts
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The Pulpit Commentary - Nehemiah 9:1-38
The solemn fast of assembled Israel. Notice three features in the people's religious life. 1 . Their confession of sin. 2 . Their external reformation. 3 . Their solemn adoption of the written word of God as the law of their life. Take these as representative, universal. I. HUMILIATION AND CONFESSION . 1 . Public and united as well as private and solitary. Great impressiveness in numbers. The heart needs the stimulus of contact with great waves of feeling. There... read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - Nehemiah 9:2-38
Appeal It has been remarked that there is no prayer in this lengthy address to God. And the absence of direct supplication is certainly very noticeable. But it must be remembered that we may make our appeal to God in more ways than by directly asking him for the blessings we desire at his hand. The comparative and almost complete absence of formal petition from this address suggests to us that we may go far towards winning our cause by— I. PRESENTING THE SOUL BEFORE GOD IN ... read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - Nehemiah 9:4
Upon the stairs, of the Levites . Rather, "upon the platform of the Levites," the same probably as the " pulpit of Nehemiah 8:4 . Bani . Rather, "Binnui" (see Nehemiah 10:9 ; Nehemiah 12:8 ),the representative of the "sons of Henadad. Jeshua, Binnui, and Kadmiel are the three principal families of the Levites (comp. Ezra 2:40 ; Ezra 3:9 ; Nehemiah 3:24 ; Nehemiah 8:7 , etc.). Sherebiah was the head of a family which returned with Ezra ( Ezra 8:18 ). Chenani is... read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - Nehemiah 9:4-6
United praise. Commencement of the worship and confessions with general praise. I. THE LEADERS OF THE WORSHIP . An honourable and responsible office. II. THEIR EXHORTATION TO THE PEOPLE . 1 . As to the attitude in which they were to offer praise. "Stand up"—the fitting posture for this part of Divine worship. 2 . As to the praise they were to offer. III. THE UNITED PRAISE . 1 . Introductory. 2 . Praise of God as "Jehovah alone." 3 .... read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - Nehemiah 9:5
Stand up . The people had prostrated themselves (see the comment on Nehemiah 9:3 ) for confession and prayer; they are now bidden to "stand up" for praise. Compare the practice of the Christian Church. Blessed be . Literally, "let them bless." The Levites turn their address, after its opening clause, from the people to Jehovah himself, who henceforth becomes the subject of it. Thy glorious name . The high honour due to the "name" of God is taught by the sacred writers with one uniform... read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - Nehemiah 9:6
Thou art Lord alone . Compare Psalms 86:10 and Isaiah 27:1-13 :16. In the latter passage the phrase used is almost identical. The heaven of heavens . Compare Deuteronomy 10:14 ; 1 Kings 8:27 ; Psalms 148:4 . The expression has been explained as— 1. The very highest heaven; 2. The heavens in all their infinity, The latter sense best suits the various passages where the phrase occurs. With all their host . The "host of heaven" has been taken to mean— 1. The angels; ... read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - Nehemiah 9:6-31
Adoration and thanksgiving. At this great and solemn gathering, which followed the feast of tabernacles, Ezra and eight Levites led the whole assembly in a reverent address and appeal to God. It is thought by some that the record of it in this chapter (verses 6-38) is the exact copy of it as then written down for the use of the Levites; or it may be the leading topics of it as afterwards recollected and recorded. We have seen that confession of sin is the groundwork and substance of... read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - Nehemiah 9:7-8
God's favour to Abraham. The multitude, led by the Levites, now begin the recital of God's gracious dealings with their race; and, first, with their great ancestor, Abraham. By the words, "Thou art Jehovah God," they allege that it was the only living and true God, the Creator of all things, who distinguished Abraham, and through him their nation, by his favour. They then recount— I. His CHOICE of Abraham. Of his own gracious will separating him from others, to preserve the knowledge... read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - Nehemiah 9:1-35
Confession. The feast of tabernacles, held in such wise as Israel had not known since the days of Joshua ( Joshua 8:17 ), concluded, "according unto the manner" of that festival, with a " solemn assembly" on the eighth day ( Joshua 8:18 )—"the last day, that great day of the feast" ( John 7:37 ). After one day's interval, when nothing unusual was done, "on the twenty-fourth day of the month the children of Israel were assembled with fasting" (verse l), and a very great day was... read more