느헤미야 9:29-30 KRV

The Pulpit Commentary - Nehemiah 9:7-31

Compare with this long historical resumé the still longer ones in Psalms 78:5-72 and Acts 7:2-47 . God's dealings with his people furnished a moral lesson of extraordinary force, and moral teachers, naturally, made frequent reference to them. But it is not often that we have so complete and elaborate a recapitulation as the present, which, beginning with the call of Abraham, brings the history down to the time of the Persian servitude. God's goodness and his people's ingratitude form the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Nehemiah 9:26-31

Israel's wickedness and God's goodness. A summary of the national history from the entrance into Canaan to the captivity. A dismal story; but, as was natural and suitable in a confession of sin, the more pleasing facts are omitted. I. The great and INVETERATE WICKEDNESS OF THE PEOPLE . This is described by various terms and phrases, and its heinousness exhibited in many particulars. 1 . Flagrant disobedience to the Divine laws. Although so good and so adapted to promote... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Nehemiah 9:29

Withdrew the shoulder . Compare Hosea 4:16 ("Israel slideth back as a backsliding heifer") and Zechariah 7:11 . The metaphor is taken from the action of a beast of burthen which, when required to draw, shrinks from the yoke and starts back. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Nehemiah 9:29

The Divine testimony against sin. "And testifiedst against them, that thou mightest bring them again unto thy law." The Divine testimony against sin and sinners is repeatedly mentioned in this confession (see Nehemiah 9:26 , Nehemiah 9:30 ). We may take a general view of it. I. THE WITNESS OF GOD AGAINST SIN AND SINNERS . 1 . In his holy laws. Declaring his will, denouncing disobedience, and warning against its consequences. 2 . In his revelations of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Nehemiah 9:30

Many years didst thou forbear them . The ten tribes for 260 years from the revolt of Jeroboam, the remaining two tribes for 135 years longer. Testifiedst against them by thy Spirit in thy prophets . Compare 2 Kings 17:13 , where the phrase used is nearly the same, and see also 2 Chronicles 36:15 , 2 Chronicles 36:16 . There was a continual succession of prophets from the time of Solomon to, and through, the captivity. Besides those whose writings have come down to us, we find mention... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Nehemiah 9:28-29

Nehemiah 9:28-29. Therefore leftest thou them in the hand of their enemies God so abandoned them once, that he permitted the Philistines to rule over them forty years, (Judges 13:1,) unto which, perhaps, this passage refers. Many times didst thou deliver them according to thy mercies Nothing else could have moved God to do it, but his own essential goodness and mercy, they being, in all ages, inconstant in their obedience, and prone to backslide from him; and testifiedst against them By... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Nehemiah 9:30

Nehemiah 9:30. 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 against them by thy Spirit in thy prophets Who spake to them by thy divine inspiration, whom therefore they ought to have obeyed. Yet would they not give ear That is, would not obey them, or even vouchsafe so much as to hear them. Therefore gavest thou them into the hand of the... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Nehemiah 9:1-38

Israel’s confession and oath (9:1-10:39)Two days after the end of the Feast of Tabernacles (which lasted from the fifteenth day to the twenty-second day of the month; see 8:18; Leviticus 23:34), the people reassembled for another reading of the law. After this came a time of confession and worship led by the Levites (9:1-5).The prayer began by exalting God as the great Creator, and by praising him for choosing Abraham and making his covenant with him (6-8). God was faithful to his people... read more

E.W. Bullinger