Nehemiah 9:25

The Pulpit Commentary - Nehemiah 9:19-27

The Divine description of a sinful life. I. THAT THE SINFUL LIFE IS FAVOURED WITH THE DIVINE FORBEARANCE . The sins of the people were pride ( Nehemiah 9:16 ), disobedience ( Nehemiah 9:17 ), idolatry ( Nehemiah 9:18 ), murder ( Nehemiah 9:26 ), provocation, obduracy. "Yet thou in thy manifold mercies forsookest them not in the wilderness" ( Nehemiah 9:19 ). 1 . This forbearance is merciful. 2 . This forbearance is considerate. In the wilderness it is... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Nehemiah 9:22-25

Canaan conquered and possessed. Continuing the recital of the goodness of God to their nation, the people narrate how their fathers obtained possession of the promised land. All is ascribed to God. I. HE PRESERVED THE NATION to enter the land ( Nehemiah 9:23 ). Although those who left Egypt died, two excepted, in the desert, their children were multiplied "as the stars of heaven." II. HE CONQUERED THE COUNTRY , AND GAVE THEM POSSESSION OF IT . First,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Nehemiah 9:25

They took strong cities . As Jericho, Ai, Libnah, Lachish, Hazer, Hebron, etc. A fat land . Compare Numbers 14:7 , Numbers 14:8 ; Deuteronomy 8:7-9 ; 2 Kings 18:32 . Houses full of all goods . See Deuteronomy 6:11 . Fruit trees in abundance . The fruit trees of Palestine are, besides the vine and the olive, the fig tree, the carob or locust tree ( ceratonia siliqua ) , the quince, the apple, the almond, the walnut, the peach, the apricot, the mulberry, the sycamore fig,... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Nehemiah 9:25

Became fat. - i. e., “grew proud,” or “wanton” - a phrase only occurring here, in the margin reference, and in Jeremiah 5:28.Delighted themselves - Rather, “luxuriated.” The word in the original does not occur elsewhere; but cognate terms make the sense clear. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Nehemiah 9:25-26

Nehemiah 9:25-26. And delighted them in thy great goodness In all those comforts and blessings which, by thy great goodness, they obtained and enjoyed. Nevertheless they cast thy law behind their backs They neglected and despised thy laws, would not regard nor observe them; whereas they ought to have had them continually before their eyes, to direct and govern them in all their ways. The good things they enjoyed in the land which God had given them, made them wanton and forgetful of God... 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

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Nehemiah 9:25

fat land = rich soil. wells digged. Hebrew. bor, cisterns hewed. See note on Genesis 21:19 . delighted themselves = made their Eden. Hebrew. 'anag. Hithp. pret. only here. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Nehemiah 9:1-38

2. The prayer of the people ch. 9The people were not content to go about their business as usual after hearing the Word of God read. They realized they needed to hear more and to get right with God more completely. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Nehemiah 9:5-38

The prayer of praise 9:5-38A second group of seven Levites (Nehemiah 9:5) led the people in the prayer of praise that Nehemiah included in this book, perhaps on a different day than the prayer he wrote about in Nehemiah 9:1-4."The prayer is intended to instruct the readers. It gives us a survey of the history of Israel with emphasis on certain events in the life of the Chosen People. This approach is comparable to that of Psalms 78, 105, 106, 135, , 136." [Note: Fensham, pp. 227-28.] It is... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Nehemiah 9:1-38

The Renewal of the Covenant4. 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 12:8.6. 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 renewed offences, and their consequent punishment; it next acknowledges the justice of the chastisement... read more

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