Nehemiah 9:38 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Nehemiah 9:4-38

We have here an account how the work of this fast-day was carried on. 1. The names of the ministers that were employed. They are twice named (Neh. 9:4, 5), only with some variation of the names. Either they prayed successively, according to that rule which the apostle gives (1 Cor. 14:31; You may all prophesy one by one), or, as some think, there were eight several congregations at some distance from each other, and each had a Levite to preside in it. 2. The work itself in which they employed... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Nehemiah 9:38

And because of all this ,.... Of all this distress, and that it might be removed, and be clear of it; or "in all this distress and evil", as Jarchi and Aben Ezra, in the midst of it all: we make a sure covenant ; or faithfully promise to observe the law of God, and particularly put away strange wives, and not intermarry with the people of the land: and write it ; that it may remain and be a testimony against them should they break it, being their own handwriting: and our princes,... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Nehemiah 9:38

Our princes , Levites , and priests , seal unto it - Persuaded that we have brought all the miseries upon ourselves by our transgressions, feeling much and fearing more, we make a covenant with thee to devote ourselves to thy service; to do with us as thou pleasest. From this sealing we learn that at this time the government of the Jews was a mixed aristocracy; composed of the nobles for the civil department, and the priests and Levites for the ecclesiastical. This was not... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Nehemiah 9:1-38

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

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

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

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

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Nehemiah 9:32-38

A sorrowful appeal to the Divine compassion. The conclusion of the public united confession. It contains— I. AN APPROPRIATE INVOCATION . Similar to that of Nehemiah ( Nehemiah 1:5 ), and which would be felt as suitable after the preceding recital of the Divine proceedings. II. AN APPEAL TO THE DIVINE PITY . In view of— 1 . The greatness of their past troubles (verse 32). "Let not all the trouble seem little." "Do not regard it as too little to require notice... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Nehemiah 9:38

Because of all this . Because of our past sins and their punishment—to prevent a recurrence of similar conduct and similar afflictions. We … seal unto it. In the East it is always the seal that authenticates a document. Babylonian documents were often stamped with half a dozen seals or more. These were impressed upon the moist clay, and then the clay was baked. Sometimes each party to the contract stamped his seal upon a separate piece of sealing clay, which he then attached to the... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Nehemiah 9:38

Seal unto it - The exact force of the phrase used is doubtful; but its general sense must be that the classes named took part in the sealing. It was usual in the East to authenticate covenants by appending the seals of those who were parties to them (see Jeremiah 32:10). read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Nehemiah 9:38

Nehemiah 9:38. Because of all this we make a sure covenant Considering all this, they resolved to renew their covenant with God for better obedience, which they promise as the only remedy to procure perfect deliverance. And to make it more effectual, they seem to have declared this in the presence of God, at the conclusion of the foregoing confession and prayer. And write it It was but of little consequence what such a refractory people promised, even in writing; for what regard would... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Nehemiah 9:4-38

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Nehemiah 9:38

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Nehemiah 9:38

The Pulpit Commentary - Nehemiah 9:1-38

The Pulpit Commentary - Nehemiah 9:1-38

The Pulpit Commentary - Nehemiah 9:2-38

The Pulpit Commentary - Nehemiah 9:32-38

The Pulpit Commentary - Nehemiah 9:38

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Nehemiah 9:38

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Nehemiah 9:38

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