Nehemiah 9:32-10:38 NIV

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Nehemiah 9:1-38

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 see Exodus 3:7. For Nehemiah 9:10 see Jeremiah 32:20. For Nehemiah 9:11 see Exodus 15:5; Exodus 15:10. For Nehemiah 9:12 see Exodus 13:21. For Nehemiah 9:13 see Exodus 19:20. For Nehemiah 9:15 see Psalms 105:40-41. For Nehemiah 9:16 see 2 Kings 17:14. For Nehemiah 9:17 see Psalms 78:11; Exodus... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Nehemiah 9:1-38

Chapter 9Now 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 picturesque sight. The people have all gathered together. They've been fasting. They're wearing sackcloth. Rough garments, no doubt very irritating. And they've got dirt on them. The custom of, just a sign of mourning again. You just, you know, rubbed dirt on your face and you look miserable.And... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Nehemiah 9:1-38

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. Nehemiah 9:3 . One fourth part of the day. The morning exercise was divided into two parts, a full course of festival reading, in which the whole law was read in the succession of the week; then a copious psalm of rehearsal, versifying the words they had heard; and then they joined in the prayers... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Nehemiah 9:4-38

Nehemiah 9:4-38And cried with a loud voice unto the Lord their God.The suppliantThe true test of the good received in religious ordinances is their sanctifying effect on the life. Many a tree is gay with blossoms in spring that yields no fruit in autumn; and so many gospel hearers, who appear full of promise in the time of ordinances, show no decided piety in their subsequent conduct.I. The circumstances of the prayer. It is often easier to act for God than to pray to Him--to work in His... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Nehemiah 9:32

Neh 9:32 Now therefore, our God, the great, the mighty, and the terrible God, who keepest covenant and mercy, let not all the trouble seem little before thee, that hath come upon us, on our kings, on our princes, and on our priests, and on our prophets, and on our fathers, and on all thy people, since the time of the kings of Assyria unto this day. Ver. 32. Now therefore, our God, the great, the mighty ] It is a high point of heavenly wisdom, in the beginning of our petitions, to propound God... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Nehemiah 9:32

our God: Nehemiah 1:5, Deuteronomy 7:21, Psalms 47:2, Psalms 66:3, Psalms 66:5 keepest: Deuteronomy 7:9, 1 Kings 8:23, Daniel 9:4, Micah 7:18-Proverbs : trouble: Heb. weariness little before thee: Leviticus 26:18, Leviticus 26:21, Leviticus 26:24, Leviticus 26:28, Ezra 9:13 come upon us: Heb. found us on our kings: 2 Kings 23:29, 2 Kings 23:33, 2 Kings 23:34, 2 Kings 25:7, 2 Kings 25:18-Ecclesiastes :, 2 Kings 25:25, 2 Kings 25:26, 2 Chronicles 36:1-Isaiah :, Jeremiah 8:1-Leviticus :,... read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Nehemiah 9:32

Now therefore, our God, the great, the mighty, and the terrible God, who keepest covenant and mercy, let not all the trouble seem little before thee, that hath come upon us, on our kings, on our princes, and on our priests, and on our prophets, and on our fathers, and on all thy people, since the time of the kings of Assyria unto this day.Mercy — He adds mercy, because the covenant in itself was not a sufficient ground of hope, because they had so basely broken it. God was discharged from... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Nehemiah 9:32

32. All the trouble… that hath come upon us Literally, all the distress which has found us; that is, the woes and judgments which had come upon them in consequence of their sins. read more