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
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