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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Nehemiah 9:16

Neh 9:16 But they and our fathers dealt proudly, and hardened their necks, and hearkened not to thy commandments, Ver. 16. But they and our fathers ] God’s mercies have been hitherto mentioned, that their sins might thereby be aggravated; for good turns aggravate unkindness; and men’s sins are much increased by their obligations. It is charged upon Solomon as a foul fault, that he departed from the Lord, who had appeared unto him twice, 1 Kings 11:9 . Dealt proudly ] Pride is the master pock... read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Nehemiah 9:17

Neh 9:17 And refused to obey, neither were mindful of thy wonders that thou didst among them; but hardened their necks, and in their rebellion appointed a captain to return to their bondage: but thou [art] a God ready to pardon, gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and forsookest them not. Ver. 17. And refused to obey ] Heb. To hearken. They not only not hearkened, but refused to hear reasons why they should; as having made their conclusion, and being as good as ever... read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Nehemiah 9:18

Neh 9:18 Yea, when they had made them a molten calf, and said, This [is] thy God that brought thee up out of Egypt, and had wrought great provocations; Ver. 18. Yea, when they had made them a golden calf ] An ounce whereof the Jews say is still to this day in all the punishments that befall them; though some of their Rabbis have the face to excuse this gross idolatry of their forefathers, Nehemiah 9:18 , εμοσχοποιησαν , Vitulificarunt (Piscat.). And said, This is thy God ] Exodus 32:4 .... read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Nehemiah 9:19

Neh 9:19 Yet thou in thy manifold mercies forsookest them not in the wilderness: the pillar of the cloud departed not from them by day, to lead them in the way; neither the pillar of fire by night, to shew them light, and the way wherein they should go. Ver. 19. Yet thou in thy manifold mercies ] Nothing else could have kept him from turning them off, and saying to them, as once Jephthah did, Judges 11:7 , "Behold, ye have thrust me out; and do ye come unto me in your distress? Go, cry unto... read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Nehemiah 9:20

Neh 9:20 Thou gavest also thy good spirit to instruct them, and withheldest not thy manna from their mouth, and gavest them water for their thirst. Ver. 20. Thou gavest also thy good spirit ] viz. To their governors and teachers, Numbers 11:16-17 ; Numbers 11:25-26 . Yea, to every good soul, that they might be all taught of God, led into all truth and holiness, Ephesians 5:9 . For which end God hath promised to pour his Spirit upon all flesh, that is, the best thing upon the basest, Joel 2:28... read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Nehemiah 9:21

Neh 9:21 Yea, forty years didst thou sustain them in the wilderness, [so that] they lacked nothing; their clothes waxed not old, and their feet swelled not. Ver. 21. Yea, forty years didst thou sustain them ] Sustain them? this is a mere Meiosis, since never was prince so served in his greatest pomp as these rebellious Israelites were in the wilderness: they had their quails and their manna, and the rock to follow them, &c. So that they lacked nothing ] Nor more shall they that seek the... read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Nehemiah 9:22

Neh 9:22 Moreover thou gavest them kingdoms and nations, and didst divide them into corners: so they possessed the land of Sihon, and the land of the king of Heshbon, and the land of Og king of Bashan. Ver. 22. Moreover thou gavest them kingdoms and nations ] God gave them all; for he is the true proprietary, he pulleth down one, and setteth up another. This Nebuchadnezzar acknowledged (after he had been turned a grazing), and Charles V, emperor of Germany, who in twenty-eight battles in... read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Nehemiah 9:23

Neh 9:23 Their children also multipliedst thou as the stars of heaven, and broughtest them into the land, concerning which thou hadst promised to their fathers, that they should go in to possess [it]. Ver. 23. Their children also multipliedst thou ] Judaea was not above two hundred miles long and fifty miles broad (not near the half of England by much), yet what a numerous people they were! what huge armies they had! And broughtest them into the land ] Not the nearest way, but the best for... read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Nehemiah 9:24

Neh 9:24 So the children went in and possessed the land, and thou subduedst before them the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, and gavest them into their hands, with their kings, and the people of the land, that they might do with them as they would. Ver. 24. So the children went in ] After that they had been held a long while under the Egyptian servitude. God knows how to commend his favours to us, which cito data cito vilescunt, lightly come by, are lightly set by. And thou subdduest... read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Nehemiah 9:25

Neh 9:25 And they took strong cities, and a fat land, and possessed houses full of all goods, wells digged, vineyards, and oliveyards, and fruit trees in abundance: so they did eat, and were filled, and became fat, and delighted themselves in thy great goodness. Ver. 25. And they took strong cities ] With no great ado: like as towns are said to come in to Timotheus’ (the Athenian general’s) toils while he slept. This he ascribed to his own prowess and policy (Plut. in Sulla), often interlacing... read more

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Nehemiah 9:16

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Nehemiah 9:17

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Nehemiah 9:18

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Nehemiah 9:19

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Nehemiah 9:20

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Nehemiah 9:21

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Nehemiah 9:22

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Nehemiah 9:23

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Nehemiah 9:24

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Nehemiah 9:25

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