Nehemiah 9:37 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And it yieldeth much increase unto the kings whom thou hast set over us because of our sins: also they have dominion over our bodies, and over our cattle, at their pleasure, and we are in great distress. ”

Nehemiah 9:37 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Fast and a National Confession. All that took place, as described in this section, was the result of the reading of the Law. The command to celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles having been observ...
Nehemiah 9:37 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And it yieldeth much increase unto the kings whom thou hast set over us because of our sins: also they have dominion over our bodies, and over our cattle, at their pleasure, and we are in great dis...
Nehemiah 9:37 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And it yieldeth much increase unto the kings whom thou hast set over us because of our sins: also they have dominion over our bodies, and over our cattle, at their pleasure, and we are in great d...
Nehemiah 9:37 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Renewal of the Covenant 4. 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...
Nehemiah 9:37 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Yieldeth much increase. — In money and kind a very large amount was sent by Syria to the Persian treasury. Over our bodies, and over our cattle. — For military service; but the priests do not om...
Nehemiah 9:37 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

THE RELIGION OF HISTORY Nehemiah 9:1-38 AFTER the carnival-Lent. This Catholic procedure was anticipated by the Jews in the days of Ezra and Nehemiah. The merry feast of Tabernacles was scarcel...
Nehemiah 9:37 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Penalty of Ingratitude and Disobedience Nehemiah 9:22-38 The theme of this prayer is the covenant mercy of God. However great the provocation of the Chosen People, He never swerved from His...
Nehemiah 9:37 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

After a brief interval, following the feast came the great day of humiliation. The people separated themselves entirely from all who were not actually within the Covenant, and gave themselves to conf...
Nehemiah 9:37 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(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...
Nehemiah 9:37 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And it yieldeth much increase unto the kings whom thou hast set over us, because of our sins ,.... Though a very fruitful land, and brought forth much, yet not for them, but for foreign kings, that...
Nehemiah 9:37 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And it yieldeth much increase unto the kings whom thou hast set over us because of our sins: also they have dominion over our bodies, and over our cattle, at their pleasure, and we [are] in great dis...
Nehemiah 9:37 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

And it yieldeth much increase unto the kings , &c. We plough, and sow, and labour, and thou givest thy blessing to our endeavours; and yet in a great measure this is not for ourselves, as former...
Nehemiah 9:37 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

ISRAEL'S GUILT CONFESSED TO THEIR CREATOR (vv. 1-6) The Great Day of Atonement was on the first day of the seventh month, followed by the Feast of Tabernacles beginning the 15th day; but what...
Nehemiah 9:37 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Prayer of the Levites. B. C. 444. 4 Then stood up upon the stairs, of the Levites,...
Nehemiah 9:37 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

We plough, and sow, and labour, and thou givest thy blessing to our endeavours; and yet in a great measure this is not for ourselves, as formerly it was, but for our kings, to whom we pay great and h...
Nehemiah 9:37 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The People Mourn Over Their Sins, Confess Them, And Are Led By The Levites In A Prayer Of Contrition And Remembrance Of God's Grace Continually Revealed Towards Them In The Past, In Hope That In The...
Nehemiah 9:37 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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 Ne...
Nehemiah 9:37 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 9:37 - The Biblical Illustrator

And cried with a loud voice unto the Lord their God. The suppliant The true test of the good received in religious ordinances is their sanctifying effect on the life. Many a tree is gay with bl...
Nehemiah 9:37 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION SOLEMN FAST KEPT , WITH CONFESSION OF SINS ; AND VOLUNTARY COVENANT WITH GOD ENTERED INTO BY THE PEOPLE , AND SEALED TO BY THE PRINCES , PRI...
Nehemiah 9:37 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Levites Confess the People's Wickedness
Nehemiah 9:37 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Deuteronomy 28:33 ; Deuteronomy 28:39 ; Deuteronomy 28:48 ; Deuteronomy 28:51 ; Ezra 4:13 ; Ezra 6:8 ; Ezra 7:24 ; John 8:33 ; Leviticus 26:17 ; Nehemiah 5:8
Nehemiah 9:37 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

A Call to Consecration Nehemiah 9:32-38 INTRODUCTORY WORDS It would be impossible for us to study the Book of Nehemiah in the detail which it demands. We are necessarily limited in space, and...
Nehemiah 9:37 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Yieldeth much, &c. — We plow, and sow, and labour, and thou givest thy blessing to our endeavours; and yet in a great measure this is not for ourselves, as formerly it was, but for our kings, t...

Nehemiah 9:37 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Nehemiah 9:37 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Nehemiah 9:37 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Nehemiah 9:37 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Nehemiah 9:37 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Nehemiah 9:37 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Nehemiah 9:37 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Nehemiah 9:37 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Nehemiah 9:37 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Nehemiah 9:37 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Nehemiah 9:37 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Nehemiah 9:37 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Nehemiah 9:37 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Nehemiah 9:37 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Nehemiah 9:37 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Nehemiah 9:37 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Nehemiah 9:37 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Nehemiah 9:37 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Nehemiah 9:37 - The Biblical Illustrator

Nehemiah 9:37 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Nehemiah 9:37 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Nehemiah 9:37 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Nehemiah 9:37 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Nehemiah 9:37 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes