You are just in all that has befallen us, because You have acted faithfully, while we have acted wickedly. In all that has happened to usThis phrase reflects a comprehensive acknowledgment of the events that have transpired in the history of Israel. The Hebrew root for "happened" is "בּוֹא" (bo), which means to come or to happen. This suggests a recognition of the divine orchestration in the unfolding of events. Historically, this encompasses the period of exile and the return to Jerusalem, a time marked by both divine judgment and mercy. The phrase invites believers to reflect on the sovereignty of God in their own lives, recognizing that nothing occurs outside His divine will. You have been just
The Hebrew word for "just" is "צַדִּיק" (tsaddiq), which denotes righteousness and justice. This is a profound acknowledgment of God's character, affirming that His actions are always in alignment with His holy nature. In the context of Nehemiah, this justice is seen in the way God dealt with Israel's disobedience, allowing them to face consequences while also providing a path to restoration. For the believer, this serves as a reminder of God's unwavering righteousness and the assurance that He is always fair in His dealings. You have acted faithfully
The term "faithfully" is derived from the Hebrew "אֱמוּנָה" (emunah), which conveys steadfastness and reliability. This highlights God's covenantal faithfulness to His people, despite their repeated failures. Throughout Israel's history, God remained true to His promises, demonstrating His unwavering commitment. This phrase encourages believers to trust in God's faithfulness, knowing that He will never abandon His promises. while we acted wickedly
The word "wickedly" comes from the Hebrew "רָשַׁע" (rasha), meaning to be wicked or guilty. This is a candid confession of Israel's moral and spiritual failures. It reflects a deep understanding of their sinfulness and the breach of their covenant with God. Historically, this acknowledgment is crucial for the process of repentance and restoration. For contemporary believers, it serves as a call to humility and repentance, recognizing our own shortcomings and the need for God's grace. Persons / Places / Events 1. NehemiahA Jewish leader who played a crucial role in rebuilding Jerusalem's walls and leading the people in spiritual renewal. 2. IsraelitesThe people of God who are confessing their sins and acknowledging God's righteousness in this chapter. 3. JerusalemThe city where these events take place, significant as the center of Jewish worship and identity. 4. EzraA scribe and priest who, along with Nehemiah, leads the people in repentance and covenant renewal. 5. The LevitesMembers of the tribe of Levi who assist in leading the people in worship and confession. Teaching Points God's Righteousness and FaithfulnessGod's character is unchanging; He remains righteous and faithful even when we fail. This should lead us to trust in His justice and mercy. Human Sinfulness and ConfessionAcknowledging our sin is crucial for spiritual growth. Like the Israelites, we must confess our wrongdoings and seek God's forgiveness. The Importance of Corporate RepentanceThe communal aspect of confession in Nehemiah 9 highlights the importance of collective repentance and accountability within the body of Christ. God's Faithfulness in DisciplineGod's discipline is an expression of His faithfulness. Understanding this can help us accept correction and grow in righteousness. Renewal and Covenant CommitmentAfter confession, the Israelites renewed their covenant with God. We too should commit to living according to God's Word after seeking His forgiveness. Bible Study Questions 1. How does Nehemiah 9:33 help us understand the nature of God's righteousness in contrast to human sinfulness? 2. In what ways can we incorporate the practice of corporate confession and repentance in our church communities today? 3. How does the acknowledgment of God's faithfulness in discipline encourage us during times of personal or communal correction? 4. What steps can we take to ensure that our confession leads to genuine renewal and commitment to God's ways? 5. How do the themes in Nehemiah 9:33 connect with the New Testament teachings on confession and forgiveness, such as in 1 John 1:9? Connections to Other Scriptures Deuteronomy 32:4This verse speaks of God's perfect justice and faithfulness, similar to the acknowledgment in Nehemiah 9:33. Psalm 51:4David's confession of sin and recognition of God's righteousness parallels the Israelites' confession in Nehemiah. Daniel 9:7-14Daniel's prayer of confession and acknowledgment of God's righteousness mirrors the themes found in Nehemiah 9. Romans 3:23-26Paul discusses the righteousness of God and human sinfulness, echoing the themes of divine faithfulness and human failure. 1 John 1:9This verse emphasizes confession and God's faithfulness to forgive, aligning with the themes of repentance in Nehemiah 9. People Abram, Amorites, Bani, Bunni, Canaanites, Chenani, Egyptians, Ezra, Girgashite, Girgashites, Hashabniah, Hittites, Hodiah, Hodijah, Israelites, Jebusites, Jeshua, Kadmiel, Levites, Og, Perizzites, Pethahiah, Pharaoh, Shebaniah, Sherebiah, SihonPlaces Assyria, Bashan, Egypt, Gate of Ephraim, Heshbon, Mount Sinai, Red Sea, UrTopics TRUE, Dealt, Evil, Faithfully, Hast, Howbeit, However, Righteous, Truly, Truth, Wickedly, Wrong, YetDictionary of Bible Themes Nehemiah 9:33 1075 God, justice of
1125 God, righteousness
6183 ignorance, of God Nehemiah 9:33-35 6624 confession, of sin Library The Joy of the Lord is Your Strength. Neh 9:10
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John Newton—Olney HymnsQuestions About the Nature and Perpetuity of the Seventh-Day Sabbath.
AND PROOF, THAT THE FIRST DAY OF THE WEEK IS THE TRUE CHRISTIAN SABBATH. BY JOHN BUNYAN. 'The Son of man is lord also of the Sabbath day.' London: Printed for Nath, Ponder, at the Peacock in the Poultry, 1685. EDITOR'S ADVERTISEMENT. All our inquiries into divine commands are required to be made personally, solemnly, prayerful. To 'prove all things,' and 'hold fast' and obey 'that which is good,' is a precept, equally binding upon the clown, as it is upon the philosopher. Satisfied from our observations …
John Bunyan—The Works of John Bunyan Volumes 1-3 Ten Reasons Demonstrating the Commandment of the Sabbath to be Moral.
1. Because all the reasons of this commandment are moral and perpetual; and God has bound us to the obedience of this commandment with more forcible reasons than to any of the rest--First, because he foresaw that irreligious men would either more carelessly neglect, or more boldly break this commandment than any other; secondly, because that in the practice of this commandment the keeping of all the other consists; which makes God so often complain that all his worship is neglected or overthrown, …
Lewis Bayly—The Practice of Piety The "Fraternity" of Pharisees
To realise the state of religious society at the time of our Lord, the fact that the Pharisees were a regular "order," and that there were many such "fraternities," in great measure the outcome of the original Pharisees, must always be kept in view. For the New Testament simply transports us among contemporary scenes and actors, taking the then existent state of things, so to speak, for granted. But the fact referred to explains many seemingly strange circumstances, and casts fresh light upon all. …
Alfred Edersheim—Sketches of Jewish Social Life Fragrant Spices from the Mountains of Myrrh. "Thou Art all Fair, My Love; There is no Spot in Thee. " --Song of Solomon iv. 7.
FRAGRANT SPICES FROM THE MOUNTAINS OF MYRRH. HOW marvellous are these words! "Thou art all fair, My love; there is no spot in thee." The glorious Bridegroom is charmed with His spouse, and sings soft canticles of admiration. When the bride extols her Lord there is no wonder, for He deserves it well, and in Him there is room for praise without possibility of flattery. But does He who is wiser than Solomon condescend to praise this sunburnt Shulamite? Tis even so, for these are His own words, and were …
Charles Hadden Spurgeon—Till He Come The Personality of the Holy Spirit.
Before one can correctly understand the work of the Holy Spirit, he must first of all know the Spirit Himself. A frequent source of error and fanaticism about the work of the Holy Spirit is the attempt to study and understand His work without first of all coming to know Him as a Person. It is of the highest importance from the standpoint of worship that we decide whether the Holy Spirit is a Divine Person, worthy to receive our adoration, our faith, our love, and our entire surrender to Himself, …
R. A. Torrey—The Person and Work of The Holy Spirit The Early Life of Malachy. Having Been Admitted to Holy Orders He Associates with Malchus
[Sidenote: 1095.] 1. Our Malachy, born in Ireland,[134] of a barbarous people, was brought up there, and there received his education. But from the barbarism of his birth he contracted no taint, any more than the fishes of the sea from their native salt. But how delightful to reflect, that uncultured barbarism should have produced for us so worthy[135] a fellow-citizen with the saints and member of the household of God.[136] He who brings honey out of the rock and oil out of the flinty rock[137] …
H. J. Lawlor—St. Bernard of Clairvaux's Life of St. Malachy of Armagh The Prophecy of Obadiah.
We need not enter into details regarding the question as to the time when the prophet wrote. By a thorough argumentation, Caspari has proved, that he occupies his right position in the Canon, and hence belongs to the earliest age of written prophecy, i.e., to the time of Jeroboam II. and Uzziah. As bearing conclusively against those who would assign to him a far later date, viz., the time of the exile, there is not only the indirect testimony borne by the place which this prophecy occupies in …
Ernst Wilhelm Hengstenberg—Christology of the Old Testament The Preface to the Commandments
And God spake all these words, saying, I am the LORD thy God,' &c. Exod 20: 1, 2. What is the preface to the Ten Commandments? The preface to the Ten Commandments is, I am the Lord thy God.' The preface to the preface is, God spake all these words, saying,' &c. This is like the sounding of a trumpet before a solemn proclamation. Other parts of the Bible are said to be uttered by the mouth of the holy prophets (Luke 1: 70), but here God spake in his own person. How are we to understand that, God spake, …
Thomas Watson—The Ten Commandments Of Immediate Revelation.
Of Immediate Revelation. [29] Seeing no man knoweth the Father but the Son, and he to whom the Son revealeth him; and seeing the revelation of the Son is in and by the Spirit; therefore the testimony of the Spirit is that alone by which the true knowledge of God hath been, is, and can be only revealed; who as, by the moving of his own Spirit, he disposed the chaos of this world into that wonderful order in which it was in the beginning, and created man a living soul, to rule and govern it, so by …
Robert Barclay—Theses Theologicae and An Apology for the True Christian Divinity Influences that Gave Rise to the Priestly Laws and Histories
[Sidenote: Influences in the exile that produced written ceremonial laws] The Babylonian exile gave a great opportunity and incentive to the further development of written law. While the temple stood, the ceremonial rites and customs received constant illustration, and were transmitted directly from father to son in the priestly families. Hence, there was little need of writing them down. But when most of the priests were carried captive to Babylonia, as in 597 B.C., and ten years later the temple …
Charles Foster Kent—The Origin & Permanent Value of the Old Testament The Holy War,
MADE BY SHADDAI UPON DIABOLUS, FOR THE REGAINING OF THE METROPOLIS OF THE WORLD; OR, THE LOSING AND TAKING AGAIN OF THE TOWN OF MANSOUL. THE AUTHOR OF 'THE PILGRIM'S PROGRESS.' 'I have used similitudes.'--Hosea 12:10. London: Printed for Dorman Newman, at the King's Arms in the Poultry; and Benjamin Alsop, at the Angel and Bible in the Poultry, 1682. ADVERTISEMENT BY THE EDITOR. Bunyan's account of the Holy War is indeed an extraordinary book, manifesting a degree of genius, research, and spiritual …
John Bunyan—The Works of John Bunyan Volumes 1-3 Ezra-Nehemiah
Some of the most complicated problems in Hebrew history as well as in the literary criticism of the Old Testament gather about the books of Ezra and Nehemiah. Apart from these books, all that we know of the origin and early history of Judaism is inferential. They are our only historical sources for that period; and if in them we have, as we seem to have, authentic memoirs, fragmentary though they be, written by the two men who, more than any other, gave permanent shape and direction to Judaism, then …
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