Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Nehemiah 9:28
But after they had rest, they did evil again before thee: therefore leftest thou them in the hand of their enemies, so that they had the dominion over them: yet when they returned, and cried unto thee, thou heardest [them] from heaven; and many times didst thou deliver them according to thy mercies;
28. after they had rest ] Cf. ‘the land had rest,’ Jdg 3:11; Jdg 3:30; Jdg 5:31; Jdg 8:28.
many times ] A probable reference to the numerous deliverances effected by the judges as described in the Book of Judges. The LXX. fails to reproduce the thought accurately by .
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
But after they had rest,…. From their enemies, enjoyed their liberty, and were in prosperity:
they did evil again before thee; relapsed into idolatry:
therefore leftest thou them in the hand of their enemies, so that they had the dominion over them; as the Philistines had for the space of forty years, Jud 13:1,
yet when they returned and cried unto thee, thou heardest them from heaven, and many times didst thou deliver them, according to thy mercies; this was their case frequently in the times of the judges; they sinned and fell into the hands of their enemies, then they repented, and cried to God for help, and he had compassion upon them, and saved them.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
The Intermediate Cycles ( Neh 9:28 ).
Neh 9:28
“But after they had rest, they did evil again before you; therefore you left them in the hand of their enemies, so that they had the dominion over them. Yet when they returned, and cried to you, you heard from heaven; and many times you delivered them according to your mercies,”
They acknowledged before God how this had happened again and again. Note that these cycles occurred ‘many times’. Because of God’s previous deliverance the people had ‘had rest’ (see Jdg 3:11; Jdg 3:30; and often). But then they again did evil before God, and as a consequence He gave them over to the dominion of their enemies. Then they returned and cried to God. Then He heard from heaven and many times delivered them because He is a merciful God. The repetition of the cycles is intended to bring out how regularly this all happened. They were acknowledging before God that Israel’s was a history of repeated rebellion.
Fuente: Commentary Series on the Bible by Peter Pett
Neh 9:28 But after they had rest, they did evil again before thee: therefore leftest thou them in the hand of their enemies, so that they had the dominion over them: yet when they returned, and cried unto thee, thou heardest [them] from heaven; and many times didst thou deliver them according to thy mercies;
Ver. 28. But after they had rest, they did evil again ] As standing pools breed vermin; as sedentary lives are subject to diseases. If men be not poured out from vessel to vessel, they will soon settle upon their lees. “Because they have no changes, therefore they fear not God,” Psa 55:19 , saith David, of the wicked; and Psa 30:1-12 , David himself was afflicted, delivered, and then grew wanton. Then troubled again, Neh 9:7 , cries again, Neh 9:8-9 . God turns his mourning to joy again; whereof if he surfeited not, it was well bestowed on him. But rarae fumant felicibus arae. We are commonly best when worst: and Pliny told his friend, that the best way to live well, was to be as good in health as we promise to be when we are sick.
Therefore leftest thou them in the hand of their enemies
Had the dominion over them
And many times didst thou deliver them
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
evil. Hebrew. ra’a’. App-44.
enemies = oppressors.
according to. Some codices, with two early printed editions, Septuagint, and Vulgate, read “in”.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
did evil again: Heb. returned to do evil, Jdg 3:11, Jdg 3:12, Jdg 3:30, Jdg 4:1, Jdg 5:31, Jdg 6:1
heardest: 1Ki 8:33, 1Ki 8:34, 1Ki 8:39, Isa 63:15
many times: Psa 106:43-45
Reciprocal: Exo 2:24 – God heard 1Sa 10:18 – Thus saith 2Ki 17:20 – delivered Isa 48:4 – obstinate Jer 17:4 – and I Jer 40:3 – because Zec 1:3 – Turn Mal 3:7 – from the Joh 5:14 – sin Joh 8:33 – and were
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Neh 9:28-29. Therefore leftest thou them in the hand of their enemies God so abandoned them once, that he permitted the Philistines to rule over them forty years, (Jdg 13:1,) unto which, perhaps, this passage refers. Many times didst thou deliver them according to thy mercies Nothing else could have moved God to do it, but his own essential goodness and mercy, they being, in all ages, inconstant in their obedience, and prone to backslide from him; and testifiedst against them By many remarkable punishments he testified how highly he was displeased with them, that he might reform them. Yet they dealt proudly Against what one would have expected should have humbled them, Gods judgments; and, from time to time, they became more bold and obstinate in their sins. And withdrew the shoulder A metaphor taken from refractory oxen, that draw back, and will not submit to the yoke.
Fuente: Joseph Bensons Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
9:28 But after they had {f} rest, they did evil again before thee: therefore leftest thou them in the hand of their enemies, so that they had the dominion over them: yet when they returned, and cried unto thee, thou heardest [them] from heaven; and many times didst thou deliver them according to thy mercies;
(f) He declares how God’s mercies always contended with the wickedness of the people, who always in their prosperity forgot God.