19<\/strong>. the pillar of the cloud<\/em> ] R.V. the pillar of cloud.<\/strong> In the original the construction is ‘As for the pillar of cloud, it departed not, &c.’<\/p>\n from them<\/em> ] R.V. from over them.<\/strong> More literally.<\/p>\n and the way<\/em> ] The LXX. and Vulg. omit the ‘and,’ as if the clause stood in apposition to the one preceding; even retaining the copula, that is a possible explanation of the words.<\/p>\n According to the Eng. translation ‘and the way’ is an accusative, having a verb to govern it, supplied by Zeugma from the clause ‘to shew them light.’<\/p>\n Verse 19<\/span>. The pillar of the cloud departed not from them<\/B><\/I>] mealeyhem<\/I>, “from over them.” I have already had occasion to observe that this miraculous cloud, the symbol of the Divine presence, assumed three<\/I> different positions while accompanying the Israelitish camp:<\/P> 1. As a cloud in the form of a pillar<\/I>, it went before them when they journey, to point out their way in the wilderness.<\/P> 2. As a pillar of fire<\/I>, it continued with them during the night<\/I>, to give them light, and be a rallying point for the whole camp in the night season.<\/P> 3. As an extended cloud<\/I>, it hovered over them<\/I> in their encampments, to refresh them with its dews, and to keep them from the ardours of the sun.<\/P><\/p>\n Thou forsookest them not in the wilderness; <\/B>where, if thou hadst left them without thy conduct and comfort, they had been utterly lost and undone. <\/P> <\/p>\n Yet thou in thy manifold mercies forsookest them not in the wilderness<\/strong>,…. Where no supply could be had, if he had cast them off, see Ne 9:17<\/span>,<\/p>\n the pillar of the cloud departed not from them by day, to lead them in the way<\/strong>; which, if it had, they would have been scorched by the heat of the sun:<\/p>\n neither the pillar of fire by night, to show them light, and the way wherein they should go<\/strong>; or otherwise they would have lost their way, and not have known which way to have gone.<\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n Ver. 19. Yet thou in thy manifold mercies<\/strong> ] Nothing else could have kept him from turning them off, and saying to them, as once Jephthah did, Jdg 11:7<\/span> , “Behold, ye have thrust me out; and do ye come unto me in your distress? Go, cry unto the gods which ye have chosen; let them deliver you in the time of your tribulation,” Jdg 10:14<\/span> <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Forsookest them not in the wilderness<\/strong> ] And yet he was near the matter when he would own them no longer, but even fathered them upon Moses, saying, Exo 32:7<\/span> , “Thy people, which thou broughtest out of the land of Egypt, have corrupted themselves.” <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The pillar of cloud departed not<\/strong> ] It is sad with a people when God sends for his love tokens (his ordinances); when they have sinned away their light, and so wiped off all their comfortables.<\/p>\n manifold mercies. Compare Neh 9:27 and Psa 106:45. <\/p>\n departed not. Compare Exo 13:21, Exo 13:22. <\/p>\n in thy: Neh 9:27, 1Sa 12:22, Psa 106:7, Psa 106:8, Psa 106:45, Isa 44:21, Lam 3:22, Eze 20:14, Eze 20:22, Dan 9:9, Dan 9:18, Mal 3:6 <\/p>\n the pillar: Neh 9:12, Exo 13:21, Exo 13:22, Exo 40:38, Num 9:15-22, Num 14:14, Isa 4:5, Isa 4:6, 1Co 10:1, 1Co 10:2 <\/p>\n Reciprocal: Exo 40:36 – when Num 9:16 – General Num 9:21 – abode Num 10:34 – General Deu 32:10 – found Psa 25:6 – for they Psa 31:3 – lead Psa 78:14 – General Psa 105:39 – spread Psa 136:16 – General Isa 63:7 – mention Eze 20:17 – mine Hos 3:1 – according<\/p>\n 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 show them light, and the way wherein they should go. 19. the pillar of the cloud ] R.V. … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Nehemiah 9:19”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12542","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-commentary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12542","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12542"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12542\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12542"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12542"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12542"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
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Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
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