Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Whole Bible
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Nehemiah
Book: Nehemiah
Chapter: 7
Overview:
The
City committed to
Hananiah.
(1-4) Register of those that
first returned.
(5-73)
1-4 Nehemiah, having finished the
Wall, returned to the Persian
Court, and came to
Jerusalem again with a new commission. The
public safety depends
On every one's care to
Guard himself and
his family against
Sin.
5-73 Nehemiah knew that the safety of a
City, under
God,
depends more upon the inhabitants than upon its walls. Every
good
Gift and every good work are from above.
God gives
knowledge, he gives
Grace; all is of him, and therefore all must
be to him. What is done
By human prudence, must be ascribed to
the direction of Divine
Providence. But woe to those who turn
back from the
Lord, loving this present world! and happy those
who dedicate themselves, and their substance, to his service and
Glory!