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Nehemiah 9:2-3 KJV
Nehemiah · chapter 9 · verses 2–3 · King James Version
2And the seed of Israel separated themselves from all strangers, and stood and confessed their sins, and the iniquities of their fathers. 3And they stood up in their place, and read in the book of the law of the LORD their God one fourth part of the day; and another fourth part they confessed, and worshipped the LORD their God.Nehemiah 9:2-3 · King James Version
Nehemiah 9:2-3 in context
1Now in the twenty and fourth day of this month the children of Israel were assembled with fasting, and with sackclothes, and earth upon them.
2And the seed of Israel separated themselves from all strangers, and stood and confessed their sins, and the iniquities of their fathers.
3And they stood up in their place, and read in the book of the law of the LORD their God one fourth part of the day; and another fourth part they confessed, and worshipped the LORD their God.
4Then stood up upon the stairs, of the Levites, Jeshua, and Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, and Chenani, and cried with a loud voice unto the LORD their God.
5Then the Levites, Jeshua, and Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabniah, Sherebiah, Hodijah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah, said, Stand up and bless the LORD your God for ever and ever: and blessed be thy glorious name, which is exalted above all blessing and praise.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- iniquitiesʻâvônperversityH5771 →
- worshippedshâchâhto depressH7812 →
- separatedbâdalto divideH914 →
- strangersbêna son , in the widest sense , etc.)H1121 →
- strangersnêkârforeign, or a foreigner, or heathendomH5236 →
- confessedyâdâhphysically, to throw at or awayH3034 →
- IsraelYisrâʼêlJisrael, a symbolical name of JacobH3478 →
- stoodʻâmadto stand, in various relationsH5975 →
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We have here a general account of a public fast which the children of Israel kept, probably by order from Nehemiah, by and with the advice and consent of the chief of the fathers. It was a fast that men appointed, but such a fast as God had chosen; for, 1. It was a day to afflict the soul, Isa 58:5.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-3