Nehemiah 9:25

And they took strong cities, and a fat land, and possessed houses full of all goods, wells digged, vineyards, and oliveyards, and fruit trees in abundance: so they did eat, and were filled, and became fat, and delighted themselves in thy great goodness.

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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
took	וַֽיִּלְכְּד֞וּ vai.yil.ke.Du	H3920	to catch (in a net · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural
strong	בְּצֻרוֹת֮ be.tzu.rOt	H1219	to gather grapes · adjective, feminine plural absolute
cities	עָרִ֣ים 'a.Rim	H5892	a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the wi… · noun, common masculine plural absolute
fat	שְׁמֵנָה֒ she.me.Nah	H8082	greasy · adjective, feminine singular absolute
land	וַאֲדָמָ֣ה va.'a.da.Mah	H127	soil (from its general redness) · conjunction + noun, common feminine singular absolute
possessed	וַיִּֽירְשׁ֡וּ vai.yi.re.Shu	H3423	to occupy (by driving out previous tenants · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural
houses	בָּתִּ֣ים ba.Tim	H1004	a house (in the greatest variation of applications · noun, common masculine plural absolute
full	מְלֵֽאִים me.le.'im-	H4392	full (literally or figuratively) or filling (literally) · adjective, masculine plural absolute
goods	ט֠וּב tuv	H2898	good (as a noun) · noun, common masculine singular absolute
wells	בֹּר֨וֹת bo.Rot	H953	a pit hole (especially one used as a cistern or a priso… · noun, common feminine plural absolute
digged	חֲצוּבִ֜ים cha.tzu.Vim	H2672	to cut or carve (wood · verb, qal passive participle, masculine plural absolute
vineyards	כְּרָמִ֧ים ke.ra.Mim	H3754	a garden or vineyard · noun, common masculine plural absolute
oliveyards	וְזֵיתִ֛ים ve.zei.Tim	H2132	an olive (as yielding illuminating oil) · conjunction + noun, common masculine plural absolute
fruit	מַאֲכָ֖ל ma.'a.Khal	H3978	an eatable (includ. provender · noun, common masculine singular absolute
trees	וְעֵ֥ץ ve.'Etz	H6086	a tree (from its firmness) · conjunction + noun, common masculine singular construct
abundance	לָרֹ֑ב la.Ro	H7230	abundance (in any respect) · preposition + noun, common masculine singular absolute
eat	וַיֹּאכְל֤וּ vai.yo.khe.Lu	H398	to eat (literally or figuratively) · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural
filled	וַֽיִּשְׂבְּעוּ֙ vai.yis.be.'U	H7646	to sate · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural
fat	וַיַּשְׁמִ֔ינוּ vai.yash.Mi.nu	H8080	to shine · conjunction + verb, hiphil sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural
delighted	וַיִּֽתְעַדְּנ֖וּ vai.yit.'a.de.Nu	H5727	to be soft or pleasant · conjunction + verb, hithpael sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural
great	הַגָּדֽוֹל ha.ga.Dol	H1419	great (in any sense) · definite article + adjective, masculine singular absolute
goodness	בְּטוּבְךָ֥ be.tu.ve.Kha	H2898	good (as a noun) · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular

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Cross-references

Deuteronomy 32:15 But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: thou art waxen fat, thou art grown thick, thou art covered with fatness; then he forsook God which made…
Deuteronomy 3:5 All these cities were fenced with high walls, gates, and bars; beside unwalled towns a great many.
Nehemiah 9:35 For they have not served thee in their kingdom, and in thy great goodness that thou gavest them, and in the large and fat land which thou ga…
Deuteronomy 6:10-12 And it shall be, when the LORD thy God shall have brought thee into the land which he sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to J…
Deuteronomy 32:13 He made him ride on the high places of the earth, that he might eat the increase of the fields; and he made him to suck honey out of the roc…
1 Kings 8:66 On the eighth day he sent the people away: and they blessed the king, and went unto their tents joyful and glad of heart for all the goodnes…
Psalms 65:11 Thou crownest the year with thy goodness; and thy paths drop fatness.
Ezekiel 20:6 In the day that I lifted up mine hand unto them, to bring them forth of the land of Egypt into a land that I had espied for them, flowing wi…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Nehemiah 9:4–end

We have here an account how the work of this fast-day was carried on. 1. The names of the ministers that were employed. They are twice named (Neh 9:4, Neh 9:5), only with some variation of the names. Either they prayed successively, according to that rule which the apostle gives (Co1 14:31, You may all prophesy one by one), or, as some think, there were eight several congregations at some distance from each other, and each had a Levite to preside in it. 2. The work itself in which they employed themselves. (1.) They prayed to God, cried to him with a loud voice (Neh 9:4), for the pardon of the sins of Israel and God's favour to them. They cried aloud, not that God might the better hear them,…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Nehemiah 9:22

Moreover thou gavest them kingdoms and nations--that is, put them in possession of a rich country, of an extensive territory, which had been once occupied by a variety of princes and people. and didst divide them into corners--that is, into tribes. The propriety of the expression arose from the various districts touching at points or angles on each other. the land of Sihon, and the land of the king of Heshbon--Heshbon being the capital city, the passage should run thus: "the land of Sihon or the land of the king of Heshbon."

Adam Clarke on Nehemiah 9:25

Became fat, and delighted themselves - They became effeminate, fell under the power of luxury, got totally corrupted in their manners, sinned against all the mercies of God, and then were destroyed by his judgments. We have an old nervous saying, "War begets poverty, poverty begets peace, peace begets affluence, affluence begets luxury and corruption of manners; and hence civil broils, foreign wars, and desolations." A sensible Roman historian has said the same: "Imperium facile iis artibus retinetur, quibus initio partum est: verum ubi pro Labore, Desidia; pro continentia et aequitate, Libido atque Superbia invasere: fortuna simul cum moribus Immutatur."

John Gill on Nehemiah 9:25

And they took strong cities,.... Such as, in an hyperbolical way, are said to be walled up to heaven, Deuteronomy 1:28 and a fat land; of a good and fruitful soil, abounding with all good things, Deuteronomy 8:7 and possessed houses full of all goods; ready built and furnished for them, both with good provisions and good furniture: wells digged; to supply them with water: vineyards, and olive yards, and fruit trees in abundance; which they planted not: and they did eat, and were filled, and became fat; in body, though in mind became wanton and wicked; they made their hearts fat, or stupid, as Aben Ezra interprets it, see Deuteronomy 32:15 and delighted themselves in thy great goodness;…

Dictionary and topics

Covenant — A contract or agreement between two parties. In the Old Testament the Hebrew word berith is always thus translated. Berith is derived from a root which means “to cut,” and hence a covenant is a…
Prayer — Is converse with God; the intercourse of the soul with God, not in contemplation or meditation, but in direct address to him. Prayer may be oral or mental, occasional or constant, ejaculatory or…
Delighting In God · Saints’ experience in: The goodness of God — Saints’ experience in: The goodness of God
Ingratitude · OF MAN TO GOD — OF MAN TO GOD
Ingratitude To God · Punishment of — Punishment of
Prayer, Public · Exemplified: Jeshua — Exemplified: Jeshua
Riches · Often lead to: Rebelling against God — Often lead to: Rebelling against God
Trees · Different kinds of mentioned: Bearing fruit — Different kinds of mentioned: Bearing fruit

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Nehemiah 9:25

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Nehemiah 9:4–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Nehemiah 9:22

Adam Clarke on Nehemiah 9:25

John Gill on Nehemiah 9:25

Dictionary and topics

Nehemiah 9:25

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Nehemiah 9:4–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Nehemiah 9:22

Adam Clarke on Nehemiah 9:25

John Gill on Nehemiah 9:25

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Nehemiah 9:16-25

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Nehemiah 9:25

Rashi on Nehemiah 9:24