Nehemiah 13:27
“Shall we then hearken unto you to do all this great evil, to transgress against our God in marrying strange wives?”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
Thus cleansed I them from all strangers,.... Both people and priests from strange wives, obliging them to put them away,…
Adam ClarkeMethodist theologian, 1762–1832
Shall we then hearken unto you - If God spared not Solomon, who was so much beloved of Him, shall we spare you, who by…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Nehemiah 13:23-31
We have here one instance more of Nehemiah's pious zeal for the purifying of his countrymen as a peculiar people to God;…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
Shall we then hearken unto you The rendering is disputed.
According to the English Version, the sense is, -are we to…