The Pulpit Commentary on Nehemiah 2:17

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public domain

Then said I unto them. Ewald boldly assumes that this happened the next day; but there is nothing to show that it was so soon. The original contains, no note of time—not even the word "then." Nehemiah simply says, "And I said to them."

The distress. Or "affliction," as the word is translated in Nehemiah 1:3. No special suffering seems to be intended, beyond that of lying open to attack, and being a "reproach" in the sight of the heathen.

Lieth waste. On this hyperbole see the comment upon Nehemiah 1:3.

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