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Nehemiah 8:6

The Pulpit Commentary on Nehemiah 8:6

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

Ezra blessed the Lord. Ezra began by an ascription of praise to Jehovah, as the Levites, probably under his direction, begin in , and as David began his last address to the congregation ().

The great God. The epithet belongs to the writer rather than to Ezra himself, who in his own book never uses it. It recurs in this section (), and is also employed by Nehemiah ().

Amen, Amen. The repetition marks intensity of feeling, as does the lifting up their hands. Compare ; ; and for the lifting up of the hands, so natural in prayer, see ; , etc.

Worshipped the Lord with their faces to the ground. Compare ; .

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