4Now the city was large and great: but the people were few therein, and the houses were not builded.
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But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
And they that shall be of thee shall build the old waste places: thou shalt raise up the foundations of many generations; and thou shalt be called, The repairer of the breach, The restorer of paths to dwell in.
Is it time for you, O ye, to dwell in your cieled houses, and this house lie waste? …
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-4)God saith concerning his church (Isa. 62:6), I have set watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem ! This is Nehemiah’s care here; for dead walls, without living watchmen, are but a poor defence to a city. I. He appointed the porters, singers, and Levites , in their places to their work. This is meant of their work in general, which was to attend the temple service; it had been neglected in some degree,…
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