Matthew Poole Commentary - Nehemiah 13:16 - 13:16

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Matthew Poole Commentary - Nehemiah 13:16 - 13:16


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Which brought fish, which they might take in the sea near Joppa, or bring from Tyre to Joppa by sea, and thence to Jerusalem, which was but a small journey.



In Jerusalem, the holy city, where God’s house and presence was, and where the great judicatories of the nation were. So this is added as an aggravation of their sin, that this was done with manifest contempt both to God and men.