Matthew Poole Commentary - Nehemiah 8:10 - 8:10

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Matthew Poole Commentary - Nehemiah 8:10 - 8:10


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Eat the fat, and drink the sweet; feast before the Lord, as the duty of the day obligeth you to do.



Send portions unto them for whom nothing is prepared; for the relief of your poor brethren, who else must mourn whilst you rejoice. See of this duty and practice Deu_16:11,14 Es 9:19.



This day is holy unto our Lord; being the feast of trumpets, Lev_23:24, and the beginning of this joyful month, wherein so many days of feasting and thanksgiving were to be observed.



The joy of the Lord is your strength, i.e. rejoicing in God in the manner prescribed in his word, or serving him with cheerfulness and thankfulness, which is your duty always, but now especially, will give you that strength both of mind and body which you greatly need, both to perform all the duties required of you, and to endure and oppose all the crafty counsels and malicious designs of your enemies against you; whereas this dejection of mind, and excessive grief, if you indulge it, will both offend God, and damp your spirits, and weaken your very bodies, and make you unfit for God’s service, or for your own necessary occasions, and so an easy prey to your enemies.