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Nehemiah 8:6

King James Version (KJV)

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Nehemiah 8:6

Verse 6 of 18

Scripture focus

And Ezra blessed the LORD, the great God. And all the people answered, Amen, Amen, with lifting up their hands: and they bowed their heads, and worshipped the LORD with [their] faces to the ground.

Nehemiah 8:6 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Nehemiah 8:6

Theological / Devotional

Ezra blessed the Lord. Ezra’s blessing may have begun with a sentence of thanksgiving, like that of David (1 Chronicles 29:10), but scarcely with an entire psalm, as in 1 Chronicles 16:8-36.

Amen, Amen. Repetition marks intensity of feeling (see 2 Kings 11:14; Luke 23:21).

Lifting up their hands. For the Jewish custom of uplifting the hands in prayer see Psalm 134:2; 1 Timothy 2:8; etc.

Faces to the ground. Compare 2 Chronicles 7:3.

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