Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And Nehemiah, which is the Tirshatha, and Ezra the priest the scribe, and the Levites that taught the people, said unto all the people, This day is holy unto the LORD your God; mourn not, nor weep. For all the people wept, when they heard the words of the law.

Bible References

All the people

Romans 3:20
for no person will be acquitted in his sight on the score of obedience to law. What the Law imparts is the consciousness of sin.
Romans 7:9
I lived at one time without law myself, but when the command came home to me, sin sprang to life and I died;
2 Corinthians 7:9
but I am glad now ??not glad that you were pained but glad that your pain induced you to repent. For you were pained as God meant you to be pained, and so you got no harm from what I did;