Nehemiah 9:25

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And they took strong cities, and a fat land, and possessed houses full of all goods, wells digged, vineyards, and oliveyards, and fruit trees in abundance: so they did eat, and were filled, and became fat, and delighted themselves in thy great goodness.

Strong

A fat land

Did eat

Hosea 13:6

Delighted

General references

Deuteronomy 8:7

Psalm 78:56

Bible References

Strong

And they told him, and said, We came to the land where thou sent us. And surely it flows with milk and honey, and this is the fruit of it.

All these were cities fortified with high walls, gates, and bars; besides the un-walled towns a great many.

And it shall be, when LORD thy God shall bring thee into the land which he swore to thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give thee, great and goodly cities, which thou did not build,

Hear, O Israel: Thou are to pass over the Jordan this day, to go in to dispossess nations greater and mightier than thyself, cities great and fortified up to heaven,

A fat land

For they have not served thee in their kingdom, and in thy great goodness that thou gave them, and in the large and fat land which thou gave before them, neither did they turn from their wicked works.

For LORD thy God brings thee into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and springs, flowing forth in valleys and hills;

He made him ride on the high places of the earth, and he ate the increase of the field, and he made him to suck honey out of the rock, and oil out of the flinty rock,

I swore to them in that day, to bring them forth out of the land of Egypt into a land that I had searched out for them, flowing with milk and honey, which is the glory of all lands.

Did eat

But Jeshurun grew fat, and kicked. Thou have grown fat. Thou have grown thick. Thou have become sleek. Then he forsook God who made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.

Thou crown the year with thy goodness, and thy paths drop fatness.

Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes, lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and turn, and be healed.

As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit. Therefore they have become great, and grown rich.

According to their pasture, so they were filled. They were filled, and their heart was exalted. Therefore they have forgotten me.

Delighted

On the eighth day he sent the people away. And they blessed the king, and went to their tents joyful and glad of heart for all the goodness that LORD had shown to David his servant, and to Israel his people.

And I will satiate the soul of the priests with fatness, and my people shall be satisfied with my goodness, says LORD.

Afterward the sons of Israel shall return and seek LORD their God and David their king, and shall come with fear to LORD and to his goodness in the latter days.

Or do thou despise the wealth of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering, not knowing that the goodness of God guides thee to repentance?

General references

For LORD thy God brings thee into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and springs, flowing forth in valleys and hills;

Yet they challenged and rebelled against the Most High God, and kept not his testimonies,