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Behold, we are servants this day, and as for the land that you gave to our fathers to eat the fruit of it and the good of it, behold, we are servants in it.
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Servants in Their Own Land
Commentators point out the painful irony in this verse. Although God had given the land to their ancestors as a gift, the returned exiles were not truly free. As John Gill explains, they were 'servants' or subjects of the Persian kings, required to pay tribute for the very land that was their rightful inheritance. This highlights the lingering consequences of their past disobedience.
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Nehemiah
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Behold, we are servants this day For though they had leave to return to their land, and rebuild their city and templ…
Presbyterian
The summary of their prayers we have here on record. Much more, no doubt, was said. Whatever ability we have to do anything in the way of duty, we …
