Níxīmǐjì 9:25

25 Tāmen dé le jiāngù de chéngyì , féimĕi de dì tǔ , chōngmǎn gèyàng mĕi wù de fángwū , zuò chéng de shuǐjǐng , pútaóyuán , gǎnlǎn yuán , bìng xǔduō guǒ mù shù . tāmen jiù chī ér dé bǎo , shēntǐ féi pàng , yīn nǐde dà ēn , xīn zhōng kuaìlè .

Níxīmǐjì 9:25 Meaning and Commentary

Nehemiah 9:25

And they took strong cities
Such as, in an hyperbolical way, are said to be walled up to heaven, ( Deuteronomy 1:28 )

and a fat land;
of a good and fruitful soil, abounding with all good things, ( Deuteronomy 8:7 Deuteronomy 8:8 )

and possessed houses full of all goods;
ready built and furnished for them, both with good provisions and good furniture:

wells digged;
to supply them with water:

vineyards, and olive yards, and fruit trees in abundance;
which they planted not:

and they did eat, and were filled, and became fat;
in body, though in mind became wanton and wicked; they made their hearts fat, or stupid, as Aben Ezra interprets it, see ( Deuteronomy 32:15 ) ( Isaiah 6:10 )

and delighted themselves in thy great goodness;
not in praising the Lord for it, and using it to his honour and glory, but indulged themselves to luxury and intemperance; though it may be understood of a lawful pleasure in the enjoyment of the great affluence they were brought into, which last agrees with what follows.

Níxīmǐjì 9:25 In-Context

23 Nǐ yĕ shǐ tāmende zǐsūn duō rú tiān shang de xīng , daì tāmen dào nǐ suǒ yīngxǔ tāmen lièzǔ jìnrù dé wèi yè zhī dì .

24 Zhèyàng , tāmen jìn qù dé le nà dì , nǐ zaì tāmen miànqián zhìfú nà dì de jūmín , jiù shì Jiānán rén . jiāng Jiānán rén hé qí jūnwáng , bìng nà dì de jūmín , dōu jiāo zaì tāmen shǒu lǐ , ràng tāmen rènyì ér dāi .

25 Tāmen dé le jiāngù de chéngyì , féimĕi de dì tǔ , chōngmǎn gèyàng mĕi wù de fángwū , zuò chéng de shuǐjǐng , pútaóyuán , gǎnlǎn yuán , bìng xǔduō guǒ mù shù . tāmen jiù chī ér dé bǎo , shēntǐ féi pàng , yīn nǐde dà ēn , xīn zhōng kuaìlè .

26 Ránér , tāmen bù shùncóng , jìng beìpàn nǐ , jiāng nǐde lǜfǎ diū zaì bēi hòu , shāhaì nà quàn tāmen guī xiàng nǐde zhòng xiānzhī , dàdà rĕ dòng nǐde nùqì .

27 Suǒyǐ nǐ jiāng tāmen jiāo zaì dírén de shǒu zhōng , mó nán tāmen . tāmen zāo nán de shíhou āi qiú nǐ , nǐ jiù cóng tiān shang chuí tīng , zhào nǐde dà liánmǐn cìgĕi tāmen zhĕngjiù zhĕ , jiù tāmen tuōlí dírén de shǒu .