The People's Hunger for God's Word Precedes Reform
Neither Ezra nor Nehemiah originated this gathering—they obeyed "a popular impulse which they had not created." This is extraordinary because Ezra, who had labored thirteen years in Jerusalem fighting corruptions among the returned captives, had never before promulgated the law...
Nehemiah 8:1-12Universalspiritual defense surpasses physical fortificationpeople's hunger precedes leaders' proclamation
Alexander Maclaren