Homiletic Commentary Nehemiah 6:10-13 Afterward I came to the house of Shemaiah the son of Delaiah the son of Mehetabeel, who was shut up; and he said… I. PANIC. Unreasoning, helpless fright. 1. National panic. 2. Business panic. 3. Personal panic. 4. Spiritual panic, II. THE EFFECT OF PANIC. All of these forms are commonly groundless; the wave is not so high as it seems to the retreating bather who hears its hiss behind him. It gathers all the selfishness of man to a focus. It substitutes a brief madness for calm thoughtfulness and decision. It makes a man behave unworthily — 1. Of himself. 2. Toward his fellows. 3. Of his God. III. THE CORRECTIVES OF PANIC. Remembrance of — 1. A man's own dignity. 2. Others 3. God. (Homiletic Commentary.) Parallel Verses KJV: Afterward I came unto the house of Shemaiah the son of Delaiah the son of Mehetabeel, who was shut up; and he said, Let us meet together in the house of God, within the temple, and let us shut the doors of the temple: for they will come to slay thee; yea, in the night will they come to slay thee. |
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