George Leo Haydock, on Neh 4:5

“Cover not their iniquity, and let not their sin be blotted out from before thy face, because they have mocked thy builders.”

“Face. Punish the obstinate. (Tirinus) — He does not wish that they may continue impenitent. (Calmet) — But, on that supposition, he approves of the divine justice, and foretells what will happen. (Estius) — Revenge was equally criminal under the old law, as it is at present. But the servants of God express their approbation (Calmet) of his inscrutable counsels. The imperative in Hebrew is often used for the future tense. (Haydock) — Mocked. Protestants, “provoked thee…. before the builders.” Septuagint omit most of this and the following verses; having only, “Do not hide thyself, with respect to wickedness.” (Haydock)”

Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.