The interpretation timeline

Neh 13:27

How this passage has been read — the sources, oldest to newest.

From the early Church Fathers to now.

1 Reformed · 1 Methodist · 1 Catholic

Neh 13:27 · Douay-Rheims
“And shall we also be disobedient and do all this great evil to transgress against our God, and marry strange women?”
Post-Reformation c. 1650 – 1900
1771
A.D.
John Gill Reformed
1697–1771
“Thus cleansed I them from all strangers,.... Both people and priests from strange wives, obliging them to put them away, or flee their country: and appointing the wards of the priests and the Levites, everyone in his business: to do the work of their office in their courses and turns.”
1832
A.D.
Adam Clarke Methodist
1762–1832
“Shall we then hearken unto you - If God spared not Solomon, who was so much beloved of Him, shall we spare you, who by your conduct are bringing down God's judgments upon Israel?”
1849
A.D.
1774–1849
“Also be. Hebrew, “hearken unto you;” (Protestants; Haydock) or “Have ye not heard the evils which fell upon our fathers (Calmet) for doing all?” &c. (Haydock)”
Modern · 1953 →

The in-app commentary runs from the Fathers to the early-modern record, then stops — that's where the public-domain sources end, not where the reading does. For the modern reading, follow the sources directly.