The remnant re-establishing Jerusalem were to enter into formal covenant with God, a type of the sense of obligation and commitment of believers today. Here is the remarkable pattern for true worship and consecration and a list of personal obligations, derived from the chapter.

Progress reveals enemies who show friendship but plot to kill, and other subtle attempts to stop the work - applications for today. Here also is a brief survey of the duty of biblical separation, its necessity, and the scope for discretion.

Here is the Bible's definition of moral wrong, together with surprising insights, forgotten and unknown by today's society. Here also is the extraordinary scope and power of sin to control us and cause eternal condemnation,and the only solution, provided by Christ our Saviour.