Nehemiah 5:1-5

Nehemiah Deals with Strife

1 Now there was a great cry of distress of the people and of their wives [against] their Jewish brothers.

2 There were those who were saying, "Our sons and daughters, we are many. We must get grain so that we may eat and live."

3 There were also those saying, "We have pledged our fields and our vineyards and our houses so that we can get grain in the famine."

4 And there were those who were saying, "We have borrowed money on our fields and our vineyards for the tax of the king.

5 Now our flesh is like the flesh of our brothers, our sons are like their sons. Look, we are subduing our sons and our daughters to be slaves, and there are some from our daughters being molested. {We are powerless}, and our fields and vineyards [belong] to others."

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Nehemiah 5:1-5 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO EZRA 5

In this chapter is a complaint of the poor against the rich for oppression of them, Ne 5:1-5 for which Nehemiah being angry, reproved them, and made them promise, and swear to it, to make restitution, Ne 5:6-13 and set them an example himself, taking nothing of them during his twelve years' government, supporting himself and his at his own expenses, Ne 5:14-19.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

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[a]. Literally "There is no power in our hand"

Nehemiah 5:1-5

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Nehemiah Deals with Strife

Nehemiah 5:1-5 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO EZRA 5

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