Nehemiah 5:1

Overview - Nehemiah 5
The Jews complain of their debt, mortgage, and bondage.
Nehemiah rebukes the usurers, and causes them to make a covenant of restitution.
14 He forbears his own allowance, and keeps hospitality.
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Nehemiah 5:1  (King James Version)
And there was a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brethren the Jews.
 


a great cry
Exodus 3:7 ; 22:25-27 Job 31:38 Job 31:39 ; 34:28 Isaiah 5:7 ; Luke 18:7 ; James 5:4

their brethren
Leviticus 25:35-37 ; Deuteronomy 15:7-11 ; Acts 7:26 ; 1 Corinthians 6:6-8