Nehemiah 5:1

1 And the cry of the people and their wives great against their brethren the Jews.

Nehemiah 5:1 Meaning and Commentary

Nehemiah 5:1

And there was a great cry of the people, and of their wives,
&c.] Those of the poorer sort:

against their brethren the Jews;
the rich that oppressed them; and this cry or complaint was made to Nehemiah for redress.

Nehemiah 5:1 In-Context

1 And the cry of the people and their wives great against their brethren the Jews.

2 And some said, We numerous with our sons and our daughters; so we will take corn, and eat, and live.

3 And some said, our fields and vineyards and houses, let us pledge , and we will take corn, and eat.

4 And some said, We have borrowed money for the king's tributes:—our fields, and our vineyards, and houses .

5 And now our flesh as the flesh of our brethren, our children as their children: yet, behold, we are reducing our sons and our daughters to slavery, and some of our daughters are enslaved: and there is no power of our hands, for our fields and our vineyards to the nobles.