About this time there was a great outcry from the people and their wives against their fellow Jews. Cross References Leviticus 25:35Now if your countryman becomes destitute and cannot support himself among you, you are to help him like a foreigner or temporary resident, so that he can continue to live among you. Deuteronomy 15:7 If there is a poor man among your brothers within any of the gates in the land that the LORD your God is giving you, you are not to harden your heart or shut your hand from your poor brother. Nehemiah 4:23 So neither I nor brothers nor my men nor the guards with me changed out of our clothes; each carried his weapon, even to go for water. Jeremiah 34:8 After King Zedekiah had made a covenant with all the people in Jerusalem to proclaim liberty, the word came to Jeremiah from the LORD Ezekiel 45:9 For this is what the Lord GOD says: 'Enough, O princes of Israel! Cease your violence and oppression, and do what is just and right. Stop dispossessing My people, declares the Lord GOD.' Chapter Outline 1. The Jews complain of their debt, mortgage, and bondage6. Nehemiah rebukes the usurers, and causes them to make a covenant of restitution 14. He forbears his own allowance, and keeps hospitality Jump to Previous Countrymen Cry Great Jewish Jews Outcry Raised WivesJump to Next Countrymen Cry Great Jewish Jews Outcry Raised Wives |
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge a great cry Exodus 3:7 Exodus 22:25-27 Job 31:38, 39 Job 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 Links Nehemiah 5:1 NIVNehemiah 5:1 NLT Nehemiah 5:1 ESV Nehemiah 5:1 NASB Nehemiah 5:1 KJV Nehemiah 5:1 Bible Apps Nehemiah 5:1 Parallel Nehemiah 5:1 Biblia Paralela Nehemiah 5:1 Chinese Bible Nehemiah 5:1 French Bible Nehemiah 5:1 German Bible Nehemiah 5:1 Commentaries Bible Hub |