Let us leave off this usury.
Wise rebuke
He did not stand on a pedestal and look down on them with scorn and contempt; he rather placed himself alongside of the offenders, that he might lift them to a higher level. Let us learn from this beautiful example how best to rebuke and restore an erring brother or sister. (W. P. Lockhart.)
I ... MIGHT EXACT - Nehemiah had lent, but not upon pledge....
CHAPTER 5 _ 1. The complaint of oppression (Nehemiah 5:1)_ 2. Nehemiah's rebuke and demands (Nehemiah 5:6) 3. Nehemiah's generosity (Nehemiah 5:14)...
DISTRESS AMONG THE JEWS. Neither this nor the next section, Nehemiah 5:14 (the two belong closely together) can be in their right place. Nehemiah 5:1 deals with the economic straits to which the Jews...
SERVANTS. young men. LEAVE OFF. Hebrew. _Homonym, 'azab._ Here means to leave off. See note on Nehemiah 3:8....
_I likewise, and my brethren, and my servants_ R.V. AND I LIKEWISE, MY BRETHREN AND MY SERVANTS. We must conclude from this verse that Nehemiah himself lent -on usury" to his countrymen. The words are...
2. Nehemiah protests, and offers a solution. TEXT, NEHEMIAH 5:6-13 6 Then I was very angry when I had heard their outcry and these words. 7 And I consulted with myself, and contended with the nob...
_THEN I CONSULTED WITH MYSELF, AND I REBUKED THE NOBLES, AND THE RULERS, AND SAID UNTO THEM, YE EXACT USURY, EVERY ONE OF HIS BROTHER. AND I SET A GREAT ASSEMBLY AGAINST THEM._ No JFB commentary on t...
NEHEMIAH'S MEASURES IN ALLEVIATION OF POVERTY 1. The people] i.e. the commons (as contrasted with the nobles and rulers, Nehemiah 5:7). These had neglected their own interests to labour gratuitously...
MIGHT EXACT] RV 'do lend.. on usury.' Nehemiah, to conciliate those whom he wished to persuade, admitted that he (probably in the persons of his relatives and dependents) had been guilty of the same c...
THE *JEWS BUILD JERUSALEM’S CITY WALL AGAIN NEHEMIAH _ROBERT BRYCE AND ROBERT BETTS_ CHAPTER 5 V1 At this time, some men and their wives became angry. They complained about some other *Jews. V2 Th...
Nehemiah and his companions had also lent money and grain to the poor people. But Nehemiah and his companions had not charged the people money for the loans. Nehemiah had obeyed God’s command and he w...
MIGHT EXACT. — We _have lent them money and corn._ By his own example the governor pleads with them: not “let us leave off this usury,” but let us all and together “remit the loans.”...
וְ גַם ־אֲנִי֙ אַחַ֣י וּ נְעָרַ֔י נֹשִׁ֥ים
USURY Nehemiah 5:1 WE open the fifth chapter of Nehemiah with a shock of pain. The previous chapter described a scene of patriotic devotion in which nearly all the people were united for the prosecut...
SECURING JUSTICE FOR THE POOR Nehemiah 5:1 The prospects of the poor people among the returned exiles were deplorable. There had been deficient rains and poor harvests, Haggai 1:6. They had mortgaged...
A new difficulty now presented itself. This time it arose among the people themselves. The rich among them exacted usury from their poorer brethren to such an extent as to oppress and impoverish them....
(6) В¶ And I was very angry when I heard their cry and these words. (7) Then I consulted with myself, and I rebuked the nobles, and the rulers, and said unto them, Ye exact usury, everyone of his brot...
Liberty or Bondage? I. INTRODUCTION A. Galatians 5:1 (NKJV) Stand fast therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and do not be entangled again with a yoke of bondage. 1. 1 Corinthia...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 2, 3, 4, 5, AND 6. The time in which Nehemiah laboured for the good of his people was not one of those brilliant phases which, if faith be there, awaken even...
I likewise, [and] my brethren, and my servants, might exact of them money and corn: I pray you, let us leave off this usury. Ver. 10. I likewise, and my brethren … might exact money] To wit, for mone...
_I likewise, and my brethren_ In office; who are employed with me in the government of this people; _and my servants_ In my name and for my use; _might exact of them money and corn_ As a just recompen...
1 The Iewes complaine of their debt, morgage, and bondage. 6 Nehemiah rebuketh the vsurers, and causeth them to make a couenant of restitution. 14 Hee forbeareth his owne allowance, and keepeth hosp...
I likewise, and my brethren and my servants, might exact of them money and corn, rather, "And also I, that is, my brethren and my servants, exact of them, by lending them money," members of his own fa...
THE COMPLAINT OF THE PEOPLE ADJUSTED BY NEHEMIAH...
THE GREED OF RULERS REBUKED (vv. 1-13) At a time when many were laboring unselfishly for the Lord, it is distressing to hear that others, and in fact those who were nobles and rulers, were guilty of...
6-13 Nehemiah knew that, if he built Jerusalem's walls ever so high, so thick, or so strong, the city could not be safe while there were abuses. The right way to reform men's lives, is to convince th...
MY BRETHREN, to wit, in office; those who are employed with me in the government of this people. MY SERVANTS; in my name, and for my use. MIGHT EXACT OF THEM MONEY AND CORN, as a just recompence for o...
Nehemiah 5:10 brethren H251 servants H5288 lending H5383 (H8802) money H3701 grain H1715 stop H5800 (H8799) usury...
NEHEMIAH EXPRESSES HIS ANGER, ADMITS HIS OWN PART IN CAUSING THE PROBLEM, AND PROPOUNDS A SOLUTION (NEHEMIAH 5:6). When Nehemiah heard their pleas, he was angry, both with himself and with others. He...
ONE UNFORESEEN CONSEQUENCE OF THE CONCENTRATION ON THE BUILDING OF THE WALL PROVES NEHEMIAH'S WORTH (NEHEMIAH 5:1). Nehemiah is now revealed, not only as a great leader, but as a man of compassion. Li...
CONTENTS: Opposition by greed and heartlessness. Nehemiah's example of unselfishness. CHARACTERS: God, Nehemiah. CONCLUSION: Nothing exposes Christianity more to the reproaches of its enemies than t...
Nehemiah 5:3. _Because of the dearth,_ specially inflicted by reason of the people's wickedness, after their return from Babylon. See more on Haggai 1:9. Nehemiah 5:5. We bring into bondage our sons a...
NEHEMIAH 5:1 Nehemiah Deals with Injustices in the Community; Nehemiah’s Personal Contribution to the Project. Nehemiah takes measures to end the exploitation of the weak in the community by its power...
NEHEMIAH—NOTE ON NEHEMIAH 5:10 LET US. Nehemiah suggests that he himself has been guilty of this injustice. ⇐...
EXPLANATORY NOTES.] NEHEMIAH 5:1. AGAINST THEIR BRETHREN] _i. e._ the richer portion (Nehemiah 5:7). NEHEMIAH 5:2. THERE WERE THAT SAID] Keil divides into three classes. (_a_) The workers, who had no...
EXPOSITION INTERNAL DIFFICULTIES, AND NEHEMIAH'S MODE OF MEETING THEM (Nehemiah 5:1). While the building of the wall was in progress, but not, so far as it is stated, in direct connection with the emp...
Now in chapter 5, further problems arose, and this time from within. If Satan can't defeat you from his forces from without, then he seeks to wreck you from the forces within. Many times the greatest...
1 Corinthians 9:12; 2 Corinthians 5:11; 2 Corinthians 5:20; 2 Corinthians 6:1;...
Brethren — In office; these who are employed with me in the government of this people. Servants — In my name, and for my use. Exact — As a just recompense for our pains and care for the publick good,...