Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Nehemiah 5:9
Reproach — Who are round about you, and observe all your actions, and will reproach both you for such barbarous usage of your brethren, and religion for your sakes.
Reproach — Who are round about you, and observe all your actions, and will reproach both you for such barbarous usage of your brethren, and religion for your sakes.
Verse Nehemiah 5:9. _OUGHT YE NOT TO WALK IN THE FEAR OF OUR GOD_] If ye wish to _accredit_ that religion ye profess which comes from the God of _justice_ and _mercy_; should you not, in the sight of...
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...
DO. are doing. OUGHT YE... ? Figure of speech _Erotesis._ App-6. GOD. Hebrew. _Elohim._ App-4....
_Also I said_ -And I said." The C'thib in the Hebrew text (which is probably due to an error of transcription) gives the meaning -and it was said," i.e. by Nehemiah. The rendering -and I said" follows...
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...
THE REPROACH] the humiliation they had undergone in consequence of their failure to walk in the fear of God....
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...
When Nehemiah heard about these troubles, he was very angry. He did not want to stop the work on the walls, but he did feel sorry for the poor people. He was very careful. He stopped and he thought ab...
BECAUSE OF THE REPROACH. — The text of another strong argument used in the assembly. We learn in Nehemiah 6 how watchful the heathen were: all matters were reported to them, and every act of oppressio...
_וָ_†_אֹמַ֕ר_† לֹא ־טֹ֥וב הַ דָּבָ֖ר אֲשֶׁר...
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....
(i) Also I said, It [is] not good that ye do: ought ye not to walk in the fear of our God because of the (k) reproach of the heathen our enemies? (i) Meaning, Nehemiah. (k) Who by this occasion will...
(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...
Also I said, It [is] not good that ye do: ought ye not to walk in the fear of our God because of the reproach of the heathen our enemies? Ver. 9. Also I said, It is not good that ye do No oratory is...
_It is not good that ye do_ Though you get money by it, you contract guilt, and expose yourselves to the displeasure of God; _ought ye not to walk in the fear of our God?_ Certainly you ought, for you...
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...
Also I said, It is not good that ye do, there was a second reason which condemned their action. OUGHT YE NOT TO WALK IN THE FEAR OF OUR GOD, in a wholesome awe of His holy presence, BECAUSE OF THE REP...
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...
IT IS NOT GOOD, i. e. it is a very bad and wicked thing; as this same phrase is used, PROVERBS 16:29, PROVERBS 17:26 18:5 19:2. A common figure, called _meiosis_, where more is understood than is expr...
Nehemiah 5:9 said H559 (H8799) What H1697 doing H6213 (H8802) good H2896 walk H3212 (H8799) fear...
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...
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...
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...
_Ought ye not to walk in the fear of our God, because of the reproach of the heathen our enemies?_ JEALOUSY FOR THE HONOUR OF GOD There was much good sense and Christian wisdom in the reply which was...
_And there was a great cry of the people._ THE FRIEND OF THE POOR I. The complaint of the poor. It is sometimes alleged the poor have a morbid disposition to complain of their indigence and suffering...
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 5:9 FEAR OF OUR GOD. See note on 1:11. TAUNTS. See Nehemiah 4:1....
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 Peter 2:12; 1 Samuel 2:24; 1 Timothy 5:14; 2 Samuel 12:14; Acts 9:31