Difficulties within the Walls
(_a_) 1 13. Nehemiah's measures to redress the wrongs of the poor:
(_b_) 14 19. His self-sacrificing generosity to his countrymen....
_NEHEMIAH, HAVING HEARD THE COMPLAINTS OF THE POOR AGAINST THE RICH,
CALLS AN ASSEMBLY, UPBRAIDS THE RICH, AND PERSUADES THEM TO ASSIST
THEIR BRETHREN, AND RELEASE THEM FROM THEIR DEBTS. AN ACCOUNT OF...
Chapter Five
PRELIMINARY QUESTIONS
1.
What were the reasons for the people's distress?
2.
What had they done to relieve their hardships?
3.
What would have been the result if no further solution...
1:1 Nehemiah (c-4) Meaning, 'Comfort of Jehovah.' year, (d-21) That
is, of Artaxerxes Longimanus; see ch. 2.1; Ezra 7:1 . Shushan (e-26)
The capital of Elam. fortress, (f-28) Or 'palace.'...
_A.M. 3559. B.C. 445._
The poor complain of being oppressed by the rich, Nehemiah 5:1.
Nehemiah removes the oppression, Nehemiah 5:6. He sets an example of
compassion on the poor, Nehemiah 5:14....
1 The Iewes complaine of their debt, mortgage, and bondage.
6 Nehemiah rebuketh the vsurers, and causeth them to make a couenant
of restitution.
14 Hee forbeareth his owne allowance, and keepeth hos...