Nehemiah 5:3
Verse 3 of 19. The 5th of 13 chapters in Nehemiah, in History.
1And there was a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brethren the Jews.
2For there were that said, We, our sons, and our daughters, are many: therefore we take up corn for them, that we may eat, and live.
3Some also there were that said, We have mortgaged our lands, vineyards, and houses, that we might buy corn, because of the dearth.
4There were also that said, We have borrowed money for the king’s tribute, and that upon our lands and vineyards.
5Yet now our flesh is as the flesh of our brethren, our children as their children: and, lo, we bring into bondage our sons and our daughters to be servants, and some of our daughters are brought unto bondage already: neither is it in our power to redeem them; for other men have our lands and vineyards.
6And I was very angry when I heard their cry and these words.
7Then 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.
Nehemiah 5:3 in the World English Bible
There were also some who said, “We are mortgaging our fields, our vineyards, and our houses. Let us get grain, because of the famine.”Read Nehemiah 5:3 in the WEB
Matthew Henry on Nehemiah 5:3
There was a dearth of corn (v. 3), probably for want of rain, with which God had chastised their neglect of his house (Hag. i. 9-11) and the non-payment of their church-dues, Mal. iii. 9, 10. Thus foolish sinful men bring God's judgments upon themselves, and then fret and complain of them. When the markets are high, and provisions scarce and dear, the poor soon feel from it, and are pinched by it.
Read Matthew Henry on Nehemiah 5:1–5: The Complaints of the Poor. (b. c. 445.)
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