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Verse Nehemiah 5:7. _YE EXACT USURY_] This was expressly contrary to
the law of God; and was doubly cruel at this time, when they were just
returning out of the land of their captivity, and were suff...
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YE EXACT USURY - The phrase is unique to Nehemiah, and is best
explained by the context, which shows the practice of the rich Jews at
the time to have been not so much to lend on usury as to lend on
m...
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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)...
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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...
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THEN. And.
RULERS. See note on Nehemiah 2:16.
EXACT USURY. It was twelve per cent. See Nehemiah 5:11.
ONE. man.
SET. appointed.
ASSEMBLY. body [of witnesses.] Hebrew. _kehallah_ (feminine.) Occurs...
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YE EXACT USURY, &C.— This usury was the more grievous, because it
was not only contrary to their law, and demanded at a time when they
were hard at work, and their enemies threatening to destroy them...
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2. Nehemiah protests, and offers a solution.
TEXT, NEHEMIAH 5:6-13
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Then I was very angry when I had heard their outcry and these words.
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And I consulted with myself, and contended with the nob...
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_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...
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5:7 rulers, (a-14) As Ezra 9:2 ....
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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...
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YE EXACT USURY] Usury was prohibited by the Law in connexion with
loans made to fellow-Israelites (Exodus 22:25; Deuteronomy 23:19); but
the Jews doubtless interpreted the prohibition with the same la...
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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...
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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...
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I CONSULTED. — But he mastered himself, and studied his plan of
operation. The matter was complicated, as the transgressors had
violated rather the spirit than the letter of the law. Hence the
rebuke,...
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וַ יִּמָּלֵ֨ךְ לִבִּ֜י עָלַ֗י וָ
אָרִ֨יבָה֙ א
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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...
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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...
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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....
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Then I consulted with myself, and I rebuked the nobles, and the
rulers, and said unto them, Ye (f) exact usury, every one of his
brother. And I set a great (g) assembly against them.
(f) You press th...
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_Against them, as a private rebuke would not suffice. (Tirinus)_...
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(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...
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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...
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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...
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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.
Ver. 7. _Then I consulte...
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_Then I was very angry_ Grieved exceedingly at this sin of the nobles.
_Then I consulted with myself_ I restrained the emotions of my mind,
being afraid to do any thing in a fit of anger or vexation a...
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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...
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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...
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I CONSULTED WITH MYSELF:
_ Heb._ my heart consulted in me...
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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...
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YE EXACT USURY EVERY ONE OF HIS BROTHER; which was against the plain
and positive law of God, DEUTERONOMY 23:19,20; especially in this time
of public calamity and dearth. I SET A GREAT ASSEMBLY AGAINS...
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Nehemiah 5:7 thought H4427 (H8735) H3820 rebuked H7378 (H8799) nobles
H2715 rulers H5461 said H559 ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_Then I consulted with myself._
PRECIPITATE ANGER AVOIDED
But, though very angry, he nevertheless “consulted with himself.”
Even righteous indignation is often too precipitate in its expression,
and...
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_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...
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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...
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NEHEMIAH—NOTE ON NEHEMIAH 5:7 THE NOBLES AND THE OFFICIALS within
the Jewish community are accused of oppressing their own people.
Oppression of the weak by the strong had been one of the reasons for...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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1 Timothy 5:20; 2 Chronicles 19:6; 2 Chronicles 19:7; 2 Chronicles
28:9;...
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Exact — Which was against the plain and positive law of God,
Deuteronomy 23:19, especially in this time of publick calamity. I set
— I called a publick congregation, both of the rulers and people,
the...