CHAPTER V
The people complain that they are oppressed and enthralled by
their richer brethren, 1-3.
Nehemiah calls them to account; upbraids them for their cruelty;
and obliges them to swear that they will forgive the debts,
restore the mortgaged estates, and free their servants, 4-13.
Nehemiah's generosity and liberality, 14-17.
The daily provision for his table, 18, 19.
NOTES ON CHAP. V
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...
A GREAT CRY. So there were troubles within as well as without. Compare 2 Corinthians 7:5. THE PEOPLE. the common people, in contrast with the nobles and rulers (Nehemiah 5:7), who had returned with N...
_And there was a great cry_, &c. R.V. THEN THERE AROSE A GREAT CRY, &c. The R.V. rightly shows that the outbreak of the discontentment described in these verses was connected with the rebuilding of th...
TEXT AND VERSE-BY-VERSE COMMENT E. Internal difficulties arise and are overcome. 1. Selfishness and greed create a problem. TEXT, NEHEMIAH 5:1-5 1 Now there was a great outcry of the people and of...
_AND THERE WAS A GREAT CRY OF THE PEOPLE AND OF THEIR WIVES AGAINST THEIR BRETHREN THE JEWS._ There was a great cry of the people ... against their brethren. Such a crisis in the condition of the Jew...
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...
Nehemiah had organised the work well. He had selected guards to protect the people from their enemies. But there were other problems too. The wealthy *Jews thought that they saw an opportunity to make...
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...
THEIR BRETHREN THE JEWS. — Nehemiah’s other troubles had come from the enemies without: he begins this account by laying emphasis on the hard treatment of Jews by Jews....
וַ תְּהִ֨י צַעֲקַ֥ת הָ עָ֛ם וּ נְשֵׁיהֶ֖ם
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....
And there was a great cry of the people and of their wives (a) against their brethren the Jews. (a) Against the rich who oppressed them....
_Cry. Ven. Bede (iii. 21.) complains of some pastors who neglect the flock, but exacted revenues. May not the same complaint still be made? (Worthington)_...
(1) В¶ And there was a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brethren the Jews. (2) For there were that said, We, our sons, and our daughters, are many: therefore we take up corn fo...
CONTENTS In this Chapter we are led to behold Nehemiah reforming certain abuses which had crept in among the people. He sets a noble example of liberality....
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...
And there was a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brethren the Jews. Ver. 1. _And there was a great cry_] Such as seditious ones use to set up in their outrageous uproars; or s...
_There was a great cry of the people_, &c. Of the poor against their rich brethren, who had oppressed them; for though the people in general were cured of their idolatry by their captivity, yet they w...
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...
THE COMPLAINT OF THE PEOPLE ADJUSTED BY NEHEMIAH...
And there was a great cry of the people and of their wives, namely, the poorer ones in the nation, AGAINST THEIR BRETHREN, THE JEWS, the richer members of their own nation, who were taking advantage o...
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...
1-5 Men prey upon their fellow-creatures: by despising the poor they reproach their Maker. Such conduct is a disgrace to any, but who can sufficiently abhor it when adopted by professing Christians? W...
NEHEMIAH CHAPTER 5 The people complain of their brethren, by reason of their debts, mortgages, and bondage, NEHEMIAH 5:1. Nehemiah rebuketh the usurers, and causeth them to make a covenant of restitut...
Nehemiah 5:1 great H1419 outcry H6818 people H5971 wives H802 Jewish H3064 brethren H251 a great cry -...
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...
THE PROBLEMS FACING THE POORER PEOPLE (NEHEMIAH 5:1). The three examples that follow are representative of a whole range of problems rather than being specific, but underlying them are the problems th...
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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_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...
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 6:6; Acts 7:26; Deuteronomy 15:7; Exodus 22:25; Ex