Nehemiah 5:1

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Summary

Nehemiah 5:1

And there was a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brethren the Jews.

A great cry

James 5:4

Their brethren

General references

Amos 8:6

Bible References

A great cry

Then the Lord said, “I have observed the misery of My people in Egypt, and have heard them crying out because of their oppressors, and I know about their sufferings.

“If you lend money to My people, to the poor person among you, you must not be like a moneylender to him; you must not charge him interest.

If my land cries out against me
and its furrows join in weeping,

but caused the poor to cry out to Him,
and He heard the outcry of the afflicted.

For the vineyard of the Lord of Hosts
is the house of Israel,
and the men of Judah,
the plant He delighted in.
He looked for justice
but saw injustice,
for righteousness,
but heard cries of wretchedness.

Will not God grant justice to His elect who cry out to Him day and night? Will He delay to help them?

Look! The pay that you withheld from the workers who reaped your fields cries out, and the outcry of the harvesters has reached the ears of the Lord of Hosts.

Their brethren

“If your brother becomes destitute and cannot sustain himself among you, you are to support him as a foreigner or temporary resident, so that he can continue to live among you.

“If there is a poor person among you, one of your brothers within any of your gates in the land the Lord your God is giving you, you must not be hardhearted or tightfisted toward your poor brother.

The next day he showed up while they were fighting and tried to reconcile them peacefully, saying, ‘Men, you are brothers. Why are you mistreating each other?’

Instead, believer goes to court against believer, and that before unbelievers!

General references

We can buy the poor with silver
and the needy for a pair of sandals
and even sell the chaff!”