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Nehemiah 5:3 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: King James Version

" Some also there were that said, We have mortgaged our lands, vineyards, and houses, that we might buy corn, because of the dearth. "

Nehemiah 5:3

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1 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 for them, that we may eat, and live.

3 Some also there were that said, We have mortgaged our lands, vineyards, and houses, that we might buy corn, because of the dearth.

4 There were also that said, We have borrowed money for the king's tribute, and that upon our lands and vineyards.

5 Yet 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.

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From This Chapter

Nehemiah 5:1

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

Nehemiah 5:2

"For 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."

Nehemiah 5:4

"There were also that said, We have borrowed money for the king's tribute, and that upon our lands and vineyards."

Nehemiah 5:5

"Yet 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."

Nehemiah 5:6

"And I was very angry when I heard their cry and these words."

Nehemiah 5:7

"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."

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