Key Verse Spotlight
Nehemiah 5:4 — Meaning and Application
King James Version
“There were also that said, We have borrowed money for the king's tribute, {and that upon} our lands and vineyards.”
Nehemiah 5:4
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
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.
{Some} also there were that said, We have mortgaged our lands, vineyards, and houses, that we might buy corn, because of the dearth.
There were also that said, We have borrowed money for the king's tribute, {and that upon} our lands and vineyards.
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.
And I was very angry when I heard their cry and these words.
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