Nehemiah 5

1 ♥ 📝 T hen there arose a great^H1419 cry^H6818 of the people^H5971 and of their wives^H802 against their brethren^H251 the Jews.^H3064

2 ♥ 📝 For there were^H3426 that said,^H559 We, our sons^H1121 and our daughters,^H1323 are many:^H7227 let us get^H3947 grain,^H1715 that we may eat^H398 and live.^H2421

3 ♥ 📝 Some also there were^H3426 that said,^H559 We are mortgaging^H6148 our fields,^H7704 and our vineyards,^H3754 and our houses:^H1004 let us get^H3947 grain,^H1715 because of the dearth.^H7458

4 ♥ 📝 There were^H3426 also that said,^H559 We have borrowed^H3867 money^H3701 for the king's^H4428 tribute^H4060 [upon] our fields^H7704 and our vineyards.^H3754

5 ♥ 📝 Yet now our flesh^H1320 is as the flesh^H1320 of our brethren,^H251 our children^H1121 as their children:^H1121 and, lo, we bring into bondage^H3533 our sons^H1121 and our daughters^H1323 to be servants,^H5650 and some of our daughters^H1323 are^H3426 brought into bondage^H3533 [already]: neither is it in our power^H410 to help it; for other men^H312 have our fields^H7704 and our vineyards.^H3754

6 ♥ 📝 And I was very^H3966 angry^H2734 when I heard^H8085 their cry^H2201 and these words.^H1697

7 ♥ 📝 Then I consulted^H4427 with myself,^H3820 and contended^H7378 with the nobles^H2715 and the rulers,^H5461 and said^H559 unto them, Ye exact^H5383 usury,^H4855 every one^H376 of his brother.^H251 And I held^H5414 a great^H1419 assembly^H6952 against them.

8 ♥ 📝 And I said^H559 unto them, We after our ability^H1767 have redeemed^H7069 our brethren^H251 the Jews,^H3064 that were sold^H4376 unto the nations;^H1471 and would ye even sell^H4376 your brethren,^H251 and should they be sold^H4376 unto us? Then held they their peace,^H2790 and found^H4672 never^H1697 a word.

9 ♥ 📝 Also I said,^H559 The thing that^H1697 ye do^H6213 is not good:^H2896 ought ye not to walk^H3212 in the fear^H3374 of our God,^H430 because of the reproach^H2781 of the nations^H1471 our enemies?^H341

10 ♥ 📝 And I likewise, my brethren^H251 and my servants,^H5288 do lend^H5383 them money^H3701 and grain.^H1715 I pray you, let us leave off^H5800 this usury.^H4855

11 ♥ 📝 Restore,^H7725 I pray you, to them, even this day,^H3117 their fields,^H7704 their vineyards,^H3754 their oliveyards,^H2132 and their houses,^H1004 also the hundredth^H3967 part of the money,^H3701 and of the grain,^H1715 the new wine,^H8492 and the oil,^H3323 that ye exact^H5383 of them.

12 ♥ 📝 Then said^H559 they, We will restore^H7725 them, and will require^H1245 nothing of them; so will we do,^H6213 even as thou sayest.^H559 Then I called^H7121 the priests,^H3548 and took an oath^H7650 of them, that they would do^H6213 according to this promise.^H1697

13 ♥ 📝 Also I shook^H5287 out my lap,^H2684 and said,^H559 So God^H430 shake out^H5287 every man^H376 from his house,^H1004 and from his labor,^H3018 that performeth^H6965 not this promise;^H1697 even thus be he shaken out,^H5287 and emptied.^H7386 And all the assembly^H6951 said,^H559 Amen,^H543 and praised^H1984 Jehovah.^H3068 And the people^H5971 did^H6213 according to this promise.^H1697

14 ♥ 📝 Moreover from the time^H3117 that I was appointed^H6680 to be their governor^H6346 in the land^H776 of Judah,^H3063 from the twentieth^H6242 year^H8141 even unto the two^H8147 and thirtieth^H7970 year^H8141 of Artaxerxes^H783 the king,^H4428 [that is], twelve^H8147 years,^H8141 I and my brethren^H251 have not eaten^H398 the bread^H3899 of the governor.^H6346

15 ♥ 📝 But the former^H7223 governors^H6346 that were before^H6440 me were chargeable^H3513 unto the people,^H5971 and took^H3947 of them bread^H3899 and wine,^H3196 besides^H310 forty^H705 shekels^H8255 of silver;^H3701 yea, even^H1571 their servants^H5288 bare rule^H7980 over the people:^H5971 but so did^H6213 not I, because^H6440 of the fear^H3374 of God.^H430

16 ♥ 📝 Yea, also I continued^H2388 in the work^H4399 of this wall,^H2346 neither bought^H7069 we any land:^H7704 and all my servants^H5288 were gathered^H6908 thither unto the work.^H4399

17 ♥ 📝 Moreover there were at my table,^H7979 of the Jews^H3064 and the rulers,^H5461 a hundred^H3967 and fifty^H2572 men, besides those that came^H935 unto us from among the nations^H1471 that were round about us.^H5439

18 ♥ 📝 Now that which was prepared^H6213 for one day^H3117 was one^H259 ox^H7794 and six^H8337 choice^H1305 sheep;^H6629 also fowls^H6833 were prepared^H6213 for me, and once in ten^H6235 days^H3117 store^H7235 of all sorts of wine:^H3196 yet for all^H5973 this I demanded^H1245 not the bread^H3899 of the governor,^H6346 because the bondage^H5656 was heavy^H3513 upon this people.^H5971

19 ♥ 📝 Remember^H2142 unto me, O my God,^H430 for good,^H2896 all that I have done^H6213 for this people.^H5971