Verse 19
Nehemiah 5:19
Bible in Basic English
19
Keep in mind, O my God (Elohim), for my good, all I have done for this people.
Original Language Text
hebrew
זָכְרָ/ה לִּ֥/י אֱלֹהַ֖/י לְ/טוֹבָ֑ה כֹּ֥ל אֲשֶׁר עָשִׂ֖יתִי עַל הָ/עָ֥ם הַ/זֶּֽה
English Translation
"My God, remember for me the good all that I have done for this people."
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Chapter 5 Context
1
Then there was a great outcry from the people and their wives against their countrymen the Jews.
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2
For there were some who said, We, our sons and our daughters, are a great number: let us get grain,...
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And there were some who said, We are giving our fields and our vine-gardens and our houses for debt:...
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4
And there were others who said, We have given up our fields and our vine-gardens to get money for th...
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5
But our flesh is the same as the flesh of our countrymen, and our children as their children: and no...
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6
And on hearing their outcry and what they said I was very angry.
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And after turning it over in my mind, I made a protest to the chiefs and the rulers, and said to the...
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And I said to them, We have given whatever we were able to give, to make our brothers the Jews free,...
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And I said, What you are doing is not good: is it not the more necessary for you to go in the fear o...
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10
Even I and my servants have been taking interest for the money and the grain we have let them have....
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11
Give back to them this very day their fields, their vine-gardens, their olive-gardens, and their hou...
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12
Then they said, We will give them back, and take nothing for them; we will do as you say. Then I sen...
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13
And shaking out the folds of my robe, I said, So may God (Elohim) send out from his house and his wo...
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14
Now from the time when I was made ruler of the people in the land of Judah, from the twentieth year...
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15
But earlier rulers who were before me made the people responsible for their upkeep, and took from th...
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16
And I kept on with the work of this wall, and we got no land for ourselves: and all my servants were...
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17
And more than this, a hundred and fifty of the Jews and the rulers were guests at my table, in addit...
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18
Now the food made ready for one day was one ox and six fat sheep, as well as fowls; and once in ten...
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19
Keep in mind, O my God (Elohim), for my good, all I have done for this people.