Verse 7
Nehemiah 5:7
Free Bible Version
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“What you're doing isn't right,” I told them. “Don't you think you should respect our God (Elohim) so that enemy nations don't criticize us?
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יִּמָּלֵ֨ךְ לִבִּ֜/י עָלַ֗/י וָ/אָרִ֨יבָ/ה֙ אֶת הַ/חֹרִ֣ים וְ/אֶת הַ/סְּגָנִ֔ים וָ/אֹמְרָ֣/ה לָ/הֶ֔ם מַשָּׁ֥א אִישׁ בְּ/אָחִ֖י/ו אַתֶּ֣ם נשאים נֹשִׁ֑ים וָ/אֶתֵּ֥ן עֲלֵי/הֶ֖ם קְהִלָּ֥ה גְדוֹלָֽה
English Translation
And my heart was filled with anger, and I spoke against the nobles and the officials, saying to them, "You are those who oppress your brothers." And I gathered a great assembly against them.
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Chapter 5 Context
1
They were complaining, “Our families are so large we need more food so we can eat and live.”
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Others added, “We've had to mortgage our fields, our vineyards, and our homes to buy food during the...
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Still more said, “We've had to borrow money on our fields and vineyards to pay the king's tax.
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Even though we are the same people as our creditors and though our children are the same as their ch...
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I thought it over and then I went to argue with the nobles and officials, telling them, “You are cha...
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6
There I told them, “We have done as much as we can to buy back our Jewish brothers who were sold to...
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7
“What you're doing isn't right,” I told them. “Don't you think you should respect our God (Elohim) s...
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I, as well as my brothers and my men have been have been lending the people money and food. Please,...
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9
Give them back right now their fields, vineyards, olive groves, and houses, along with the one perce...
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“We will give it back,” they replied, “and we won't demand anything more from them. We'll do as you...
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11
I shook out the folds of my robe and said, “This is how my God (Elohim) will shake you out of your h...
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12
In addition to this, from the day King Artaxerxes appointed me as governor in the land of Judah, whi...
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13
But the governors before me had placed a heavy burden on the people, taking forty shekels of silver...
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14
I also made rebuilding the wall my top priority, and I assigned all my workers to help with that. We...
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15
I had 150 Jews and officials eating at my table, as well as visitors from nearby countries.
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16
Every day I paid for one ox, six good sheep, and poultry. Every ten days I paid for a large supply o...
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Please remember me positively, my God (Elohim), for all that I've done for this people.
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