Nehemiah 5:5-7
1599 Geneva Bible
5 And now our flesh is as [a]the flesh of our brethren, and our sons as their sons: and lo, we bring into subjection our sons and our daughters, as servants, and there be of our daughters now in subjection, and there is no power [b]in our hands: for other men have our lands and our vineyards.
6 Then was I very angry when I heard their cry and these words.
7 And I thought in my mind, and I rebuked the princes, and the rulers, and said unto them, You lay [c]burdens every one upon his brethren: and I set a great [d]assembly against them,
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- Nehemiah 5:5 By nature the rich is no better than the poor.
- Nehemiah 5:5 We are not able to redeem them, but for poverty are constrained to hire them to others.
- Nehemiah 5:7 You press them with usury, and seek how to bring all things into your hands.
- Nehemiah 5:7 Both because they should be moved with pity, seeing how many were by them oppressed, and also hear the judgment of others, which should be as it were witnesses of their dealings toward their brethren.
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