Nehemiah 5:7-9
1599 Geneva Bible
7 And I thought in my mind, and I rebuked the princes, and the rulers, and said unto them, You lay [a]burdens every one upon his brethren: and I set a great [b]assembly against them,
8 And I said unto them, We (according to our ability) have redeemed our brethren the Jews, which were sold unto the heathen: and will you sell your brethren again, or shall they be [c]sold unto us? Then held they their peace, and could not answer.
9 [d]I said also, That which ye do, is not good. Ought ye not to walk in the fear of our God, for the [e]reproach of the heathen our enemies?
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- 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.
- Nehemiah 5:8 Seeing God hath once delivered them from the bondage of the heathen, shall we make them our slaves?
- Nehemiah 5:9 Meaning, Nehemiah.
- Nehemiah 5:9 Who by this occasion will blaspheme the Name of God, seeing that our acts are no better than theirs.
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