Nehemiah 3:5 Cross References - NSB

⁵ Near them, the Tekoites were at work; but their chiefs did not put their necks to the work of their masters.

²³ »Curse Meroz, says Jehovah’s angel: Curse those who live there. They did not come to help Jehovah. They did not come as soldiers to fight for him.

² Joab sent someone to Tekoa to get a wise woman from there. He told her: »Please act like a mourner. Dress in mourning clothes. Do not use any cosmetic lotions. Act like a woman who has been mourning for the dead for a long time.

²⁷ After him the Tekoites were making good another part, opposite the great tower that comes out, and up to the wall of the Ophel.

⁴ I thought: »These are only the poor and ignorant. They are foolish. They do not know what their God requires, what Jehovah wants them to do. ⁵ »I will go to the great men (leaders) and talk with them. Surely they know what their God requires, what Jehovah wants them to do. But all of them have rejected Jehovah’s authority and refuse to obey him.«

⁸ »On that day,« declares Jehovah of Hosts, »I will break the yokes off your necks and tear off your ropes. Foreigners will no longer make you serve them. ⁹ »You will serve Jehovah your God and David your king. I will establish him for you.«

² This is what Jehovah said to me: »Make leather straps and a wooden yoke, and strap the yoke on your neck.

⁸ »Suppose nations or kingdoms will not serve or surrender to King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon. I will punish those nations by wars, famines, and plagues, until I have put an end to them by Nebuchadnezzar's power,« says Jehovah.

¹² I spoke the same message to King Zedekiah of Judah: »Surrender to the king of Babylon, serve him and his people, and you will stay alive.

¹ The words of Amos concerning Israel. He was among the herdsmen of Tekoa in the days of Uzziah king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel. It was two years before the earthquake.

²⁹ »Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me. I am meek (mild) and humble in heart. You will have a restful life,

¹⁰ »Why do you test God by placing a yoke upon the neck of the disciples, one that our fathers were not able to bear?

²⁶ Consider your calling, brothers. Not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called.

¹⁷ Command those who are rich in this present system not to be high-minded (arrogant), not to have their hope set on the uncertainty of riches, but on God, who gives us richly all things to enjoy. ¹⁸ They should do good works and be rich in good works, that they are ready to distribute, willing to communicate.