Nehemiah 5 And there was a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brethren the Jews.

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1 H1419 And there was a great H6818 cry H5971 of the people H802 and of their wives H251 against their brethren H3064 the Jews.

2 H3426 For there were H559 that said [H8802] H1121 , We, our sons H1323 , and our daughters H7227 , are many H3947 : therefore we take up [H8799] H1715 corn H398 for them, that we may eat [H8799] H2421 , and live [H8799] .

3 H3426 Some also there were H559 that said [H8802] H6148 , We have mortgaged [H8802] H7704 our lands H3754 , vineyards H1004 , and houses H3947 , that we might buy [H8799] H1715 corn H7458 , because of the dearth.

4 H3426 There were H559 also that said [H8802] H3867 , We have borrowed [H8804] H3701 money H4428 for the king's H4060 tribute H7704 , and that upon our lands H3754 and vineyards.

5 H1320 Yet now our flesh H1320 is as the flesh H251 of our brethren H1121 , our children H1121 as their children H3533 : and, lo, we bring into bondage [H8802] H1121 our sons H1323 and our daughters H5650 to be servants H1323 , and some of our daughters H3426 are H3533 brought unto bondage [H8737] H410 already : neither is it in our power H3027 H312 to redeem them; for other men H7704 have our lands H3754 and vineyards.

6 H3966 And I was very H2734 angry [H8799] H8085 when I heard [H8804] H2201 their cry H1697 and these words.

7 H4427 Then I consulted [H8735] H3820 with myself H7378 , and I rebuked [H8799] H2715 the nobles H5461 , and the rulers H559 , and said [H8799] H5378 unto them, Ye exact [H8801] [H8678] H5383 [H8802] [H8675] H5375 [H8802] H4855 usury H376 , every one H251 of his brother H5414 . And I set [H8799] H1419 a great H6952 assembly against them.

8 H559 And I said [H8799] H1767 unto them, We after our ability H7069 have redeemed [H8804] H251 our brethren H3064 the Jews H4376 , which were sold [H8737] H1471 unto the heathen H4376 ; and will ye even sell [H8799] H251 your brethren H4376 ? or shall they be sold [H8738] H2790 unto us? Then held they their peace [H8686] H4672 , and found [H8804] H1697 nothing to answer .

9 H559 Also I said [H8799] H2896 , It is not good H1697 that H6213 ye do [H8802] H3212 : ought ye not to walk [H8799] H3374 in the fear H430 of our God H2781 because of the reproach H1471 of the heathen H341 our enemies [H8802] ?

10 H251 I likewise, and my brethren H5288 , and my servants H5383 , might exact [H8802] H3701 of them money H1715 and corn H5800 : I pray you, let us leave off [H8799] H4855 this usury.

11 H7725 Restore [H8685] H3117 , I pray you, to them, even this day H7704 , their lands H3754 , their vineyards H2132 , their oliveyards H1004 , and their houses H3967 , also the hundredth H3701 part of the money H1715 , and of the corn H8492 , the wine H3323 , and the oil H5383 , that ye exact [H8802] of them.

12 H559 Then said [H8799] H7725 they, We will restore [H8686] H1245 them, and will require [H8762] H6213 nothing of them; so will we do [H8799] H559 as thou sayest [H8802] H7121 . Then I called [H8799] H3548 the priests H7650 , and took an oath [H8686] H6213 of them, that they should do [H8800] H1697 according to this promise.

13 H5287 Also I shook [H8804] H2684 my lap H559 , and said [H8799] H430 , So God H5287 shake out [H8762] H376 every man H1004 from his house H3018 , and from his labour H6965 , that performeth [H8686] H1697 not this promise H5287 , even thus be he shaken out [H8803] H7386 , and emptied H6951 . And all the congregation H559 said [H8799] H543 , Amen H1984 , and praised [H8762] H3068 the LORD H5971 . And the people H6213 did [H8799] H1697 according to this promise.

14 H3117 Moreover from the time H6680 that I was appointed [H8765] H6346 to be their governor H776 in the land H3063 of Judah H6242 , from the twentieth H8141 year H8147 even unto the two H7970 and thirtieth H8141 year H783 of Artaxerxes H4428 the king H8147 , that is, twelve H6240 H8141 years H251 , I and my brethren H398 have not eaten [H8804] H3899 the bread H6346 of the governor.

15 H7223 But the former H6346 governors H6440 that had been before H3513 me were chargeable [H8689] H5971 unto the people H3947 , and had taken [H8799] H3899 of them bread H3196 and wine H310 , beside H705 forty H8255 shekels H3701 of silver H1571 ; yea, even H5288 their servants H7980 bare rule [H8804] H5971 over the people H6213 : but so did [H8804] H6440 not I, because H3374 of the fear H430 of God.

16 H2388 Yea, also I continued [H8689] H4399 in the work H2346 of this wall H7069 , neither bought [H8804] H7704 we any land H5288 : and all my servants H6908 were gathered [H8803] H4399 thither unto the work.

17 H7979 Moreover there were at my table H3967 an hundred H2572 and fifty H376 H3064 of the Jews H5461 and rulers H935 , beside those that came [H8802] H1471 unto us from among the heathen H5439 that are about us.

18 H6213 Now that which was prepared [H8737] H3117 for me daily H259 was one H7794 ox H8337 and six H1305 choice [H8803] H6629 sheep H6833 ; also fowls H6213 were prepared [H8738] H6235 for me, and once in ten H3117 days H7235 store [H8687] H3196 of all sorts of wine H5973 : yet for all H1245 this required [H8765] H3899 not I the bread H6346 of the governor H5656 , because the bondage H3513 was heavy [H8804] H5971 upon this people.

19 H2142 Think [H8798] H430 upon me, my God H2896 , for good H6213 , according to all that I have done [H8804] H5971 for this people.