Nehemiah 5:1-19 Then there arose a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brothers the Jews.

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1 H1419 Then there arose a great H6818 cry H5971 of the people H802 and of their wives H251 against their brothers H3064 the Jews.

2 H3426 For there were H559 that said, H1121 "We, our sons H1323 and our daughters, H7227 are many. H3947 Let us get H1715 grain, H398 that we may eat H2421 and live."

3 H3426 Some also there were H559 that said, H6148 "We are mortgaging H7704 our fields, H3754 and our vineyards, H1004 and our houses. H3947 Let us get H1715 grain, H7458 because of the famine."

4 H3426 There were H559 also some who said, H3867 "We have borrowed H3701 money H4428 for the king's H4060 tribute H7704 using our fields H3754 and our vineyards as collateral.

5 H1320 Yet now our flesh H1320 is as the flesh H251 of our brothers, H1121 our children H1121 as their children. H3533 Behold, we bring into bondage H1121 our sons H1323 and our daughters H5650 to be servants, H1323 and some of our daughters H3426 have been H3533 brought into bondage. H410 Neither is it in our power H312 to help it; for other men H7704 have our fields H3754 and our vineyards."

6 H3966 I was very H2734 angry H8085 when I heard H2201 their cry H1697 and these words.

7 H4427 Then I consulted H3820 with myself, H7378 and contended H2715 with the nobles H5461 and the rulers, H559 and said H5383 to them, "You exact H4855 usury, H376 everyone H251 of his brother." H5414 I held H1419 a great H6952 assembly against them.

8 H559 I said H1767 to them, "We, after our ability, H7069 have redeemed H251 our brothers H3064 the Jews H4376 that were sold H1471 to the nations; H4376 and would you even sell H251 your brothers, H4376 and should they be sold H2790 to us?" Then they held their peace, H4672 and found H1697 never a word.

9 H559 Also I said, H1697 "The thing that H6213 you do H2896 is not good. H3212 Ought you not to walk H3374 in the fear H430 of our God, H2781 because of the reproach H1471 of the nations H341 our enemies?

10 H251 I likewise, my brothers H5288 and my servants, H5383 lend H3701 them money H1715 and grain. H5800 Please let us stop H4855 this usury.

11 H7725 Please restore H3117 to them, even this day, H7704 their fields, H3754 their vineyards, H2132 their olive H1004 groves, and their houses, H3967 also the hundredth H3701 part of the money, H1715 and of the grain, H8492 the new wine, H3323 and the oil, H5383 that you are charging them."

12 H559 Then they said, H7725 "We will restore H1245 them, and will require H6213 nothing of them; so will we do, H559 even as you say." H7121 Then I called H3548 the priests, H7650 and took an oath H6213 of them, that they would do H1697 according to this promise.

13 H5287 Also I shook H2684 out my lap, H559 and said, H430 "So may God H5287 shake out H376 every man H1004 from his house, H3018 and from his labor, H6965 that doesn't perform H1697 this promise; H5287 even thus be he shaken out, H7386 and emptied." H6951 All the assembly H559 said, H543 "Amen," H1984 and praised H3068 Yahweh. H5971 The people H6213 did H1697 according to this promise.

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

15 H7223 But the former H6346 governors H6440 who were before H3513 me were supported H5971 by the people, H3947 and took H3899 bread H3196 and wine H310 from them, besides H705 forty H8255 shekels H3701 of silver; H1571 yes, even H5288 their servants H7980 ruled H5971 over the people: H6213 but I didn't H6440 do so, because H3374 of the fear H430 of God.

16 H2388 Yes, also I continued H4399 in the work H2346 of this wall, H7069 neither bought H7704 we any land: H5288 and all my servants H6908 were gathered H4399 there to the work.

17 H7979 Moreover there were at my table, H3064 of the Jews H5461 and the rulers, H3967 one hundred H2572 fifty H935 men, besides those who came H1471 to us from among the nations H5439 that were around us.

18 H6213 Now that which was prepared H3117 for one day H259 was one H7794 ox H8337 and six H1305 choice H6629 sheep; H6833 also fowls H6213 were prepared H6235 for me, and once in ten H3117 days H7235 store H3196 of all sorts of wine: H5973 yet for all H1245 this I didn't demand H3899 the bread H6346 of the governor, H5656 because the bondage H3513 was heavy H5971 on this people.

19 H2142 Remember H430 to me, my God, H2896 for good, H6213 all that I have done H5971 for this people.