Nehemiah 5:6

And it is very displeasing to me when I have heard their cry and these words,

Literal Standard Version

In The King James Version

And I was very angry when I heard their cry and these words.

In Context

5and now, as the flesh of our brothers [is] our flesh, as their sons [are] our sons, and behold, we are subduing our sons and our daughters for servants, and there are [those] of our daughters subdued, and our hand has no might, and our fields and our vineyards [are] to others.”

7and my heart reigns over me, and I strive with the nobles, and with the prefects, and say to them, “You are exacting usury on one another”; and I set against them a great assembly,

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Cross References

Exodus 11:8And all these servants of yours have come down to me, and bowed themselves to me, saying, Go out, you and all the people who [are] at your feet; and afterward I go out”; and he goes out from Pharaoh in the heat of anger.

Nehemiah 13:8and it is very displeasing to me, and I cast all the vessels of the house of Tobiah outside, out of the chamber,

Psalms 119:53Horror has seized me, || Because of the wicked forsaking Your law.

Ephesians 4:26be angry and do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your wrath,

Matthew Henry on Nehemiah 5:2-6

The Complaints of the Poor. ( b. c. 445.) 1 And there was a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brethren the Jews. 2 For there were that said, We, our sons, and our daughters, are many: therefore we take up corn for them, that we may eat, and live. 3 Some also there were that said, We have mortgaged our lands, vineyards, and houses, that we might buy corn, because of the dearth. 4 There were also that said, We have borrowed money for the king's tribute, and that upon our lands and vineyards. 5… Read the whole commentary →

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