Nehemiah 5:1

וַתְּהִי צַעֲקַת הָעָם וּנְשֵׁיהֶם גְּדוֹלָה אֶל ־ אֲחֵיהֶם הַיְּהוּדִֽים ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

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

In Context

2וְיֵשׁ אֲשֶׁר אֹמְרִים בָּנֵינוּ וּבְנֹתֵינוּ אֲנַחְנוּ רַבִּים וְנִקְחָה דָגָן וְנֹאכְלָה וְנִחְיֶֽה ׃

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Cross References

Exodus 22:25אִם ־ חָבֹל תַּחְבֹּל שַׂלְמַת רֵעֶךָ עַד ־ בֹּא הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ תְּשִׁיבֶנּוּ לֽוֹ ׃

Deuteronomy 15:7כִּֽי ־ יִהְיֶה בְךָ אֶבְיוֹן מֵאַחַד אַחֶיךָ בְּאַחַד שְׁעָרֶיךָ בְּאַרְצְךָ אֲשֶׁר ־ יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ נֹתֵן לָךְ לֹא תְאַמֵּץ אֶת ־ לְבָבְךָ וְלֹא תִקְפֹּץ אֶת ־ יָדְךָ מֵאָחִיךָ הָאֶבְיֽוֹן ׃

Job 34:28לְהָבִיא עָלָיו צַֽעֲקַת ־ דָּל וְצַעֲקַת עֲנִיִּים יִשְׁמָֽע ׃

Malachi 2:13וְזֹאת שֵׁנִית תַּֽעֲשׂוּ כַּסּוֹת דִּמְעָה אֶת ־ מִזְבַּח יְהוָה בְּכִי וַֽאֲנָקָה מֵאֵין עוֹד פְּנוֹת אֶל ־ הַמִּנְחָה וְלָקַחַת רָצוֹן מִיֶּדְכֶֽם ׃

Matthew Henry on Nehemiah 5:1

How bravely Nehemiah, as a wise and faithful governor, stood upon his guard against the attacks of enemies abroad, we read in the foregoing chapter. Here we have him no less bold and active to redress grievances at home, and, having kept them from being destroyed by their enemies, to keep them from destroying one another. Here is, I. The complaint which the poor made to him of the great hardships which the rich (of whom they were forced to borrow money) put upon them, ver. 1-5 . II. The effectual course which… Read the whole commentary →

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