ネヘミヤ記 5:1-3 JCB

The Pulpit Commentary - Nehemiah 5:1-13

Error and return. In the very midst of apparent success, when the Church is building its walls and seems likely to be triumphant and secure, there may be an aggravated evil springing up and spreading to its very heart. Such was the case at Jerusalem when the walls of its defence were rising. When priests and people were repairing the defences, there was circulating a deadly mischief within the whole body. We look at— I. THE WORST EVIL FROM WHICH THE CHURCH OF CHRIST ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Nehemiah 5:1-19

An example of successful activity for God. A great practical reformation carried out by a religious ruler on the highest religious principles, and by the strength of religious character. No more difficult task than to deal successfully with such circumstances in which men's selfish interests were involved, .and the monied classes would be against reform. Nehemiah, by his wisdom, boldness, and simple-minded appeal to God, achieved a marvellous success. Notice— I. The direct appeal to... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Nehemiah 5:2

There were that said, We, our sons, and our daughters, are many . Those who had large families were foremost in making complaint. They found their numerous progeny not the blessing that abundant offspring is ordinarily reckoned in Holy Scripture, but a burthen and an anxiety. Therefore we take up corn for them . We are obliged to get corn for them, or they would die, and have to run in debt for it. Corn, wine, and oil seem to have been lent, no less than money ( Nehemiah 5:11 ). read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Nehemiah 5:3

Because of the dearth . Some, who could not say that their families were large, claimed relief on account, as it would seem, not so much of a present as of a past famine, which had forced them to mortgage their fields, vineyards, and houses. That Judaea was liable to famines about this time appears from Haggai 1:6 , Haggai 1:9-11 ; Haggai 2:16-19 . read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Nehemiah 5:2

Are many - A slight emendation brings this verse into exact parallelism with the next, and gives the sense - “We have pledged our sons and our daughters, that we might get corn, and eat and live.” Compare Nehemiah 5:5. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Nehemiah 5:1

Nehemiah 5:1. There was a great cry of the people, &c. Of the poor against their rich brethren, who had oppressed them; for though the people in general were cured of their idolatry by their captivity, yet they were not cured of their other sins, but loved strange women, as we read before in the book of Ezra; and were so covetous that they oppressed the poor and needy; and this at a time when their enemies threatened the destruction of them all. This crime was the more heinous, because... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Nehemiah 5:2

Nehemiah 5:2. We, our sons, and our daughters, are many Which indeed is in itself a blessing, but to us is turned into a curse. The families that were most necessitous were most numerous. Those who have great families and little substance must learn to live by faith in God’s providence and promises: and those who have little families and great substance must make their abundance a supply for the wants of others. We take up corn for them, that we may eat and live That is, we are compelled... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Nehemiah 5:3

Nehemiah 5:3. Because of the dearth Not long before this, there had been a great scarcity of corn through want of rain, which God had withheld as a punishment for the people’s taking more care to build their own houses than his temple, as we read Haggai 1:9-11. And, in this time of scarcity the rich had no compassion on their poor brethren, who were forced to part with all they had for bread. And this dearth was now increased, from the multitude of the people in and near Jerusalem; from... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Nehemiah 5:1-19

The greed of the rich (5:1-19)Another problem that Nehemiah dealt with was the tension that had developed over the years between the rich and the poor. Those in financial difficulty borrowed money from the rich to buy food and pay their land taxes to the Persian government. The rich took advantage of them by charging heavy interest. Then, when the poor could not pay, the rich took their land from them in payment, and in some cases took their children as slaves. Troubles increased when a famine... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Nehemiah 5:1

a great cry. So there were troubles within as well as without. Compare 2 Corinthians 7:5 . the people = the common people, in contrast with the nobles and rulers (Nehemiah 5:7 ), who had returned with Nehemiah. read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Nehemiah 5:1-13

The Pulpit Commentary - Nehemiah 5:1-19

The Pulpit Commentary - Nehemiah 5:2

The Pulpit Commentary - Nehemiah 5:3

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Nehemiah 5:2

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Nehemiah 5:1

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Nehemiah 5:2

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Nehemiah 5:3

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Nehemiah 5:1-19

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Nehemiah 5:1

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ネヘミヤ 記 5:1-3 Jcb

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ネヘミヤ記 5:1-3 Jcb