Nehemiah 5:1
And there was a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brethren the Jews.
Context
This verse from Nehemiah Chapter 5 connects to 10 cross-references. Economic distress erupts within the community: poor families complain that they mortgage fields, vineyards, and children to pay Persian taxes and buy food while wealthy nobles charge interest. Nehemiah rebukes the nobles publicly, makes them swear to return pledged property …
Andere Übersetzungen
Then there arose a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brethren the Jews.
And there is a great cry of the people and their wives, concerning their brethren the Jews,
Then there was a great outcry from the people and their wives against their countrymen the Jews.
Querverweise
And the Lord said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people which are in Egypt, and have heard …
If thou lend money to any of my people that is poor by thee, thou shalt not be to him …
For that is his covering only, it is his raiment for his skin: wherein shall he sleep? and it shall …
And if thy brother be waxen poor, and fallen in decay with thee; then thou shalt relieve him: yea, though …
Thou shalt not give him thy money upon usury, nor lend him thy victuals for increase.
If there be among you a poor man of one of thy brethren within any of thy gates in thy …
For the poor shall never cease out of the land: therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt open thine hand …
If my land cry against me, or that the furrows likewise thereof complain;
If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, or have caused the owners thereof to lose their life:
So that they cause the cry of the poor to come unto him, and he heareth the cry of the …