Nehemiah 5:7
Then I consulted with myself, and I rebuked the nobles, and the rulers, and said unto them, Ye exact usury, every one of his brother. And I set a great assembly against them.
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 …
Other Translations
Then I consulted with myself, and contended with the nobles and the rulers, and said unto them, Ye exact usury, every one of his brother. And I held a great assembly against them.
and my heart reigneth over me, and I strive with the freemen, and with the prefects, and say to them, `Usury one upon another ye are exacting;' and I set against them a great assembly,
And after turning it over in my mind, I made a protest to the chiefs and the rulers, and said to them, Every one of you is taking interest from his countryman. And I got together a great meeting of protest.
Cross References
If thou lend money to any of my people that is poor by thee, thou shalt not be to him …
Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honour the person …
Take thou no usury of him, or increase: but fear thy God; that thy brother may live with thee.
And this is the manner of the release: Every creditor that lendeth ought unto his neighbour shall release it; he …
Of a foreigner thou mayest exact it again: but that which is thine with thy brother thine hand shall release;
Thou shalt not lend upon usury to thy brother; usury of money, usury of victuals, usury of any thing that …
Unto a stranger thou mayest lend upon usury; but unto thy brother thou shalt not lend upon usury: that the …
When thou dost lend thy brother any thing, thou shalt not go into his house to fetch his pledge.
In any case thou shalt deliver him the pledge again when the sun goeth down, that he may sleep in …
And said to the judges, Take heed what ye do: for ye judge not for man, but for the Lord, …