Nehemiah 5:7 meaning and explanation
and after serious thought I rebuked the nobles and officials, saying, “You are exacting usury from your own brothers!” So I called a large assembly against them
Nehemiah 5:7, Berean Standard Bible
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Nehemiah is the governor of Judah, back from Persia to rebuild Jerusalem's wall. In this chapter the poorer Jews cry out that famine, royal taxes and debt are forcing them to mortgage land and even sell children into slavery, and that their creditors are their own countrymen.
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