Nehemiah 5:8 meaning and explanation
and said, “We have done our best to buy back our Jewish brothers who were sold to foreigners, but now you are selling your own brothers, that they may be sold back to us!” But they remained silent, for they could find nothing to say.
Nehemiah 5:8, Berean Standard Bible
Explanation preview
Nehemiah is speaking to the nobles and officials of Judah while the wall is being rebuilt and a famine presses hard on ordinary families. Wealthy Jews had been lending grain and money at interest, then taking fields and even children as payment.
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