1 The people are oppressed and in necessity. 6 Nehemiah remedieth it. 14 He took not the portion of others that had ruled before, lest he should grieve the people.

Now there was a great cry of the people, and of their wives [a]against their brethren the Jews.

For there were that said, We, our sons and our daughters are many, therefore we take up [b]corn, that we may eat and live.

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Footnotes

  1. Nehemiah 5:1 Against the rich which oppressed them.
  2. Nehemiah 5:2 This is the complaint of the people, showing to what extremity they were brought unto.

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