ESV Reformation Study Bible – Neh 5:3
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Neh 5:3

5:3 famine. Famines were often signs of God’s judgment (Deut. 11:16, 17; 1 Chr. 21:12; Hag. 1:7–11). Perhaps this famine was God’s judgment upon the leaders’ failure to do what was right.