I, as well as my brothers and my servants, have been lending the people money and grain. Please, let us stop this usury. Cross References Nehemiah 5:9So I continued, "What you are doing is not right. Shouldn't you walk in the fear of our God to avoid the reproach of our foreign enemies? Nehemiah 5:11 Please restore to them immediately their fields, vineyards, olive groves, and houses, along with the percentage of the money, grain, new wine, and olive oil that you have been assessing them." Isaiah 58:6 Is not the fast I have chosen to break the chains of wickedness, to untie the cords of the yoke, to set the oppressed free, and tear off every yoke? Chapter Outline 1. The Jews complain of their debt, mortgage, and bondage6. Nehemiah rebukes the usurers, and causes them to make a covenant of restitution 14. He forbears his own allowance, and keeps hospitality Jump to Previous Corn Exact Exacting Exaction Grain Interest Lent Likewise Money Moreover Please Servants Silver Stop UsuryJump to Next Corn Exact Exacting Exaction Grain Interest Lent Likewise Money Moreover Please Servants Silver Stop Usury |
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