Nehemiah 5:1 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And there was a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brethren the Jews. ”

Nehemiah 5:1 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And there was a great cry of the people and of their wives (a) against their brethren the Jews. (a) Against the rich who oppressed them.
Nehemiah 5:1 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Distress among the Jews. Neither this nor the next section, Nehemiah 5:14-19 (the two belong closely together) can be in their right place. Nehemiah 5:1-13 deals with the economic straits to wh...
Nehemiah 5:1 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

a great cry. So there were troubles within as well as without. Compare 2 Corinthians 7:5 . the people . the common people, in contrast with the nobles and rulers ( Nehemiah 5:7 ), who had return...
Nehemiah 5:1 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And there was a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brethren the Jews.
Nehemiah 5:1 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And there was a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brethren the Jews. There was a great cry of the people ... against their brethren. Such a crisis in the condition of t...
Nehemiah 5:1 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Nehemiah's Measures in alleviation of Poverty 1. The people] i.e. the commons (as contrasted with the nobles and rulers, Nehemiah 5:7 ). These had neglected their own interests to labour gratuito...
Nehemiah 5:1 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Their brethren the Jews. — Nehemiah’s other troubles had come from the enemies without: he begins this account by laying emphasis on the hard treatment of Jews by Jews.
Nehemiah 5:1 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

USURY Nehemiah 5:1-19 WE open the fifth chapter of Nehemiah with a shock of pain. The previous chapter described a scene of patriotic devotion in which nearly all the people were united for the...
Nehemiah 5:1 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Securing Justice for the Poor Nehemiah 5:1-19 The prospects of the poor people among the returned exiles were deplorable. There had been deficient rains and poor harvests, Haggai 1:6-11 . They...
Nehemiah 5:1 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

A new difficulty now presented itself. This time it arose among the people themselves. The rich among them exacted usury from their poorer brethren to such an extent as to oppress and impoverish them...
Nehemiah 5:1 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

CONTENTS In this Chapter we are led to behold Nehemiah reforming certain abuses which had crept in among the people. He sets a noble example of liberality.
Nehemiah 5:1 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And there was a great cry of the people, and of their wives ,.... Those of the poorer sort: against their brethren the Jews ; the rich that oppressed them; and this cry or complaint was made to Ne...
Nehemiah 5:1 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And there was a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brethren the Jews. Ver. 1. And there was a great cry ] Such as seditious ones use to set up in their outrageous uproars; or...
Nehemiah 5:1 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

There was a great cry of the people , &c. Of the poor against their rich brethren, who had oppressed them; for though the people in general were cured of their idolatry by their captivity, yet t...
Nehemiah 5:1 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

THE GREED OF RULERS REBUKED (vv. 1-13) At a time when many were laboring unselfishly for the Lord, it is distressing to hear that others, and in fact those who were nobles and rulers, were guilt...
Nehemiah 5:1 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Complaints of the Poor. B. C. 445. 1 And there was a great cry of the people and of...
Nehemiah 5:1 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

NEHEMIAH CHAPTER 5 The people complain of their brethren, by reason of their debts, mortgages, and bondage, Nehemiah 5:1-5 . Nehemiah rebuketh the usurers, and causeth them to make a covenant of...
Nehemiah 5:1 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Problems Facing The Poorer People ( Nehemiah 5:1-5 ). The three examples that follow are representative of a whole range of problems rather than being specific, but underlying them are the pro...
Nehemiah 5:1 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

EXPLANATORY NOTES.] Nehemiah 5:1 . Against their brethren ] i. e. the richer portion ( Nehemiah 5:7 ). Nehemiah 5:2-4 . There were that said ] Keil divides into three classes. ( a ) The wor...
Nehemiah 5:1 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Nehemiah 5:3 . Because of the dearth, specially inflicted by reason of the people's wickedness, after their return from Babylon. See more on Haggai 1:9 . Nehemiah 5:5 . We bring into bondage o...
Nehemiah 5:1 - The Biblical Illustrator

And there was a great cry of the people. The friend of the poor I. The complaint of the poor. It is sometimes alleged the poor have a morbid disposition to complain of their indigence and suffe...
Nehemiah 5:1 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION INTERNAL DIFFICULTIES , AND NEHEMIAH 'S MODE OF MEETING THEM ( Nehemiah 5:1-16 ). While the building of the wall was in progress, but not, so far as it is stated, in dir...
Nehemiah 5:1 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And there was a great cry of the people and of their wives, namely, the poorer ones in the nation, against their brethren, the Jews, the richer members of their own nation, who were taking advantag...
Nehemiah 5:1 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 6:6-8 ; Acts 7:26 ; Deuteronomy 15:7-11 ; Exodus 22:25-27 ; Exodus 3:7 ; Isaiah 5:7 ; James 5:4 ; Job 31:38 ; Job 31:39 ; Job 34:28 ; Leviticus 25:35-37 ; Luke 18:7

Nehemiah 5:1 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Nehemiah 5:1 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Nehemiah 5:1 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Nehemiah 5:1 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Nehemiah 5:1 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Nehemiah 5:1 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Nehemiah 5:1 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Nehemiah 5:1 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Nehemiah 5:1 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Nehemiah 5:1 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Nehemiah 5:1 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Nehemiah 5:1 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Nehemiah 5:1 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Nehemiah 5:1 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Nehemiah 5:1 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Nehemiah 5:1 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Nehemiah 5:1 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Nehemiah 5:1 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Nehemiah 5:1 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Nehemiah 5:1 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Nehemiah 5:1 - The Biblical Illustrator

Nehemiah 5:1 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Nehemiah 5:1 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Nehemiah 5:1 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge