Nehemiah 5:3

Deuteronomy 15:7; Genesis 47:15-25; Leviticus 25:35-39; Malachi 3:8-11

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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. Nehe...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

have mortgaged . are mortgaging. the dearth. One of the thirteen famines (App-10) recorded in Scripture. See note on Genesis 12:10 .
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Some also there were that said, We have mortgaged our lands, vineyards, and houses, that we might buy corn, because of the dearth. Because of the d...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Because of the dearth— Not long before this, there had been a great scarcity for want of rain; which God thought proper to withhold, as a punishmen...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

For there were that said, We, our sons, and our daughters, are many: therefore we take up corn for them, that we may eat, and live. No JFB comm...
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 ha...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Because of the dearth. — Not any particular famine, strictly speaking, but their present hunger. The past mortgages had straitened their resources....
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...
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 defici...
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 t...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(1) В¶ And there was a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brethren the Jews. (2) For there were that said, We, our sons, and ou...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Some also there were that said, we have mortgaged our lands, vineyards, and houses ,.... Made them over to others, put them into their hands as pled...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Nehemiah 5:3 [Some] also there were that said, We have mortgaged our lands, vineyards, and houses, that we might buy corn, because of the dearth....
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Because of the dearth Not long before this, there had been a great scarcity of corn through want of rain, which God had withheld as a punishment fo...
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...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Complaints of the Poor. B. C. 445. ...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Which might easily happen, both from the multitude of the people now in and near Jerusalem, and from their building work, which wholly took them up,...
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 th...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

One Unforeseen Consequence Of The Concentration On The Building Of The Wall Proves Nehemiah's Worth ( Nehemiah 5:1-13 ). Nehemiah is now revealed,...
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 sai...
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 Hagg...
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 di...
The Biblical Illustrator

We have mortgaged our lands. The miseries of debt I. Mental unrest. II. Social degradation. III. Family ruin. IV. A disregard of a Div...
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...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Complaint of the People Adjusted by Nehemiah
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Some also there were that said, We have mortgaged our lands, vineyards, and houses that we might buy corn because of the dearth. The shortage of food...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

The dearth — Which might happen, both from the multitude of the people in and near Jerusalem, from their work, which wholly took them up, and kept...

³ Some also there were that said, We have mortgaged our lands, vineyards, and houses, that we might buy corn, because of the dearth.

Related Commentaries of Nehemiah 5:3

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Nehemiah 5:3