Nehemiah 5:1-18

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Nehemiah 5:17

An hundred and fifty of the Jews and rulers; not only Jews of the inferior sort, for whom meaner provisions might suffice, but also their rulers, such as there were in many places, for whom better provision was fit; who resorted to him upon all occasions, either to pour out their complaints, as here they did; or to give him notice of the enemy’s designs; or to receive his orders and directions. read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Nehemiah 5:18

But bore it out of my own estate; which was very considerable, his office in the Persian court being a place of very great profit as well as honour, and that profit no doubt continued to him in this his absence from the king. From this great and daily expense, it seems more than probable that Nehemiah did not continue here for twelve years together, as some would think, or at least that he did not this all that time, but only during the great and present exigencies and distresses of the Jews,... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Nehemiah 5:1-19

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 workers, who had no property. (b) Those who had mortgaged their fields, vineyards, and houses. (c) Those who had borrowed money for the king’s tribute upon their fields and vineyards. Nehemiah 5:2. We take up corn] Not by force. The words mean, We desire that corn may be provided. Nehemiah 5:3. Because of the dearth]... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Nehemiah 5:15

Nehemiah 5:15 I. First let me put the main principle that lies here in these words: nothing will go right unless you dare to be singular. "So did not I." The chief field for the exercise of this resolute non-compliance with common practice is in the region of moral action in the daily conduct of your lives. (1) He who yields is wrecked and ruined. ( a ) The absolute necessity for this sturdy resistance is plain from the very make of our own natures, ( b ) It is enforced if we think of the... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Nehemiah 5:15

DISCOURSE: 441THE FEAR OF GOD A PRINCIPLE OF ACTIONNehemiah 5:15. So did not I, because of the fear of God.IT is obvious that there are in the world a people whose conduct differs widely from that of the world around them: and, in attempting to account for it, some impute it to pride and vanity, some to weakness and folly, and some to downright hypocrisy. But, if men would examine into this matter with candour, they might easily find a principle abundantly sufficient to account for all the... read more

C.I. Scofield

Scofield's Reference Notes - Nehemiah 5:8

redeemed (See Scofield " :-") . read more

C.I. Scofield

Scofield's Reference Notes - Nehemiah 5:15

fear (See Scofield " :-") . read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Nehemiah 5:1-19

Chapter 5Now in chapter 5, further problems arose, and this time from within. If Satan can't defeat you from his forces from without, then he seeks to wreck you from the forces within. Many times the greatest enemies of the church aren't the atheists or those godless forces outside the church, but it is actually the church itself. Factions within the church. And usually the thing behind it all is jealousy, which springs, usually, in the church from greed. "Oh, the church is being blessed more... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Nehemiah 5:1-19

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 our sons and our daughters to be servants. The law allowed parents to sell their children for six years. Exodus 21:7. 2 Kings 4:2. And surely nothing but hunger would compel them to do this. Nehemiah 5:11 . Also the hundredth part of the money. This text clears up a difficulty in explaining the... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Nehemiah 5:1-13

Nehemiah 5:1-13And there was a great cry of the people.The friend of the poorI. The complaint of the poor. It is sometimes alleged the poor have a morbid disposition to complain of their indigence and sufferings; and this may be true of certain classes of them. The ignorant and vicious, the idle and intemperate, are prone to bewail their hardships in querulous words. They complain bitterly of the miseries of their lot, and perhaps charge those with having a hard heart who do not give them the... read more

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