8And I said to them: We, as you know, have redeemed according to our ability our brethren the Jews, that were sold to the Gentiles: and will you then sell your brethren, for us to redeem them? And they held their peace, and found not what to answer.
Nehemiah 5 pivots from the external threat of opposition to an internal crisis: the wealthy Jewish nobles are exploiting their own people through usury and debt-slavery, even as the wall rises. Nehemiah confronts this injustice with righteous anger, forcing a public repentance an
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