While the wall is being rebuilt, poor Jews cry out against economic oppression by their own countrymen. Families have mortgaged property, borrowed for taxes, and even placed children into servitude. Nehemiah rebukes the nobles, demands restitution, and contrasts their conduct with his own refusal to exploit the people through the governor’s allowance.
While the wall is being rebuilt, poor Jews cry out against economic oppression by their own countrymen. Families have mortgaged property, borrowed for taxes, and even placed children into servitude. Nehemiah rebukes the nobles, demands restitution, and contrasts their conduct with his own refusal to exploit the people through the governor’s allowance.
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