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Nehemiah 5 — Sermon Preparation
Nehemiah addresses the economic oppression of the poor by wealthy neighbors, rebukes the creditors, and pledges his own resources to the community's welfare. Below is a research summary for Nehemiah 5, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
- 19
- verses
- 328 / 142
- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 7
- classic sermon excerpts
- 3
- preachers & commentators
Nehemiah 5 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| אָח | ʼâch | H251 | 7 | brother |
| פֶּחָה | pechâh | H6346 | 4 | prefect |
| דָּגָן | dâgân | H1715 | 4 | increase, grain |
| שָׂדֶה | sâdeh | H7704 | 5 | field |
| כֶּרֶם | kerem | H3754 | 4 | garden, vineyard |
| דָּבָר | dâbâr | H1697 | 6 | word, matter |
| נָעַר | nâʻar | H5287 | 3 | tumble |
How preachers through history handled this text
7 public-domain excerpts on Nehemiah 5, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“Those who truly fear God, will not dare to do any thing cruel or unjust. Let all who are in public places remember that they are so placed to do good, not to enrich themselves. Nehemiah mentions it to God in prayer, not as if he had merited any favour from God, but to show that he depended upon God only, to make up to him what he had lost and laid out for his honour. Nehemiah evidently spake and acted as one that knew himself to be a sinner. …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on Nehemiah 5:14–30 (Public Domain)
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