Ezra's Prayer and Confession. ites, the Egyptians, and the Amorites. EZRA, X. 2 For they have taken b of their daughters for themselves, and for their sons; a Jno.8.21,24. so that the holy d seed have e mingled 1Co.15.17. themselves with the people of those lands: b Ex.34.16. yea, the hand of the princes and rulers Ne.13.23. hath been chief in this trespass. c Ps. 130.3. 3 And when I heard this thing, I g rent d De.14.2. my garment and my mantle, and plucked Is.6.13. off the hair h of my head and of my beard, e 2Ch.6.14. and sat down astonied. i f 2Ch.20.9. 4 Then were assembled unto me every 2Ki.19.1. one that trembled k at the works of the h Is.15.2. God of Israel, because of the transgres-1 a great sion of those that had been carried away; weeping. and I sat astonied until the evening i Ps.60.3. sacrifice. n k c.10.3. 5 And at the evening sacrifice I arose Ps.119.136. up from my 3 heaviness; and having rent Is.66.2. my garment and my mantle, I fell upon Eze.9.4. my knees, and spread p out my hands 1 Ne.13.27. unto the LORD my God, m Is.55.6,7. n Ex.29.39. o 2Ch.34.31. 2 bring forth. 3 or,affliction p IKI.8.22. Since the days of our fathers v have q c.9.4. we been in a great trespass unto this day: De.7.2,3. and for our iniquities have we, our kings, & Da.9.7,8. and our priests, been delivered x into the t Ps.38.4. hand of the kings of the lands, to the 4or guiltiness sword, to captivity, and to a spoil, and to u 2Ch.28.9. confusion of face, as it is this day. Lu.15.21. 8 And now for a 5 little space grace Re. 18.5. hath been shewed from the LORD our v Ps. 106.6. God, to leave us a remnant to escape, and w Ne.5.12. to give us 6 a nail in his holy place, that x De.28.38,64 our God may lighten z our eyes, and y De.9.18. give us a little reviving a in our bondage. 5 moment. 9 For we were bond-men; b yet c our 6or,a pin: i.e. God hath not forsaken us in our bondage, a constant & but hath extended mercy unto us in the sure abode, sight of the kings of Persia, to give us a Is.22.23. reviving, to set up the house of our God, z Ps. 13.3. and to repair 8 the desolations thereof, a Ps.85.6. and to give us a wall d in Judah and in b Ne.9.36. Jerusalem. c Ps. 136.23. Eze.11.16. devoted. 6 And said, O my God! I am s ashamed and blush to lift up my face to thee, my God: for our iniquities are increased over our head, t and our 4 trespass is grown u up unto the heavens. 10 And row, O our God, what shall we say after this? for we have forsaken thy commandments, 8 set up. 11 Which thou hast commanded 9 by d c.6.8,14. thy servants the prophets, saying, The 9 by the hand land, unto which ye go to possess it, is of an unclean land with the filthiness of the e ISa.12.18. people of the lands, with their abomina-1 showers. tions, which have filled it from 2 one end to another with their uncleanness. 12 Now, therefore, give not your daughters unto their sons, neither take their daughters unto your sons, nor seek their peace g or their wealth for ever; that ye may be strong, and eat the good of the land, and leave it for an inheritance to your children for ever. 2 mouth to 1Jno.1.9. 13 And after all that is come upon us for our evil deeds, and for our great tres-4 withheld pass, seeing that thou our God hast 4 pu- beneath our nished us less h than our iniquities de iniquities. serve, and hast given us such deliverance h Ps.103.10. as this; i Jno.5.14. 14 Should we again break thy com- 2Pe.2.20,21. mandments, and join in affinity with the 5 or, have people of these abominations, wouldest greatly of not thou be angry with us till k thor: fended. hadst consumed us, so that there should k De.9.8. be no remnant nor escaping? I Ne.9.33. 15 O LORD God of Israel, thou art Da.9.14. righteous; for we remain yet escaped, mim La.3.22,23. 328 His Work of Reformation. as it is this day; behold, we are before thee in our a trespasses; for we cannot stand before c thee because of this. CHAP. X. NOW when Ezra had prayed, and when 2 And Shechaniah the son of Jehiel, one of the sons of Elam, answered and said unto Ezra, We have trespassed I against our God, and have taken strange wives of the people of the land: yet now there is m hope in Israel concerning this thing. 3 Now therefore let us make a o cove nant with our God to 2 put away all the wives, and such as are born of them, ac cording to the counsel of my lord, and of those that tremble q at the commandment r of our God; and let it be done ac cording to the law. 4 Arise; for this matter belongeth unto thee: we also will be with thee; be of good courage and do it. 5 Then arose Ezra, and made the chief priests, the Levites, and all Israel, to swear w that they should do according to this word. And they sware. 6 Then Ezra rose up from before the house of God, and went into the chamber of Johanan the son of Eliashib: and when he came thither, he y did eat ne bread, nor drink water; for he mourne because of the transgression of them tha had been carried away. 7 And they made proclamation through out Judah and Jerusalem unto all the children of the captivity, that they shoule gatherthemselves togetheruntoJerusalem 8 And that whosoever would not come within three days, according to the counsel of the princes and the elders, all his substance should be forfeited, and him. self separated from the congregation of those that had been carried away. 9 Then all the men of Judah and Benjamin gathered themselves together unto Jerusalem within three days: it was the ninth month, and the twentieth day of the month; and all the people sat in the street of the house of God, trembling be cause e of this matter, and for the great 1 rain. 10 And Ezra the priest stood up, and said unto them, Ye have transgressed, and have 3 taken strange wives to increase the trespass of Israel. 11 Now therefore make confession unto f the LORD God of your fathers, and do his pleasure; and separate yourselves from the people of the land, and from the strange wives. 12 Then all the congregation answered and said with a loud voice, As thou hast said, so must we do. 13 But the people are many, and it is a time of much rain, and we are not able to stand without, neither is this a work of one day or two; for we 5 are many that have transgressed in this thing. 14 Let now our rulers of all the congre gation stand, and let all them which have taken strange wives in our cities come at appointed times, and with them the elders of every city, and the judges thereof, until the fierce wrath of our God Of putting away strange Wives; for 1 this matter be turned from us. 15 Only Jonathan the son of Asahel, and Jahaziah the son of Tikvah, 2 were em-1 ployed about this matter; and Meshullam and Shabbethai the Levite helped them. EZRA, X. and names of the Parties Parosh; Ramiah, and Jeziah, and Mal. chiah, and Miamin, and Eleazar, and Malchijah, and Benaiah. or, be turned from us 26 And of the sons of Elam; Mattatill this mat-niah, Zechariah, and Jehiel, and Abdi, ter be disand Jeremoth, and Eliah. 16 And the children of the captivity patched. did so. And Ezra the priest, with cer-2 stood. tain chief of the fathers, after the house of their fathers, and all of them by their names, were separated, and sat down in the first day of the tenth month to examine a the matter. 17 And they made an end with all the men that had taken strange wives by the first day of the first mouth. 18 And among the sons of the b priests there were found that had taken strange wives; namely, of the sons of Jeshua the Son of Jozadak, and his brethren; Maaseiah, and Eliezer, and Jarib, and Gedaliah. a De.13.14. b Je.23.11. 19 And they gave c their hands that c 2Ki.10.15. they would put away their wives: and 1Ch.29.24. bring guilty, they offered d a ram of the 2Ch.30.8. flock for their trespass. 30 And of the sons of Immer; Hanani, d Le.5.15,16. and Zebadiah. 21 And of the sons of Harim; Maaseiah, and Elijah, and Shemaiah, and Jehiel, and Uzziah. La.5.6. 6.4,6. 12 And of the sons of Pashur; e Elioe-e Ne.7.41. ni, Maaseiah, Ishmael, Nethaneel, Joza-3 or, Mabna bid, and Elasah. debai, ac- 13 Also of the Levites; Jozabad, and 15 Moreover of Israel: of the sons of 28* 27 And of the sons of Zattu; Elioenai, Eliashib, Mattaniah, and Jeremoth, and Zabad, and Aziza. 28 Of the sons also of Bebai; Jehohanan, Hananiah, Zabbai, and Athlai. 29 And of the sons of Bani; Meshullam, Malluch, and Adaiah, Jashub, and Sheal, and Ramoth. 30 And of the sons of Pahath-moab; Adna, and Chelal, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattaniah, Bezaleel, and Binnui, and Manasseh. 31 And of the sons of Harim; Eliezer, Ishijah, Malchiah, Sherna iah, Shimeon, 32 Benjamin, Malluch, a Shemariah. 33 Of the sons of Hashut.; Mattenai, Mattathah, Zabad, Eliphelet, Jeremai, Manasseh, and Shimei. 34 Of the sons of Bani; Maadai, Amram, and Uel, 35 Benaiah, Bedeiah, Chelluh, 36 Vaniah, Meremoth, Eliashib, 37 Mattaniah, Mattenai, and Jaasau, 38 And Bani, and Binnui, Shimei, 39 And Shelemiah, and Nathan, and Adaiah, 40 Machnadebai, 3 Shashai, Sharai, 41 Azareel, and Shelemiah, Shemariah, 42 Shallum, Amariah, and Joseph. 43 Of the sons of Nebo; Jeiel, Mattithiah, Zabad, Zebina, Jadau, and Joel, Benaiah. 44 All these had taken strange f wives and some of them had wives by hom they had children 399 02 4 And it came to pass, when I heard Jart not sick? this is nothing else but so? row of heart. Then I was very sore afraid, 3 And said unto the king, Let c the king live for ever: why should not my countenance be sad, when the city, d the place of my fathers' sepulchres, e lreth waste, and the gates thereof are consumed with fire? 4 Then the king said unto me, For what dost thou make request? So I pray ed f to the God of heaven. 5 And I said unto the king, If it please the king, and if thy servant have found favour in thy sight, that thou wouldest send me unto Judah, unto the city of my fathers' sepulchres, that I may build it." 6 And the king said unto me, (the Is.64.10,11.queen 1 also sitting by him,) For how 1 wife. long shall thy journey be? and when 5 And said, I beseech thee, O LORD i Da.9.4,&c. wilt thou return? So it pleased the king God of heaven, the great and terrible k c.5 14. to send me; and I set him a k time. God, that keepeth I covenant and mercy for them that love him and observe his commandments; 13.6. Ex.20.6. 6 Let m thine ear now be attentive, and m1 Ki.8.29,29 thine eyes open,n that thou mayest hear 2Ch.6.40. the prayer of thy servant, which I pray n Ps.34.15. before thee now, day and night, for the children of Israel thy servants, and confess o the sins of the children of Israel, o Ps.32.5. which we have sinned against thee: both] 1Jno.1.9. I and my father's house have sinned. p c.3.7. 7 We have dealt very corruptly against q Ps.106.6. 8 Remember, I beseech thee, the word 28.64. 9 But if ye turn unto me, and keep my commandments, and do them; though u Ps. 112.10. there v were of you cast out unto the ut Eze.25.6-8. termost part of the heaven, yet will Iv De.30.4. gather x them from thence, and will bring w Ezr.8.32. them unto the place that I have chosen x Ps. 147.2. to set my name there. 10 Now these z are thy servants, and thy people, whom thou hast redeemed by thy great power, and by thy strong hand. Is. 11.12. 7 Moreover, I said unto the king, If it please the king, let letters be given me to the governors beyond the river, that they may convey me over, till I come into Judah; 8 And a letter unto Asaph the keeper of the king's forest, that he may give me timber to make beams for the gates of the palace which appertained to the house, and for the wall of the city, and for the house p that I shall enter into. And the king granted me, according to the good hand of my God upon me. 9 Then I came to the governors beyond the river, and gave them the king's letters. (Now the king had sent captains of the army and horsemen with me.) 10 When Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, heard of it, it grieved u them exceedingly that there was come a man to seek the welfar of the children of Israel. 11 So w I came to Jerusalem, and was there three days. 12 And I arose in the night, I and some few men with me, neither told I any man what my God y had put in my heart to do at Jerusalem: neither was there any beast with me, save the beast that I rode 50.19,20. upon. 56.8. Je. 12.15. y Ps.51.18. 11 0 LORD, I beseech thee, let now 122.6. thine car be attentive b to the prayer of z De.9.29. thy servant, and to the prayer of thy Da.9.15.&c. servants, who desire e to fear thy name; a 2Ch.26.9. and prosper. I pray thee, thy servant b Ps.86.6. this day, and grant him mercy in the c Is.26.8. sight of this man. For e I was the king's He.13.18. cup-bearer. d c.1.3. Je c.2.1. CHAP. II. AND it came to pass in the month Ni-fc.3.15. 2 Wherefore the king said unto me, 330 13 And I went out by night, by the gate a of the valley, even before the dragon-well, and to the dung-port, and view. ed the walls of Jerusalem, which were d broken down, and the gates thereof were consumed with fire. 14 Then I went on to the gate of the fouutain, f and to the king's pool: but there was no place for the beast that was under me to pass. 15 Then went I up in the night by the brook, h and viewed the wall, and turned back, and entered by the gate of the val ley, and so returned. 16 And the rulers knew not whither 1 went, or what I did; neither had I as ye! told it to the Jews, nor to the priests, no: to the nobles, nor to the rulers, nor to the Malice of Sanballat, &c. For the dia te werk. NEHEMIAH, III. 17 Then said I unto them, Ve see the distress that we are in, how Jerusalem lieth waste, b and the gates thereof are burnt with fire: come, and let us build up the wall of Jerusalem, that we be no more a reproach.c IS Then I told them of the hand d of my God, which was good upon me; as also the king's words that he had spoken unto me. And they said, Let us rise up and build. So they strengthened ƒ their hands for this good work. B. C. 445. a c.2.13. b La.2.2,8,9. c c.1.3. Ps.44.13. 79.4,12. Je.24.9. Eze.5.14,15. 22.4. d ver.8. 19 But when Sanballat the Horonite, e c.2.14. and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, f 2sa.2.7. and Geshem the Arabian, heard it, they Ezr.6.22. laughed h us to scorn, and despised us, g Jno.9.7. and said, What is this thing that ye do?h Ps.80.6. will ye rebel i against the king? i c.6.6. 20 Then answered I them, and said unto them, The God of heaven, he l will prosper us; therefore we, his servants, will arise and build: but you m have no portion, nor right, nor memorial, in Jerusalem.n CHAP. III. k 2Ki.20.20. Is.7.3. 22.11. Ps. 102.13,14 Ec.7.18. m Ezr.4.3. THEN Eliashib o the high priest rosen Is.56.5. up with his brethren the priests, and o c.12.10. they builded the q sheep-gate; they sanc-p 1Sa.23.1,&c tified it, and set up the doors of it; even q Juo.5.2. unto the tower of Meah r they sanctified c.12.39. Je.31.38. 2 And 1 next unto him builded the men Zec. 14.10. of Jericho. u And next to them builded t 2Ch.26.9. Zaccur the son of Imri. 1 at his hand. 3 But the v fish-gate did the sons of 2 or, Zaccai. Hassenaah build, who also laid the beams u Ezr.2.34. thereof, and set up the doors thereof, the v 2Ch.33.14. locks thereof, and the bars thereof. Zep.1.10. it, unto the tower s of Hananeel. 4 And next unto them repaired Mere- 5 And next unto them the Tekoites repaired; but their nobles x put not their x Je.5.4,5. ecks to the work y of their LORD, 1Co.1.26. 8 Moreover, the old gate repaired Je- 1Ti.6.17,18. piada the son of Paseah, and Meshullamy Ju.5.23. the son of Besodeiah; they laid the beams z ver.19. tl ereof, and set up the doors thereof, and the locks thereof, and the bars thereof. 7 And next unto them repaired Melatiah the Gibeonite, and Jadon the Meronothite, the men of Gibeon, and of a Je.32.2. Mizpah, unto the throne b of the governor on this side the river. 37.21. b c.2.8. c Ezr.2.43,&c 3 or, which 8 Next unto him repaired Uzziel the son of Harhaiah, of the goldsmiths. Next into him also repaired Hananiah the son dwelt in of one of the apothecaries, and they 5 for- Ophel retified Jerusalem unto the broad wall. f paired unto. 9 And next unto them repaired Re-4 or, the phaiah, the son of Hur, the ruler of the tower. half part of Jerusalem. d 2Ch.27.3. 10 And next unto them repaired Jedaiah, e c.8.1.3. the son of Harumaph, even over against 12.37. his house. And next unto him repaired 5 or, left. Hattush, the son of Hashabniah. If c.12.38. 11 Malchijah the son of Harim, and g 2Ki.11.16. Hashub the son of Pahath-moab, repaired Je.31.40. he other piece, and the tower of the second meafurnaces. 12 And next unto him repaired Shallum the son of Halohesh, the ruler of the half part of Jerusalem, he and his daughters. sure. 13 The valley-gate h repaired Hanun, h c.2.13. and the inhabitants of Zanoah; they built Rebuilding of the Wall. it, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof, and a thousand cubits on the wall unto the dung gate. a 14 But the dung-gate repaired Malchiah the son of Rechab, the ruler of part of Beth-haccerem; he built it, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof. 15 But the gate of the fountain e repaired Shallum the sor of Col-hozeh, the ruler of part of Mizpah; he built it, and covered it, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof, and the wall of the pool of Siloah g by the king's garden, and unto the stairs that go down from the city of David. 16 After him repaired Nehemiah the son of Azbuk, the ruler of the half part of Beth-zur, unto the place over against the sepulchres of David, and to the pool k that was made, & unto the house of the mighty. 17 After him repaired the Levi es, Rehum the son of Bani. Next unto him repaired Hashabiah, the ruler of the half part of Keilah, in his part. 18 After him repaired their brethren, Bavai the son of Henadad, the ruler of the half part of Keilah.p 19 And next to him repaired Ezer the son of Jeshua,the ruler of Mizpah, another piece over against the going up to the armoury at the turning t of the wall. 20 After him Baruch, the son of 2 Zabbai, earnestly repaired the other piece, from the turning of the wall unto the door of the house of Eliashib the high priest. 21 After him repaired Meremoth, the son of Urijah, the son of Koz, another piece, from the door of the house of Eliashib, even to the end of the house of Eliashib. 22 And after him repaired the priests, the men of the plain. w 23 After him repaired Benjamin and Hashub, over against their house. After him repaired Azariah, the son of Maaseiah, the son of Ananiah, by his house. 24 After him repaired Binnui, the son of Henadad, another piece, from the house of Azariah unto the turning z of the will, even unto the corner. 25 Palal, the son of Uzai, over against the turning of the wall, and the tower which lieth out from theking's high house, that was by the court a of the prison. After him Pedaiah, the son of Parosh. 26 Moreover, the c Nethinims 3 dwelt in 4 Ophel, d unto the place over against the water-gate e toward the east, and the tower that lieth out. 27 After them, the Tekoites repaired another piece, over against the great tower that lieth out, even unto the wall of Ophel. 28 From above the horse g gate repaired the priests, every one over against his house. 29 After them repaired Zadok, the son of Immer, over against his house. After him repaired also Shemaiah, the son of Shechaniah, the keeper of the east gate. 30 After him repaired Hananiah, the son of Shelemiah, and Hanun the sixth son of Zalaph, another piece. After him repaired Meshullam, the son of Bere chiah, over against his chamber. 31 After him repaired Malchiah, the goldsmith's son, unto the place of the NEHEMIAH, V. Opposition of Sanballat, &c. Nethinims, a and of the merchants, over] against the gate Miphkad, and to the going up of the corner. 32 And between the going up of the corner unto the sheep-gate b repaired the goldsmiths and the merchants. CHAP. IV. BUT it came to pass, that d when San balat heard that we builded the wall, ne was wroth, and took great e indigna-2 tion, and f mocked the Jews. down their stone wall. 4 Hear, k O our God; for we are 4 despised and turn their reproach upon their own head, and give them for a prey in the land of captivity; B. C. 445. a ver.26. Ph.1.28. d c.2.10,19. on his loins. e Ac.5.17. leave to themselves. h Ex.14.14,25 De.1.30. 2 And he spake before his brethren and ƒ He.11.36. the army of Samaria, and said, What do g Zec.12.8. these g feeble Jews? will they 3 fortify themselves? will they sacrifice? will they make an end in a day? will they revive the stones out of the heaps of the rubbish which are burnt? Zec. 14.3. 3 Now Tobiah the Ammonite was by i 2Ki.18.23. him, and he said, Even i that which they k Ps. 123.3,4. build, if a fox go up, he shall even break 4 despite. 1 Ps.79.12. Pr.3.34. m Ps.69.27. Je. 18.23. 2Ti.4.14. in 1Co.15.10. or, every one went with his weapon 6 So built we the wall; and all the wall for water. was joined together unto the half thereof: Ju.5.11. for the people had a mind o to work. o 2Ch.29.36. 7 But it came to pass, that when San- Ps. 110.3. ballat, and Tobiah, and the Arabians, and p Is.5.7. the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites, heard ascended. that the walls of Jerusalem 6 were made q Ps.83.3-5. up, and that the breaches began to ber Le.25.35-39. stopped, then they were very wroth, 5 And m cover not their iniquity, and let not their sin be blotted out from before thee: for they have provoked thee to anger before the builders. 8 And conspired q all of them together to come and to fight against Jerusalem, and to hinder it. 5 De.15.7. make an error to it. Je.20.10. Da.6.4,5. 55.16-22. 9 Nevertheless we made our sprayer unto cur God, and set a watch t against s Ps.50.15. them day and night, because of them 10 And Judah said, The strength of the t Lu.21.36. bearers of burdens is decayed, and there Ac.4.24-29. as much rubbish, so that we are not able u Is.58.7. to build the wall. v 2Sa.17.2. 11 And our adversaries said, v They Ac.23.12,21. shall not know. neither see, till we come w Ex.21.7. in the midst. fen, and slay them, sor,that from and cause the work i cease. all places ye 12 And it can pass, that when the must return Jews which d y them came, they to us. said unto us ten times, 3 From all places my heart whence ye shall return unto us they will consulted in be upon you. 13 Therefore set I1 in the lower places behind the wall, and on the higher places I even set the people after their families with their swords, their spears, and their bows. 9 me. Ps.4.4. x Ex.22.25. Ps. 15.1.5. Eze.22.12. 1 from the 14 And I looked, and rose up, and said lower parts unto the nobles, and to the rulers, and to of the place. the rest of the people, Be z not ye afraid y Le.25.48. of them: remember the LORD which is z De.1.29,30. great a and terrible, and fight for your Mat.10.28. brethren, your sons and your daughters, a De.10.17. your wives and your houses. 15 And it came to pass, when our enemies heard that it was known unto us, and God had brought their counsel to nought, e that we returned all of us to the wall, every one unto his work. 16 And it came to pass, from that time forth,that the half of my servants wrought the work, and the other half of them toth the spears, the shields, and the 332 Ps.66.3,5. b 25a. 10.12. Ro.2.24. 1Pe.2.12. e Job 5.12. Ps.33.10. La.3.37,38. Precaution of Nehemiah. bows, and the habergeons; and the ruler were behind all the house of Judah. 17 They which builded on the wall, and they that bare burdens, with those that laded, every one with one of his hands wrought in the work, and with the other hand held a weapon.c 18 For the builders, every one had his sword girded 2 by his side, and so builded. And he that sounded the trumpet was by me. 19 And I said unto the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, The work is great and large, and we are sepa. rated upon the wall, one far from another: 20 In what place therefore ye hear the sound of the trumpet, resort ye thither unto us: our God h shall fight for us. 21 So we laboured in the work: and half of them held the spears, from the rising of the morning till the stars appeared. 22 Likewise at the same time said I unto the people, Let every one with his servant lodge within Jerusalem, that in the night they may be a guard to us, and labour on the day. 23 So neither I,n nor my brethren, nor my servants, nor the men of the guard which followed me, none of us put of our clothes, 5 saving that every one pat them off for washing. CHAP. V. AND there was a great cryp of the per ple, and of their wives, against the r brethren the Jews. 2 For there were that said, We, otr sons, and our daughters are many; ther fore we take up corn for them, that we may eat and live. 3 Some also there were that said, Wi have mortgaged r our lands, vineyards, and houses, that we might buy corn, be cause of the dearth. 4 There were also that said, We hav borrowed money for the king's tribute and that upon our lands and vineyards. 5 Yet now our flesh u is as the flesh of our brethren, our children as their chil dren: and, lo, we bring into bondage our sons and our daughters to be servants, and some of our daughters ware brought unto bondage already, neither is it in our power to redeem them; for other men have our lands and vineyards. 6 And I was very angry when I heard their cry, and these words. 7 Then I consulted with myself, and I rebuked the nobles, and the rulers, and said unto them, Ye exact usury, x every one of his brother. And I set a great assembly against them: 8 And I said unto them, We, after our ability, have redeemed y our brethren the Jews, which were sold unto the heathen; and will you even sell your brethren? or shall they be sold unto us? Then held they their peace, and found nothing to |