Nehemiah 5:11 Meaning and Explanation
“Restore, I pray you, to them, even this day, their lands, their vineyards, their oliveyards, and their houses, also the hundredth part of the money, and of the corn, the wine, and the oil, that ye exact of them.”
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Read Full Chapter →Nehemiah calls them to give back at once the seized lands and homes and the interest taken from the people.
What Does Nehemiah 5:11 Mean?
Repentance is given a concrete shape. Nehemiah asks the creditors to restore, even this day, the lands, vineyards, oliveyards, and houses they have taken, along with the interest charged on money, grain, wine, and oil. The change is to be immediate and tangible, not a vague promise for later.
Genuine turning shows itself in restitution, in returning what was wrongly held rather than merely regretting it. Nehemiah does not settle for an apology; he asks for the houses and fields to go home with their families that very day. Mercy that costs the merciful something is the only kind that frees the oppressed.
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What does Nehemiah 5:11 mean?
Nehemiah calls them to give back at once the seized lands and homes and the interest taken from the people.