Are we strangers, Nehemiah 5:7 "Ye exact usury (interest) everyone of his brother,and I set a great assembly against them"
Submitted by whispering Joe on Wed, 02/08/2012 - 10:35Deut. 23 verse 20
Unto A Stranger thou mayest lend upon usury; but unto thy brother thou shalt not lend upon usury: that the lord Thy God may Bless thee in all that thou settest thine hand to in the land whither thou goest to possess it.
Nehemiah 5:7
Then I consulted with myself, and I rebuked the nobles, and said unto them, Ye exact usury, every one of his brothers, and I set a great assembly against them.
Turmel: Yes, Nehemiah did abolish interest
In Nehemiah 5 we hear complaints by needy men,
Of the conditions that existed in the nation then.
Some said "We've had to mortgage all our vineyards and our fields,
To get grain during famine though they've had abundant yields."
Some others said "We've had to borrow money for the King,
Whose taxes on our fields and vineyards leave us not a thing."
Still others said "Their flesh and blood is of our family tree,
Yet our children suffer under yoke of slavery."
When Nehemiah heard them, anger great he could not mask,
The nobles and the rulers were the ones he took to task.
He called a great assembly where he chose to lay the blame,
On bankers, judges, politicians who had run the game:
"You are exacting usury of your own countrymen,
Unlike my men who freely lend to needy brethren.
What you are doing is not right, you must do as we do.
So "Stop exacting interest!" It is the Big Taboo.
Return their fields and vineyards and their houses and their grain,
And also all the usury, the whole illicit gain."
The nobles and the rulers said: "They will not have to pay.
We'll give them back all their possessions. We'll do what you say."
Prosperity resulted from his ban on interest,
"Remember me, O God, with favor" was his last request.
Watch out for many Bibles where the most important phrase,
Has been deleted from the text, the problem not to faze.
The message Nehemiah states is "Stop the interest,
And give them back what you have seized and it'll turn out best."
The newer versions of the Bible simply state "Atone,
And give them back their stuff." No talk of interest on loan.
Who chose to cut the answer out? Who played this evil role?
We know the ones who own the publishers have sole control.
Jct: From http://johnturmel.com/allpoems.txt
The following works for me...
Neither a lender nor borrower be.
"If we lose freedom here there's no place to escape to. This is the last stand on earth." -Ronald Reagan
When they took us off the Gold Standard they took away our money... in order to make it theirs. -OneTinSoldier
Sorry, had to chime in.
Usury isn't the same now as it was then. Usury in those days was more like a pawn shop. You wanted to borrow $50 to pay some bills or buy some food, so I kept your cold weather jacket until you paid up. That was usury. It was a totally different system, and still wrong in the eyes of the Lord. My belief is this...if you see a need, and you have a way to help that need...then fill it on your own. Not for attention, not for glory, not for brownie points..but because it is the right thing to do. NOTHING in this world is ours..we are simply borrowing it for a while and everything has been given to us whether we like to admit it or not. God doesn't want "Bath tubs" which simply store gifts and treasure...God wants sprinklers which will spread that wealth and those treasures to those in need. It is harder for a rich man to get into heaven than it is for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle. For THE LOVE of money is the root of all evil.
Be the change you want to see in the world. Right?
thanks for the comment, Usury is all about a marker on Human ...
Energy, a debt or sin, a chain of some kind of held moment, and today, usury has become advanced, its called Interest and the holding or pawn is our children and their children