A Biblical Study

The Years of Return

   Nehemiah 5

             THE OPPRESSION WITHIN

 F.Y.I. CORNER THE OPPRESSION WITHIN


1.

DEARTH - (Heb. 7458)   famine, famished, hunger

2.

EXACT - (Heb. 5378) to lend on interest; to  draw out

3.

USURY - (Heb. 5383) to lend or borrow on security or interest

4.

OPPRESSION -          (Heb. 6115) constraint    (Heb. 6233) fraud, unjust gain.                                    (Heb. 3906) distress, affliction.                                       (Heb. 7701) violence, ravage, desolation, destruction.

 

5.

POOR (Heb. 6041) - afflicted, humble, lowly, needy

 

 

 

 

     “Ought Ye Not to Walk in the Fear of Our God?”


 

NEHEMIAH 5

1.        With what other situation did Nehemiah have to contend?  (5:1)     

                                               

2.        What was the problem?

·         Vs 2-3                                                                                                                                                            

·         Vs. 4                                                                              

·         Vs. 5

                                                                               

3.        How did Nehemiah react to all this?  (5:6)                                                                                                                                 

4.        After Nehemiah called for an assembly, for what did he reprimand the people? 

·         Vs. 7                                                                              

·         Vs. 8                                                                              

·         Vs. 10                                                             

 

5.        With what question did Nehemiah challenge them?  (5:9)                                                                                        “Ought ye not to _______ in the ________ of our God because of the reproach of the heathen our ____________?”                   

6.        How did the nobles and the rulers respond?  (5:12) 

                                                               

7.         What would happen to anyone that didn’t keep his promise?  (5:13)                                                                                                                            

8.        Unlike the governors before him, why didn’t Nehemiah charge the people for his service?  (5:15)                                                                                                                                              

9.        How did Nehemiah describe the condition of the people?  (5:18)                                                                                  “...the _____________   was ___________ upon  this people.”

 

Choose None of His Ways”


1.        REVIEW  the definition of oppression. What kinds of oppression are there?

1)       Psalm 12:5

2)       Psalm 55:3                                                                                                                                                                                     

2.        How does God use oppression?  Job 36:15                                                                                                                                              

·         Who are the “poor” that God delivers?                                                                                                                 Psalm 40:16-17;  Matthew 5:3                                                                                                                                                  

3.        Who is the oppressor?  Proverbs 28:16                                                                                                                                      

·         Who is that?                                                                                                                                                                                 

4.        What does the oppressor have?  Eccl. 4:1                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          

5.        How should an oppressor be looked upon?                                                                                                            Proverbs 3:31-35                                                                                                                                                            

6.        What was commendable about the nobles and rulers who were the oppressors in Nehemiah 5?                                                                       

·         Why were they able to listen?     

 

VERSE OF THE WEEK

 

“He delivereth the poor in his affliction, and openeth their ears in oppression.”     

               -Job 36:15

 

SUGGESTION FOR PRAYER
 

·   Pray that if we are oppressing, that the fear of God may help us completely “accept the reproof of the righteous.”

·   If we are being oppressed, pray that we can see it as an opportunity for our “ears to be opened.”

 

 

NEXT WEEK…  Read Nehemiah 6-7 for the study.