Nehemiah 5:5
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Nehemiah 5:5 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Nehemiah 5:5 is a verse from the book of Nehemiah in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "Yet now our flesh is as the flesh of our brethren, our children as their children: and, lo, we bring into bondage our so..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Nehemiah 5:5 — KJV
“Yet now our flesh is as the flesh of our brethren, our children as their children: and, lo, we bring into bondage our sons and our daughters to be servants, and some of our daughters are brought unto bondage already: neither is it in our power to redeem them; for other men have our lands and vineyards.”
— Nehemiah 5:5 (KJV)
Nehemiah 5:5 in Context — About the Book of Nehemiah
Nehemiah is the Bible's project-management masterclass soaked in prayer. A royal cupbearer hears Jerusalem's walls are rubble, weeps, fasts, prays — then rebuilds them in fifty-two days despite ridicule and threats. Every chapter shows prayer and practical action working as one.
Cross-References for Nehemiah 5:5
“And they said unto him, Behold now, there be with thy servants fifty strong men; let them go, we pray thee, and seek thy master: lest peradventure the Spirit of the LORD hath taken him up, and cast him upon some mountain, or into some valley. And he said, Ye shall not send. strong...: Heb. sons of strength some mountain: Heb. one of the mountains”
Shares key themes with Nehemiah 5:5: now, into, sons
“And the children of Israel carried away captive of their brethren two hundred thousand, women, sons, and daughters, and took also away much spoil from them, and brought the spoil to Samaria.”
Shares key themes with Nehemiah 5:5: brethren, children, sons
“There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown.”
Shares key themes with Nehemiah 5:5: now, children, sons
“Wherefore say unto the children of Israel, I am the LORD, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will rid you out of their bondage, and I will redeem you with a stretched out arm, and with great judgments:”
Shares key themes with Nehemiah 5:5: children, bring, bondage
“Who said unto his father and to his mother, I have not seen him; neither did he acknowledge his brethren, nor knew his own children: for they have observed thy word, and kept thy covenant.”
Shares key themes with Nehemiah 5:5: now, brethren, children
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