In the book of Nehemiah, why was the governor angry with the nobles and officials regarding debt?
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Correct answer: They were charging interest and taking the land of their brothers
Nehemiah 5 records a crisis where the poor were forced to mortgage their fields and sell their children into servitude to pay for grain and taxes. Nehemiah rebuked the leaders for exacting usury from their own kin.
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