Oppression

Nehemiah Deals With Oppression - Nehemiah 5:1 – 5:13 (commentary)

Up to this point Nehemiah’s challenges as a spiritual leader had been primarily from those outside of Judah. However, in this chapter he faces the most difficult and intense kind of problem that any leader faces and that is problems from within. Not only were their enemies a cons …

God’s Word Protects From Oppressors - Psalms 119:121 – 119:136 (commentary)

For the first time the word “Oppressors” (v. 121) and “oppress” (v. 122) appear in this psalm. The word means taking advantage of the underprivileged. The Jews were commanded not to oppress one another (Lev. 25:14, 17). In most generations God’s people suffer oppression while the guilty ...