Kommentar zu Nechemja 5:7
וַיִּמָּלֵ֨ךְ לִבִּ֜י עָלַ֗י וָאָרִ֙יבָה֙ אֶת־הַחֹרִ֣ים וְאֶת־הַסְּגָנִ֔ים וָאֹמְרָ֣ה לָהֶ֔ם מַשָּׁ֥א אִישׁ־בְּאָחִ֖יו אַתֶּ֣ם נשאים [נֹשִׁ֑ים] וָאֶתֵּ֥ן עֲלֵיהֶ֖ם קְהִלָּ֥ה גְדוֹלָֽה׃
Ich fasste einen Entschluss; ich zankte mit den Edlen und Fürsten und sprach zu ihnen: Wucher treibt ihr einer mit dem andern! Und ich veranlasste gegen sie einen großen Zusammenlauf.
Rashi on Nehemiah
And I thought this over to myself Heb. וַיִמָלֵךְ לִבִּי עָלַי, and my heart took counsel within myself.
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Rashi on Nehemiah
and I contended I contended with the nobles and the prefects, who were the rich people.
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Rashi on Nehemiah
“Are you demanding each other’s loans?” Why are you doing this? You should have supported these poor people, but you are lending them money in order to appropriate their sons and daughters, their fields, vineyards and houses.
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Rashi on Nehemiah
and I gathered a large assembly around them I congregated and gathered a large assembly around them to shout at them in order to embarrass them.
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