C.R.P. Day 269 - Nehemiah 1-5

Nehemiah, cupbearer of King Artaxerxes, was downcast because the wall of Jerusalem had been breached and the gates were set on fire; Nehemiah request leave to build the wall of Jerusalem to no longer be a source of humiliation; the building begins east, north, west, south, remainder of eastern wall; Sanballat and Tobiah ridicule the Jews and conspire against them; The workers continue building armed for battle; The debt of the people, mortgage fields and vineyards, their children are pressed into servitude; their so impoverished they can’t redeem their fields or vineyards;