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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width; initial-scale=1.0;"/><title>Topical Bible: Mortgaged</title><link rel="canonical" href="https://biblehub.com/topical/m/mortgaged.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/newtopical.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script></head> <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-LR4HSKRP2H"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-LR4HSKRP2H'); </script><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="/topical/vmenus/nehemiah/5-3.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="//biblehu.com/bmcde/m/mortgaged.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="/">Bible</a> > <a href="/topical/">Topical</a> > Mortgaged</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="/topical/naves/m/mortgage--on_land.htm" title="Mortgage: On Land">◄</a> Mortgaged <a href="/topical/m/mortgaging.htm" title="Mortgaging">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="topverse">Jump to: <a href="#web" title="Webster's Dictionary">Webster's</a> • <a href="#cnc" title="Multiversion Concordance">Concordance</a> • <a href="#thes" title="Bible Thesaurus">Thesaurus</a> • <a href="#lib" title="Library">Library</a> • <a href="#sub" title="Subtopics">Subtopics</a> • <a href="#rel" title="Related Terms">Terms</a></div><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><a name="te" id="te"></a><div class="vheading2">Topical Encyclopedia</div>In biblical times, the concept of mortgaging, while not identical to modern practices, involved pledging property or assets as security for a debt. This practice is notably mentioned in the context of the socio-economic conditions of ancient Israel, particularly during periods of financial distress.<br><br><b>Biblical References:</b><br><br>The primary biblical reference to mortgaging is found in the book of Nehemiah. During the rebuilding of Jerusalem's walls, Nehemiah faced a crisis where the Jewish people were mortgaging their fields, vineyards, and homes to buy grain during a famine. This situation is described in <a href="/nehemiah/5-3.htm">Nehemiah 5:3-5</a> :<br><br>"Others were saying, 'We are mortgaging our fields, our vineyards, and our homes to get grain during the famine.' Still others were saying, 'We have borrowed money to pay the king’s tax on our fields and vineyards. We and our children are just like our countrymen and their children, yet we are subjecting our sons and daughters to slavery. Some of our daughters have already been enslaved, but we are powerless because our fields and vineyards belong to others.'"<br><br>This passage highlights the severe economic hardship faced by the Israelites, leading them to mortgage their properties and even sell their children into servitude to meet their basic needs and obligations.<br><br><b>Cultural and Historical Context:</b><br><br>In ancient Israel, land was a critical asset, often tied to family inheritance and identity. The mortgaging of land was a desperate measure, reflecting the severity of the economic crisis. The Law of Moses provided guidelines to protect individuals from perpetual debt and loss of property. For instance, the Year of Jubilee, described in <a href="/bsb/leviticus/25.htm">Leviticus 25</a>, was a time when all debts were to be forgiven, and mortgaged lands were to be returned to their original owners. This law underscored the importance of family heritage and the prevention of long-term poverty.<br><br><b>Moral and Ethical Considerations:</b><br><br>The practice of mortgaging in the biblical narrative raises significant moral and ethical issues. Nehemiah's response to the crisis was one of righteous indignation. He confronted the nobles and officials, accusing them of exploiting their fellow Jews. <a href="/nehemiah/5-9.htm">Nehemiah 5:9-11</a> records his rebuke:<br><br>"So I continued, 'What you are doing is not right. Should you not walk in the fear of our God to avoid the reproach of our foreign enemies? I, as well as my brothers and my men, have also lent the people money and grain. But let us stop charging interest. Please restore to them, even today, their fields, vineyards, olive groves, and houses, along with the interest you are charging them—one percent of the money, grain, new wine, and oil.'"<br><br>Nehemiah's leadership emphasized the importance of compassion, justice, and adherence to God's commandments. He called for the restoration of property and the cessation of usury, reflecting the biblical principle of caring for the poor and vulnerable.<br><br><b>Theological Implications:</b><br><br>The issue of mortgaging in the Bible serves as a reminder of God's concern for economic justice and the well-being of His people. It highlights the tension between economic necessity and ethical responsibility. The biblical narrative encourages believers to act with integrity, fairness, and mercy, ensuring that financial practices do not exploit or oppress others.<br><br>In summary, the concept of mortgaging in the Bible, as illustrated in Nehemiah, provides insight into the economic challenges of ancient Israel and underscores the enduring biblical principles of justice, mercy, and the protection of family and community.<a name="web" id="web"></a><div class="vheading2">Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary</div>(<I>imp. & p. p.</I>) of Mortgage.<a name="lib" id="lib"></a><div class="vheading2">Library</div><p><a href="/library/watson/a_body_of_divinity/8_christ_the_redeemer.htm"><span class="l">Christ the Redeemer</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Luke 1:11. Having obtained eternal redemption for us.' Hebrews 9:12. Christ's<br> purchasing redemption for us implies that our sins <b>mortgaged</b> and sold us. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//christianbookshelf.org/watson/a body of divinity/8 christ the redeemer.htm</font><p><a href="/library/denney/the_atonement_and_the_modern_mind/chapter_iii_christ_and_man.htm"><span class="l">Christ and Man in the Atonement</span></a> <br><b>...</b> impossible. Sin is, and it abides. The sinner can never escape from the past.<br> His future is <b>mortgaged</b> to it, and it cannot be redeemed. He <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../denney/the atonement and the modern mind/chapter iii christ and man.htm</font><p><a href="/library/tertullian/on_idolatry/chapter_xxiii_written_contracts_in_the.htm"><span class="l">Written Contracts in the Name of Idols. Tacit Consent.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> angels! Footnotes: [334] Or, "<b>mortgaged</b>.". [335] This is, perhaps, the<br> most obscure and difficult passage in the entire treatise. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../tertullian/on idolatry/chapter xxiii written contracts in the.htm</font><p><a href="/library/denney/the_death_of_christ/chapter_9_christ_and_man.htm"><span class="l">Christ and Man in the Atonement</span></a> <br><b>...</b> impossible. Sin is, and it abides. The sinner can never escape from the past.<br> His future is <b>mortgaged</b> to it, and it cannot be redeemed. He <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/...//christianbookshelf.org/denney/the death of christ/chapter 9 christ and man.htm</font><p><a href="/library/wells/bible_stories_and_religious_classics/the_jewish_girl.htm"><span class="l">The Jewish Girl</span></a> <br><b>...</b> But at home the knight's wife sold all her jewels, and <b>mortgaged</b> castle and lands,<br> and his friends contributed large sums, for enormous was the ransom demanded <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../wells/bible stories and religious classics/the jewish girl.htm</font><p><a href="/library/mcfadyen/introduction_to_the_old_testament/ezra-nehemiah.htm"><span class="l">Ezra-Nehemiah</span></a> <br><b>...</b> of the poor by the rich, appealing to his own very different conduct, and finally<br> induced the nobles to restore to the poor their <b>mortgaged</b> property (v.). By <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../mcfadyen/introduction to the old testament/ezra-nehemiah.htm</font><p><a href="/library/spurgeon/spurgeons_sermons_volume_50_1904/jobs_sure_knowledge.htm"><span class="l">Job's Sure Knowledge</span></a> <br><b>...</b> slavery because of the debt, his goel, if he was able, had to redeem him; and hence<br> we get the word "redeemer." Or if estates became <b>mortgaged</b> through poverty <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 50 1904/jobs sure knowledge.htm</font><p><a href="/library/binning/the_works_of_the_rev_hugh_binning/sermon_xiv_and_the_redeemer.htm"><span class="l">"And the Redeemer Shall Come unto Zion, and unto them that Turn,"</span></a> <br><b>...</b> of God," Romans 3:23. That inheritance of eternal life, we have <b>mortgaged</b><br> it, and given away our right to it. The favour of God <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../binning/the works of the rev hugh binning/sermon xiv and the redeemer.htm</font><p><a href="/library/hutton/history_of_the_moravian_church/chapter_x_yorkshire_and_the.htm"><span class="l">Yorkshire and the Settlement System.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> At one time James Charlesworth, in an excess of zeal, <b>mortgaged</b> the manufacturing<br> business, speculated with the money, and lost it; and thus caused others to <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../hutton/history of the moravian church/chapter x yorkshire and the.htm</font><p><a href="/library/spurgeon/spurgeons_sermons_volume_2_1856/the_day_of_atonement.htm"><span class="l">The Day of Atonement</span></a> <br><b>...</b> On that day sinners go free; on that day our poor <b>mortgaged</b> lands are liberated,<br> and our poor estates which have been forfeited by our spiritual bankruptcy are <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 2 1856/the day of atonement.htm</font><a name="thes" id="thes"></a><div class="vheading2">Thesaurus</div><a href="/topical/m/mortgaged.htm"><span class="l"><b>Mortgaged</b> (1 Occurrence)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Noah Webster's Dictionary (imp. & pp) of Mortgage. Multi-Version Concordance<br><b>Mortgaged</b> (1 Occurrence). Nehemiah 5:3 Some also there <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/m/mortgaged.htm - 6k</font><p><a href="/topical/m/mortgage.htm"><span class="l">Mortgage</span></a><br><b>...</b> In time of great need for food, "Some also there were that said, We are mortgaging<br> (the King James Version "have <b>mortgaged</b>") our fields," etc. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/m/mortgage.htm - 7k</font><p><a href="/topical/r/redeem.htm"><span class="l">Redeem (56 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> repurchase. 2. (vt) To recall, as an estate, or to regain, as <b>mortgaged</b> property,<br> by paying what may be due by force of the mortgage. 3 <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/r/redeem.htm - 25k</font><p><a href="/topical/m/mortgaging.htm"><span class="l">Mortgaging (1 Occurrence)</span></a><br><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/m/mortgaging.htm - 6k</font><p><a href="/topical/b/buy.htm"><span class="l">Buy (71 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Nehemiah 5:3 Some also there were that said, We have <b>mortgaged</b> our lands, vineyards,<br> and houses, that we might buy corn, because of the dearth. (KJV WBS). <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/b/buy.htm - 29k</font><p><a href="/topical/c/corn.htm"><span class="l">Corn (107 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Nehemiah 5:3 Some also there were that said, We have <b>mortgaged</b> our lands, vineyards,<br> and houses, that we might buy corn, because of the dearth. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/c/corn.htm - 41k</font><p><a name="res" id="res"></a><div class="vheading2">Resources</div><a href="https://clyx.com/term/mortgaged.htm">Mortgaged: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com</a><br /><br /><a href="/concordance/">Bible Concordance</a> • <a href="/dictionary/">Bible Dictionary</a> • <a href="/encyclopedia/">Bible Encyclopedia</a> • <a href="/topical/">Topical Bible</a> • <a href="/thesaurus/">Bible Thesuarus</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="cnc" id="cnc"></a><div class="vheading2">Concordance</div><span class="encheading">Mortgaged (1 Occurrence)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/nehemiah/5-3.htm">Nehemiah 5:3</a></span><br />Some also there were that said, We have <span class="boldtext">mortgaged</span> our lands, vineyards, and houses, that we might buy corn, because of the dearth.<br /><span class="source">(KJV WBS)</span><a name="sub" id="sub"></a><div class="vheading2">Subtopics</div><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/m/mortgaged.htm">Mortgaged</a></p><a name="rel" id="rel"></a><div class="vheading2">Related Terms</div><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/m/mortify.htm">Mortify (2 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/d/dearth.htm">Dearth (11 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/m/mortgage.htm">Mortgage</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/m/mortgaged.htm">Mortgaged (1 Occurrence)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/v/vineyards.htm">Vineyards (55 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/h/homes.htm">Homes (43 Occurrences)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/topical/naves/m/mortgage--on_land.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Mortgage: On Land"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Mortgage: On Land" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/topical/m/mortgaging.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Mortgaging"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Mortgaging" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div> <div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"><script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></div></td></tr></table></div></div></div> <br /><br /> <div align="center"> <div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>