0 Why did Nehemiah pluck out the hair of Israelite men?

Hath he not sent me to the men that sit upon the wall, that they may eat their own dung, and drink their own piss with you?. Isaiah 36:12

Trivia: Who will smite the earth with the rod of his mouth and breath of his lips?

Why did Nehemiah pluck out the hair of Israelite men?


Because they married non-Israelite women

I contended with them, and cursed them, and smote certain of them, and plucked off their hair, and made them swear by God, saying, Ye shall not give your daughters unto their sons, nor take their daughters unto your sons, or for yourselves. Nehemiah 13:25

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