Charles Ellicott Commentary Nehemiah 5:10

"And I likewise, my brethren and my servants, do lend them money and grain. I pray you, let us leave off this usury." — Nehemiah 5:10 (ASV)

Might exact. —We have lent them money and corn. By his own example the governor pleads with them: not let us leave off this usury, but let us all and together “remit the loans.”