Nehemiah 5:1-3

Jubilee Bible 2000

5 ¶ Then there was a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brethren, the Jews.

² For there were some that said, We, our sons, and our daughters, are many; therefore we have bought grain that we may eat and live.

³ There were also some that said, We have mortgaged our lands, vineyards, and houses, that we might buy grain because of the famine.