Nehemiah 5:1-3

Modern English Version

Nehemiah Stops Oppression

5 Now there was a great outcry of the people and their wives against their fellow Jews. ² Some were saying, “We and our sons and our daughters are many. Therefore, let us acquire grain so that we may eat and live.”

³ Others were saying, “We have mortgaged our fields, vineyards, and houses so that we might acquire grain because of hunger.”