Nehemiah 5:1-3

Tree of Life Version

Considering the Poor

5 Then there was a great outcry from the people and their wives to their fellow Jews. ² There were those who said, “We and our sons and our daughters are numerous. We must take grain, so we may eat and live.”

³ There were others who said, “We are mortgaging our fields, our vineyards and our houses in order to obtain grain during the famine.”