Nehemiah 5:4-6

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

⁴ And others said: Let us borrow money for the king's tribute, and let us give up our fields and vineyards:

⁵ And now our flesh is as the flesh of our brethren: and our children as their children. Behold we bring into bondage our sons and our daughters, and some of our daughters are bondwomen already, neither have we wherewith to redeem them, and our fields and our vineyards other men possess.

⁶ And I was exceedingly angry when I heard their cry according to these words.