Nehemiah 5:4-6

Modern English Version

⁴ Still others were saying, “We have borrowed money for the king’s tribute against the value of our fields and vineyards. ⁵ Now our flesh is the same as the flesh of our countrymen. Our children are like their children, but we are subjugating our sons and our daughters as servants. Indeed, some of our daughters are in bondage already, and we are powerless to do anything because our fields and vineyards belong to others.”

⁶ I was very angry when I heard their outcry and these words.