Nehemiah 5:2-11

2And there were that saidH559, We, our sonsH1121 and our daughtersH1323, are manyH7227, and we must procure corn that we may eatH398 and liveH2421.

3And there were that saidH559, We have had to pledge our fieldsH7704, and our vineyardsH3754, and our housesH1004, that we might procure corn in the dearth.

4And there were that saidH559, We have borrowed moneyH3701 for the king's tribute upon our fieldsH7704 and vineyardsH3754;

5yet nowH6258 our fleshH1320 is as the fleshH1320 of our brethren, our children as their children; and behold, we must bring into bondage our sonsH1121 and our daughtersH1323 to be servantsH5650, and some of our daughtersH1323 are brought into bondage [already]; neither is it in the power of our handH3027 [to redeem them], for otherH312 men have our fieldsH7704 and our vineyardsH3754.

6And I was veryH3966 angryH2734 whenH834 I heardH8085 their cryH2201 and these wordsH1697.

7And I consulted with myself; and I remonstrated with the nobles and the rulers, and saidH559 to them, Ye exact usuryH4855, every oneH376 of his brotherH251! And I setH5414 a greatH1419 assemblyH6952 against them.

8And I saidH559 to them, We, according to our ability, have redeemed our brethren the JewsH3064, who were soldH4376 to the nationsH1471; and will ye even sellH4376 your brethren? or shall they be soldH4376 unto us? And they were silentH2790 and foundH4672 no answer.

9And I saidH559, The thingH1697 that ye do is not goodH2896. Ought ye not to walk in the fearH3374 of our 1GodH430, so as not to be the reproachH2781 of the nationsH1471 our enemiesH341?

10I alsoH1571, my brethren and my servantsH5288, we might exact usuryH4855 of them, moneyH3701 and corn. I pray you, let us leaveH5800 off this usuryH4855.

11RestoreH7725, I pray you, to them this very dayH3117 their fieldsH7704, their vineyardsH3754, their olive-gardens, and their housesH1004, also the hundredth [part] of the moneyH3701, and of the corn, the wineH8492 and the oilH3323, that ye have exacted of them.