Nehemiah 5:1-9

1Now 1there was a greatH1419 outcryH6818 of the peopleH5971 and of their wivesH802 againstH413 their 2JewishH3064 brothersH251. 2For thereH3426 were those whoH834 saidH559, “We, our sonsH1121 and our daughtersH1323 are manyH7227; therefore let us 3getH3947 grainH1715 that we may eatH398 and liveH2421.” 3ThereH3426 were others whoH834 saidH559, “We are mortgagingH6148 our fieldsH7704, our vineyardsH3754 and our housesH1004 that we might getH3947 grainH1715 because of the famineH7458.” 4Also thereH3426 were those whoH834 saidH559, “We have borrowedH3867 moneyH3701 4for the king’sH4428 taxH4060 on our fieldsH7704 and our vineyardsH3754. 5NowH6258 5our fleshH1320 is like the fleshH1320 of our brothersH251, our childrenH1121 like their childrenH1121. Yet beholdH2009, 6we are forcingH3533 our sonsH1121 and our daughtersH1323 to be slavesH5650, and someH4480 of our daughtersH1323 are forcedH3533 into bondageH3533 already, and 7we are helplessH369H410H3027 because our fieldsH7704 and vineyardsH3754 belong to othersH312.”

6Then I was veryH3966 8angryH2734 whenH3512 I had heardH8085 their outcryH2201 and theseH428 wordsH1697. 7I consultedH4427 with myself and contendedH7378 with the noblesH2715 and the rulersH5461 and saidH559 to them, “9You are exactingH5377 usuryH4855, eachH376 from his brotherH251!” Therefore, I heldH5414 a greatH1419 assemblyH6952 againstH5921 them. 8I saidH559 to them, “We according to our abilityH1767 10have 11redeemedH7069 our JewishH3064 brothersH251 who were soldH4376 to the nationsH1471; now would you evenH1571 sellH4376 your brothersH251 that they may be soldH4376 to us?” Then they were silentH2790 and could not findH4672 a wordH1697 to say. 9Again I saidH559, “The thingH1697 whichH834 you are doingH6213 is not goodH2896; should you not walkH1980 in the fearH3374 of our GodH430 becauseH4480 of 12the reproachH2781 of the nationsH1471, our enemiesH340?