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Nehemiah 5:2 (KJV)

“For there were that said, We, our sons, and our daughters, are many: therefore we take up corn for them, that we may eat, and live.”

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1

And there was a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brethren the Jews.

2

For there were that said, We, our sons, and our daughters, are many: therefore we take up corn for them, that we may eat, and live.

3

Some also there were that said, We have mortgaged our lands, vineyards, and houses, that we might buy corn, because of the dearth.

4

There were also that said, We have borrowed money for the king's tribute, and that upon our lands and vineyards.

5

Yet now our flesh is as the flesh of our brethren, our children as their children: and, lo, we bring into bondage our sons and our daughters to be servants, and some of our daughters are brought unto bondage already: neither is it in our power to redeem them; for other men have our lands and vineyards.

6

And I was very angry when I heard their cry and these words.

7

Then I consulted with myself, and I rebuked the nobles, and the rulers, and said unto them, Ye exact usury, every one of his brother. And I set a great assembly against them.

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