Nehemiah 5:2-4

New International Reader's Version

² Some of them were saying, “There are now many of us. We have many sons and daughters. We have to get some grain so we can eat and stay alive.”

³ Others were saying, “We’re being forced to sell our fields, vineyards and homes. We have to do it to buy grain. There isn’t enough food for everyone.”

⁴ Still others were saying, “We’ve had to borrow money. We needed it to pay the king’s tax on our fields and vineyards.