Nehemiah 5:3-5

Revised Geneva Translation

³ And there were those who said, “We must gage our lands and our vineyards and our houses, and get grain for the famine.”

⁴ There were also those who said, “We have borrowed money for the king’s tribute on our lands and our vineyards.

⁵ “And now, our flesh is as the flesh of our brethren, and our sons as their sons. And lo, we bring our sons and our daughters into subjection, as servants. And our daughters are now in subjection. And there is no power in our hands. For other men have our lands and our vineyards.”