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1 And a cry of the people and their wives will be great against their brethren the Jews. 2 And there is which saying, Our sons and our daughters, we being many: and we will take grain and we will eat and live. 3 And there are those saying, Our fields and our vineyards and our houses we pledge, and we will take grain in the famine. 4 And there are those saying, We borrowed silver for the king's tribute, our fields and our vineyards. 5 And now according to the flesh of our brethren, our flesh; as their sons, our sons: and behold, we subdue our sons and our daughters for servants, and there is from our daughters being subdued: and not to the strength of our hand and our fields and our vineyards to others. 6 And it will kindle to me greatly as I heard their cry and these words. 7 And my heart will take counsel to me, and I shall contend with the nobles and the prefects, and say to them, Ye impose a debt each upon his brother. And I shall give a great convocation against them. 8 And saying to them, We bought off our brethren the Jews, being sold to the nations; according to the sufficiency in us and also will ye sell your brethren? and were they sold to us? And they will be silent, and they found not a word. 9 And it will be said, Not good the word which ye do: will ye not go in the fear of our God from the reproach of the nations our enemies? Nehemiah 5:1-9, Smith's Literal Translation. Public domain.
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