Nehemiah 5:2-4

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

² For there were those who said, “With our sons and our daughters, we are many; let us get grain, that we may eat and keep alive.” ³ There were also those who said, “We are mortgaging our fields, our vineyards, and our houses to get grain because of the famine.” ⁴ And there were those who said, “We have borrowed money for the king’s tax upon our fields and our vineyards.