Nehemiah 5:1-3

Evangelical Heritage Version

The Work Is Threatened by Internal Dissension

5 Now there was a great outcry by the people and their wives against their fellow Jews. ² There were those who were saying, “We and our sons and our daughters are many! We need to acquire grain so that we can eat and stay alive.” ³ There were others who were saying, “We are mortgaging our fields, vineyards, and houses so that we can acquire grain during the famine.”