Nehemiah 5:1-3
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Chapter 5
Social and Economic Problems. 1 (A)Then there rose a great outcry of the people and their wives against certain of their Jewish kindred.[a] 2 Some said: “We are forced to pawn our sons and daughters in order to get grain to eat that we may live.” 3 Others said: “We are forced to pawn our fields, our vineyards, and our houses, that we may have grain during the famine.”
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- 5:1 Certain of their Jewish kindred: probably Jews who had returned from Babylonia who formed the social and economic elite in the province.
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