CAB(i)
1 And the cry of the people and their wives was great against their brothers the Jews.
2 And some said, We are numerous with our sons and our daughters; so we will take grain, and eat, and live.
3 And some said, As to our fields and vineyards and houses, let us pledge them, and we will take grain, and eat.
4 And some said, We have borrowed money for the king's tributes — our fields, and our vineyards, and houses are pledged.
5 And now our flesh is as the flesh of our brothers, our children are as their children. Yet behold, we are reducing our sons and our daughters to slavery, and some of our daughters are enslaved; and there is no power of our hands, for our fields and our vineyards belong to the nobles.
6 And I was very angry as I heard their cry and these words.