JPS_ASV_Byz(i)
1 Then there arose a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brethren the Jews.
2 For there were that said: 'We, our sons and our daughters, are many; let us get for them corn, that we may eat and live.'
3 Some also there were that said: 'We are mortgaging our fields, and our vineyards, and our houses; let us get corn, because of the dearth.'
4 There were also that said: 'We have borrowed money for the king's tribute upon our fields and our vineyards.
5 Yet now our flesh is as the flesh of our brethren, our children as their children; and, lo, we bring into bondage our sons and our daughters to be servants, and some of our daughters are brought into bondage already; neither is it in our power to help it; for other men have our fields and our vineyards.'
6 And I was very angry when I heard their cry and these words.