Ezra-Nehemiah (2 Esdras) 15:3

¹And the cry of the people and their wives was great against their brethren the Jews.

²And some said, We are numerous with our sons and our daughters; so we will take corn, and eat, and live.

— Ezra-Nehemiah (2 Esdras) 15:3 —

⁴And some said, We have borrowed money for the king’s tributes—our fields, and our vineyards, and houses are pledged.

⁵And now our flesh is as the flesh of our brethren, 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.